Most of us are familiar with the sweet, tartness of a delicious tasting mango? But have you ever used mango as a spice?
If you have ever traveled to India or browsed around in any Asian specialty market, you may have seen amchur spice. But what you may not have known is amchur is none other than an unripe green mango.
The spice, amchur, am meaning mango and chur meaning powder, is made from raw green mangoes, which are sliced and sun-dried, then ground to a powder. The powder has a slightly fibrous texture and beige in color with a similar taste to tamarind. Continue reading