Dried fruit achar
Recipe by rabz of Dhaka, BD
This is a very tasty sweet and sour Achar stays for a whole year if left under the sun every month for a day or two in an air tight jars and no used or wet spoon is used while bring the Achars out.
Ingredients
vegetarian
6 servings
- 2 cup dried fruits( sour figs, prunes, raisins, apricot, dates & ..)
- 4 cup vinegar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp kalonji
- 2 tbsp crushed red chilli
- 2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup ghor (Jaggery)
- 1 tsp citric acid.
Directions
- Wash & dry the fruits.
- Soak dried fruits of your choice in 1 c vinegar overnight.
- In the morning chop the large ones into 4 halves.
- Heat oil(mustard is preferable) and fry the mustard seeds, Kalonji, chilli falkes until they change colour.
- Add fruits and all the vinegars, salt, sugar and ghor and bring it to the boil.
- Lower the heat after 5 min and cook till mixture thickens (like thick syrup).
- Stir continuously to prevent scorching.
- Remove from heat and cool completely then add citric acid and put them in air tight jars.
- Use when needed.