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How are your Christmas preparations coming up? Have you made any wine or baked your Christmas cake yet? I plan to bake my fruitcake tomorrow... Today’s recipe Nellikka / Gooseberry wine is very familiar to most Keralites.... It is a very common wine like Grape wine back home.... Like my earlier Grape Wine, this is also a “No Yeast” wine.... so it is very mild.... if you desire you can add 1 teaspoon of yeast to make it strong..... However since gooseberry has a lot of medicinal value I prefer to avoid using yeast... I made this just before Christmas last year.... so it’s got a really nice colour with age.... Do try it if you get hold of gooseberries.....
Homemade Nellikka Wine Recipe / Amla Wine / Indian Gooseberry Wine Recipe {without yeast}
Ingredients:
Nellikka / Amla / Indian Gooseberries - 100 nos.
Water - 3 liter
Sugar - 1 1/4 kg
Method:
- Wash the gooseberries & remove/wipe water and put it in a big clean sterilized bharani / bottle .
- Boil sugar & water and add boiled water to the Gooseberry.
- When it become cool tie the bottle with a clean cloth or close with lid little loose.
- Stir this mixture every day. After 20 days strain the mixture through a cheese/ muslin cloth in to a clean dry vessel.
- Pour it in to clean dry bottles and use.
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my father in law make the nellika wine...well captured!! Love it
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures !!
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Beautiful clicks and wine...
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing! If I tried to make my own wine, I'd probably end up seriously injuring somebody...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo! Buzzed :)
simply GORGEOUS Swapna!How did you take it? Mirror? or is it an effect?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and Gorgeous photo.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures and wine as well :)
ReplyDeleteWow wat a beautiful captures,amla wine is quite new for me.
ReplyDeleteawesome recipe..I have never made wine at home..you have made perfectly..Thanks for sharing..
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wow!! wonderful picture...and ur wine looks very much welcoming too :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture!! I wonder if we get the gooseberry here!
ReplyDeleteWow perfecto.. some for me..
ReplyDeleteLove the pics!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly deserve a round of applause for your post and more specifically, your blog in general. Very high quality material.
ReplyDeleteThe amla wine is a bit cloudy and quite sour-is it possible to sweeten it? Any tips for the cloudiness? Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteHi Gita,
DeleteIf it is not sweet enough you can add more sugar.... Filtered wine will look cloudy first... it will take few weeks for the sediments to settle down...Thanks for tryin g the wine :)
Hi Swapna, thanks! To add more sugar I shall first dissolve it or just add? And thanks for the good news that it will settle after a few weeks. Pineapple is waiting its turn and so is grape but beetroot came out the best. Your blog is such a blessing!
ReplyDeleteGita, just add sugar and mix well. wow that's a great collection of wines you have made:).. I too made beetroot wine last month.. thanks a lot for the lovely words :)
DeleteThe amla wine is now superb-there were 6 bottles so I made sugar syrup and added (some 6 tbsp sugar). It is still not too sweet-just perfect. The problem is to find bottle caps -my husband had quite an adventure locating a cork factory and then resizing the corks :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for trying Gita and glad you liked the wine!
Deleteyour wine looks great and sounds easy. i have a few questions -
ReplyDelete1. can i use the smaller variety (star gooseberry) as i have an abundance of those...
2. if i do want to add yeast, how and at what stage do i add it?
thanks
div
Hi div,
DeleteI have never seen or tasted star gooseberries. But think you can make wine with it and I suggest to give it a try with it :).... and please do let me know the outcome:)
If you want to add yeast, add it on the first day when the boiled water in the bottle cools down to lukewarm.
hi... i jst loved this recipe and want to give a try as i have been longing to make it. Can we use the salted gooseberries after washing it well(as i am having enough and more of the same with me) and is it ok if we open the bottle daily and give a stir.
ReplyDeleteSalted gooseberries you mean pickled ones? If so no you cannot...
DeleteHi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely collection of recipes. Thanks for sharing these recipes. I tried the amla wine recipe. However, the color of my wine is not red. It is pale off white color. Just the color of the amla's. Did you add something for it to be red ?
Doreen
Hi Doreen,
DeleteThanks for the kind words and thanks a lot for trying amla wine. I took picture of this wine almost after one year of making the wine and amla wine tends to change it's colour with aging... soon after you make it looks off white colour... I don't add colour to any of my wines...
