How to make Amer Mishti Achar -
Combination of mango and ginger pickle from West Bengal.
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Main Ingredients : Raw Mangoes (कच्चे आम), Ginger (अदरक)
Cuisine : Bengali
Course : Pickles, Jams and Chutneys
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Amer Mishti Achar Recipe Card
The Bengalis are great food lovers and take pride in their cuisine. In fact so obsessed are they about food, that the man of the house goes to the market daily to buy a fresh supply vegetables and fish which is a must in their daily menu. The medium of cooking is mustard oil which adds its own pungency. Another very important item of Bengali cuisine is the variety of sweets or mishti as they call them. Most of them are milk based and are prepared from chhena.
A meal, for the Bengali, is a ritual in itself. Bengalis spend not only the great deal of time thinking about the food but also on its preparation and eating.
Prep Time : 3-Above
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Amer Mishti Achar Recipe
Raw Mangoes peeled 4 medium
Ginger peeled 1/2 inch piece
Salt to taste
Sugar powdered 1 cup
Red chilli powder 1 tablespoon
Mustard powder 1 teaspoon
Mustard oil 1/2 cup
Method
Step 1
Cut mangoes into one centimetre dices. Grind ginger to a paste. Mix the salt, sugar and mangoes in a wide mouthed bowl and leave it in the sun for a couple of days (upto four days is normal) or till the mangoes are tender and the sugar forms a syrup.
Step 2
Add ginger paste, red chilli powder, mustard powder and mustard oil to the mango pieces with the syrup and cook on low heat till it reaches a one-thread consistency. Remove from heat. Cool. Store in an airtight container.
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