Mangoes are in season and beyond the succulent deliciousness
they offer as fruit, they can be incorporated into everyday dishes and still be
thoroughly enjoyed.
When served with rice, fish or even the much-loved dodo,
mangoes are sure to tickle your taste bud with a mix of different flavours. Get
creative and don’t limit yourself to just munching on this sumptuous fruit.
To get the best out of mangoes when used as ingredient for
cooking, food enthusiast and recipe developer, Angela Davies says, “start with
mangos that are ripe but still firm. If you press into the skin, it should give
slightly but not feel mushy. You should also be able to smell a faint scent
from the mangoes. A very soft mango with an intensely sweet aroma may indicate
it’s much too ripe to cut easily, so just eat those or use them in a sauce or
puree.” To get the perfect mango dices, without making a mess of the flesh she
shares a method where you “slice off a thin strip from the top and bottom of
the mango. Then use a vegetable peeler to remove strips of mango skin around
the sides. From the top of the mango, you can see the pit. Mango pits are big,
but they’re a flat shape and you can slide your knife alongside of it. After
slicing off one side, run your knife down the other side of the pit to remove
the other half of the flesh in one big piece. If you just want sliced mango,
those two pieces will give you perfect slices that can be fanned out on a
plate. Now you can simply dice the mango flesh into chunks and use as needed.”
Mango Salsa
The beauty of mango salsa is in the mix of vibrant colours,
aromatic scents and mouth-watering flavours from different fruits and
vegetables used. The basic idea is to dice all ingredients used. Your
preference for sweet, sour, spicy or salty taste would determine the vegetables
or fruits you add to the mango. Some of these include red bell pepper, green
bell pepper, scotch bonnet pepper, avocado, parsley, tomato, onion, honey, lime
juice, salt, olive oil. Deseed vegetables or fruits, dice, combine all
ingredients in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, add olive oil and lime
juice, refrigerate and enjoy.
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