Cut 4 pieces of plums. Soak the diced plum in water for about 30 minutes.

Now, take a frying pan and heat it on a medium flame on your gas stove. When it is hot enough, add ½ tbsp of mustard oil in it.

When the oil is sufficiently hot, add ½ tsp of Indian five-spice blend (panch phoron) into the pan. Stir them for about half a minute until the spices are fragrant.

Now, add the diced and soaked plums into the pan with the water.

Stir them a bit to mix them nicely with the oil and spices.

When the water starts to boil, add 30 gm of diced and deseeded dates to the pan.

Mix them nicely. (Pro tip: To expedite the cooking process, you may cover the pan to cook the ingredients on a low flame until they turn soft.

Now, add 1 tsp of salt. Then, add ½ tsp of turmeric powder to the ingredient as well.

Stir to mix the salt and turmeric power nicely with the plum. Then cover the pan and cook it for about 3 minutes until all the ingredients turn tender and reduce in volume.

Now, add 70 gm of diced mango fruit leather (aam papad or amsotto) to the ingredients in the pan.

Follow it with 30 gm of raisins. Mix everything nicely.

After about a minute of cooking, use the spatula to mash the ingredients partially. This will make the chutney thicker.

Now add 100 gm of sugar to the ingredients. Stir it nicely to mix the sugar properly with the plums.

Let it cook for a couple of minutes until the chutney becomes juicier and thicker, and you notice a change in the color.

Pour it into a bowl and your sweet and juicy plum chutney is ready to consume.