Hi
ReplyDeleteFor what will you use the strained gooseberry? or do you throw it away... Please tell me how much to be consumed and is it good for diabetics?
Yes I throw the strained gooseberries... consume in moderate quantities... too much of anything is not recommended ;)and I don't think it is good for diabetics... please check with your doctor...
DeleteI sun dry it and use it with Shikakai for washing my hair
ReplyDeleteWow Gita!!! that's a great idea.... I will also do the same next time when I make them :)....
DeleteCan you please let me know how many kilos of gooseberry? I bought some pretty big gooseberries so not sure about the 100 nos count. Thank you for sharing these recipes. Awesome stuff!
ReplyDeleteCan you please let me know how many kilos of gooseberry? I bought some pretty big gooseberries so not sure about the 100 nos count. Thank you for sharing these recipes. Awesome stuff!
ReplyDeleteHi Dony, sorry I am not sure how many kilo, may be 2-3 kg... it's ok if it is big/small just count and make...
DeleteCould you pls specify is it a kilo of gooseberries? I bought some and they are pretty big so not sure about the 100 nos. Btw your blog is wonderful, made the plum cake this christmas, my folks loved it. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteVery nice information to make wine... thanks Swapna. In your recipe you have not mentioned about smashing of gooseberries, is it necessary.
ReplyDeletevery good information to make wine...... is it not required to smash the gooseberries..
ReplyDeleteCan i use plastic bottle instead of bharani?
ReplyDeleteCan i use plastic bottle instead of bharani
ReplyDeleteI will not recommend plastic bottle because of heath concerns... better try to use bharani or glass bottles...
DeleteHi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the recipe, it truly sounds great besides it must be a very healthy wine as Amlas are in Vitamin-C. However, before I start making it, could you confirm if the Amlas are to be left whole in the jar or should they be crushed or bruised? Would appreciate your response. Tks again!!
Amlas adding as whole not crushed... do let me know how it turns out...
DeleteThe best wine recipes to choose a quick, easy and delicious wine recipe: Indian recipes
ReplyDeleteHomemade Nellikka Wine Recipe / Amla Wine / Indian Gooseberry Wine Recipe
Thanks Swapna jee,
ReplyDeleteIt is the best way you have explained here, i was dreaming to process it, but
was not sure about the process, i have tried it. Can i use apples instead of amla's or anything
extra to add in it to enhance its smell and flavour
Hi Swapna.. I have heard it is good to use jaggery along with amla. Any idea about the quantity to be used instead of sugar? And 100 amlas would mean how many kgs?
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna... 100 amlas would be how many kgs? Also, how many kgs of jaggery should be used if I am substituting it for sugar? Heard it's beneficial for children.
ReplyDelete2kg
DeleteHi Swapna.. I have heard it is good to use jaggery along with amla. Any idea about the quantity to be used instead of sugar? And 100 amlas would mean how many kgs?
ReplyDeletemay I pour boiled water to gooseberry ya wait till it cool down before pouring it over gooseberry.
ReplyDeleteYes pour boiled water to gooseberry
Deletehow much alcohol is produced after fermentation in all those wines?
ReplyDeleteare all those wine alcoholic?
ReplyDelete12 to 14% alcohol content are there in wines
Deletehai swapna,
ReplyDeletei made the gooseberry wine and i think it is has come out fine except for the colour. mine looks opaque. should i caramelize it? and can i use the wine immediately or have to wait longer for getting the real taste?
hi swapna, i just made the gooseberry wine and it has come out well except for the colour. it looks opaque. what is the method to make it the colour as in your photographs? should i caramelize it and if so how to do it? can i use the wine immediately after 20 days or should i wait longer?
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteThanks for trying the recipe :)...The gooseberry wine will look opaque at first and you will get the colour like in the picture with aging....Like I mentioned in the first paragraph I made the wine a year before I photograph it!! That's how I got a really nice colour with age:)
If you want you can caramelize the sugar and add to get nice colour but I must say it will alter the taste too... so better you use as it is and give it time it will change the colour by itself.... Yes you can drink immediately after 20 days but again the more you age wine the better :) :)... Have a great Christmas!
hi, it tasts good and delicious , how much alchohol content will be this ?
ReplyDeleteI have not measured the alcohol content of the wine
Deletehi , good taste -
ReplyDeleteThis one has been made many times and is a family favourite. After straining, wash the amlas and sun dry them and then boil them little by little in coconut oil to use for hair.
