Amer Chatni

One of the popular recipes of Bengalis, Amer chatni is prepared from green mangoes.

Ingredients:

• Two table spoon of oil
• Salt to taste
• ½ kg of green mangoes
• 1 cup of jiggery or sugar
• ¾ table spoon of panch phoron
• Two red chilies whole

Preparation

• Take the green mangoes and cut them with the skin and make them into boat shapes.
• Heat up the oil in a pan
• Mix ½ table spoon of panch phoron and then the dry red chilies to the oil
• Once you hear the crackling noise, mix in the green mangoes
• Mix in some warm water
• Mix in sugar or jiggery
• Mix in salt when the green mangoes are cooked and the syrup looks thick
• Roast about ¼ table spoon of panch phoron on the tawa and then grind it to powder
• When the chutney cools down, sprinkle this powder on the top.