How to make Mishti Achar -
Ripe olive pickle with a flavour of panch poran.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Ripe Olive, Sugar (चीनी)
Cuisine : Bengali
Course : Pickles, Jams and Chutneys
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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 : 0-5 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Mishti Achar Recipe
Ripe Olive 500 grams
Sugar 2 cups
Red chilli powder 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Mustard oil 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Panch phoran powder 1 teaspoon
Method
Step 1
Mix all the above ingredients except the panch phoron powder in an appropriate sized pan and cook on low heat till the syrup reaches one thread consistency and the olives are soft. Add the panch phoron powder. Cool and store.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 2927 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 7.4 gm
Protein : 497.6 gm
Fat : 107.3 gm
Other : 0
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