Take a sharp needle and make holes into the amlas nicely.
Dissolve chuna in water and put in the fruit and set aside for 1 hour.
Drain out the water and wash in 3 to 4 changes of water, then boil them in plain water until tender.
Drain out the water and set the fruit aside.
Put 1 cup of water in sugar and prepare quite a thick syrup.
Put in the cardamoms and fruits and cook over a slow fire till the syrup turns thick, but it should not turn very thick as it thickens even more when it turns cold.
Remove from fire, cool and put in the essence and saffron strands.
Cover each alma with foil and put in airtight bottle.
Ingredients: � kg - big amlas
1 kg - sugar
� tsp - paan ka chuna
a few drops - essence of saffron
� tsp - saffron strands, sliced
1 tbsp - see of big cardamoms
golden foil