Mishti Achar

A sweet, tangy, lightly spiced Bengali-style pickle made with ripe olives.

Ingredients

1. 1 tsp red chilli powder
2. 2 tbsp mustard oil
3. 2 cups sugar
4. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
5. Salt to taste
6. 500 g ripe olives
7. 1 tsp panch phoron powder

Instructions

1. **Cook the olives with spices

   • Add mustard oil, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, sugar, salt, and olives to a pan.
   • Cook on low heat, stirring continuously.
   • Continue until the mixture reaches one-thread consistency and the olives soften.

2. **Add panch phoron

   • Once cooked, mix in the panch phoron powder thoroughly.

3. **Cool and store

   • Allow the achar to cool completely.
   • Store in a clean, dry container.