Category Archives: Mango

Recipe – Homemade Easy Mango Ice Cream

 

mango ice cream

 

Prep Time: 12 hours

Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • Ripe Mango pulp: 2 cups
  • Fresh Milk Cream: 1 cup
  • Milk: ½ cup
  • Sugar: ¾ cup
  • Vanilla Extract: a few drops

Method

  • Take the fresh milk cream in a bowl.
  • Using hand blender blend it for 6-7 minutes or till it is creamy and frothy.
  • Add vanilla, milk and sugar and blend for another 4-5 minutes.
  • Add mango pulp and blend for 2-3 minutes.
  • Transfer to an air tight container.
  • Deep fridge for 4 hours.
  • Take out and blend again.
  • Deep fridge for 8-10 hours or overnight.
  • Scoop out the ice cream and serve.
  • You may add chocolate chips and chocolate syrup while serving.

 

Recipe – Mango Chutney

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 5 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • Mango: 2 medium sized, washed and chopped into small pieces
  • Oil: 1 Teaspoon
  • Bengali Panchforon (mix of Fenugreek seeds, Fennel seeds, Mustard seeds, Kalonji, Cumin seeds): 1 ½ teaspoon
  • Red Chili Powder: 1 teaspoon
  • Sugar or Jaggery (Gur): 2 tablespoons
  • Salt: 1 Teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder: ½ Teaspoon (optional)

Method

  • Heat Oil in a pan, add Bengali Panchforon, and when it changes color, add Mangoes, salt, turmeric powder. Stir and cover it till Mangoes are cooked.
  • Add sugar or jaggery, and red chili powder. Cook till sugar or jaggery melts.
  • Turn off the heat and serve hot.
  • Or, let it cool and preserve it in an air-tight container.

 

Recipe – Mango Rice

mango rice

 

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • Rice: 1 ½ Cup
  • Water: 4 Cup
  • Raw green mango: 2 medium sized
  • Water: as required
  • Oil / ghee: 1 tablespoon
  • Mustard seeds: ½ Teaspoon
  • onion: 1, chopped
  • Dried Red chili: 1
  • Green chili: 1, chopped, crushed or paste
  • Ginger: 1 teaspoon, chopped, crushed or paste
  • Roasted Chana Dal (Dalia): ½ Tablespoon
  • Peanuts: 1 tablespoon
  • Curry Leaves: 4-5
  • Salt: 1 ½ Teaspoon or taste
  • Turmeric powder (Haldi): ¼ teaspoon
  • Cumin powder: 1 teaspoon
  • Coriander Leaves: 1 tablespoon, chopped

Method

  • Trim, Peel, deseed and cut the mangoes into small ½-inch pieces.
  • Heat oil/ghee in a pot / pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds, dried red chili and curry leaves.
  • After 30 seconds add onion, ginger, green chili, peanuts. Roast for 1 minute.
  • Add roasted chana dal, mango pieces, salt, turmeric powder. Mix well and stir for 1 minute.
  • Add rice and cumin powder. Mix well.
  • Add water and let it boil.
  • Once water starts to boil, lower the heat and cover the pot / pressure cooker.
  • Simmer for 15 minutes in low heat till rice is cooker. If you are using pressure cooker wait till 1 whistle in high flame or switch off after 15 minutes in low flame before whistle.
  • Turn off the heat.
  • Wait till steam escapes from pressure cooker.
  • Remove the lid add coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot.

 

Recipe – Mango Pickle / Aam ka Khatta achaar

Prep Time: 1 week

Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Serves: 10

Ingredients

  • Raw green mango: 4 large
  • Salt: 2 teaspoons
  • Turmeric powder(haldi): 1 teaspoon
  • Mustard Oil: 1/4 cup
  • Hing (Asafoetida): 1 pinch
  • Mustard seeds: 1/2 teaspoon
  • Methi seeds (Fenugreek seeds): 1/4 teaspoon
  • Kalonji (black seeds / kala jeera): 1/4 Teaspoon
  • Saunf (Fennel seeds): 1/4 Teaspoon
  • Red chili powder: 1 tablespoon
  • Mustard (Sarson) powder: 2 tablespoon

Method

  • Wash the mangoes and pat dry them.
  • Cut into 2 halves and take out the seed.
  • Cut into small pieces. Do not peel them.
  • In a glass bowl, add the mango pieces, salt and turmeric powder. Toss well and leave it in Sun to dry for 12 hours or 1 day. You may keep in room temperature as well. Do not cover it air tight. You may cover it with a sieve or cotton cloth.
  • Salt will leave water, so the mix will become watery.
  • Drain the excess water and spread the mango pieces on a sieve or cotton cloth for 4-5 hours. let the excess water dry. Do not over dry them.
  • Once it is dried, take out the pieces in a bowl. Add red chili powder, mustard powder, mustard seeds, kalonji, saunf and methi seeds. Mix well.
  • Heat mustard oil in a small pan. Let it smoky hot.
  • Turn off the heat.
  • Add Hing in the oil and let the oil come to room temperature for 1 hour. Now add this oil to the bowl of mango pieces.
  • Mix well.
  • Transfer to a glass jar. Press the mango pieces, so the oil will come on the top.
  • Keep the jar under Sun for another 1 week.
  • Use it for 2-3 months.