ReplyDeleteAll set to make the Gooseberry Wine... preparations on for two jars with 5 kg of berry. :-) Bless me guruji. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow Vineetha with 5 kgs of berries?? That's great! Now I am little tensed.. fingers crossed :)... Let me know how the wine turned out :)
DeleteCan I use jaggery instead of sugar? Will it taste sweeter? Plzz reply nd btw thankz for ur recipes :)
ReplyDeleteHi Vinny,
DeleteI have never used jaggery in wine making. So I am not sure how it will tastes :)
Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recepe. Can we use frozen gooseberries.
Never tried with frozen gooseberries! You can try :)
DeleteDoes we need to remove the seeds of gooseberry?
ReplyDeleteNo
DeleteHi swapna
ReplyDeleteI followed your recipe and it's past 20 days.it do have a cloudy color. My question is for aging the gooseberry wine do I strain it after 20 days or keep it as it is? I want the color of your wine ...
you have to strain after 20 days and keep for aging. The colur will get with aging and it is explained well to amother reader. Please check above comments!
DeleteHi Swapna, I made the gooseberry wine and bottled it a month and a half ago. I notice residue forming on top of the bottled wine. Is it something I should worry about? The wine tastes good though..not spoilt. What do I do?
ReplyDeleteRemove the residue with a clean spoon and then add half cup of rum/ brandy/ whisky and mix well if you think it is fungal attack.
DeleteHello Swapna
ReplyDeleteNeed your urgent help :(
I prepared 32liter of gooseberry wine following above instruction. Wine looks good but it taste very sore and alcohol content is very less. After spending so much of time and effort I don't want to through my wine it's look nice help me to reduce soreness and how to increase alcohol level. Kindly help me
Thanks
Radhika
Hi Radhika,
DeleteYou can add sugar if you feel it is not sweet enough. I hope the wine is not sour like vinegar. Alcohol content will increase with againg.
സ്വപ്ന ചേച്ചി പഞ്ചസാരക്ക് പകരം ശര്ക്കര ഉപയോഗിക്കാമോ?
ReplyDeletehi swapna, how do I reduce the sweetness? I think i added more sugar than necessary
ReplyDeleteSweetness will reduce a little bit as it ages. Only way I can think is to make another batch with less sugar and mix both :D
Deletehi swapna i wld also like to try this with jaggery. From your experience cld you suggest how much jaggery wld substitute approximately for this much sugar.
ReplyDeleteMadam, I tried gooseberry vine with jaggery. I mixed cleaned goosrbery eith eaqual amount of powdered jaggery without water and sealed in glass jar. After 1 month or so the vine was formed with inherent water content in gooseberry and jaggery. This is is excessively sweet and has the alcoholic odour. Is it common inthis type of preparation? Did ypu evet try with jaggery, given its nutritional value over refined sugar?
ReplyDeleteBalamurali Krishnan
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I have tried with jaggery instead of sugar. Mixed equal qty of gooseberry With powdered jaggery without water and kept in clsed jar bottle for a month. After a month jaggery absorbed water from gooseberry and became a watery consistency. Filtered and the liquid is filled in bottle. Gooseberry taken out of this dried in sun.
ReplyDeleteThese are really very nice..Thanks for sharing..moonshine still
ReplyDeleteHello,,,how if we use 2 kg of goosberry how much wine it will make?since we wont b using water here.
ReplyDeleteno need to put yeast?kindly confirm
Hello,,,how if we use 2 kg of goosberry how much wine it will make?since we wont b using water here.
ReplyDeleteno need to put yeast?kindly confirm
Hi Dear Swapna, The reepie is sweet and short.Is it Mandatory to boil sugar in water or can we use cold water and sugar. Dont we need Yeast?
ReplyDeleteRegards DR Joseph
Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI made this recepie two years ago. And after the 21 days cycle I did not really like the taste of it. Anyway I bottled it and now after two years opened a bottle. It tastes gorgeous, looks gorgeous and even has a bit of bubbly fizz to it! Thank you for sharing ur recepie
Glad to hear you liked it Elizabeth! Yes wine tastes better with aging :) :)
DeleteHi Madam, Its 15th day and I feel it is not sweet. Can I add more sugar now or you recommend to add sugar during the straining process.
ReplyDeleteAdd more sugar after straining..
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