Today we will study about the king
of fruits and the national fruit of India the one and only the favourite of
all age groups ie Mango .Mango is mostly
found on the Konkan belts so it is called Konkan cha Raja means Konkan's king
.Mango has been called as Amrut fruit also. Its a seasonal fruit and we get it
from Month of April till mid of June. It needs hot humid climatical conditions
and sandy soil this type of climate is found in India so we get the most of the
portion of harvest of mango in India .Till date there is no fix evidence of the
beginning of this fruit but looking into the history of 250 to 300 years this
tree may be from south and south west
regions of India. Their are many varieties of mango like Alphanso which is
commonly called as Hapus in India, Payri, Totapuri, Kesar, Fernandez, Raywal, Maniknbhat,
Neelam, Mankur, Ghonta, and many more. Ripe mango juice contains vitamin A and
C in maximum quantity which is good
medicine on skin disease.
South Asia is harvesting mangoes
from thousands of year. Mango is the National fruit of India and Pakistan, Mango
tree is a National tree of Bangladesh and National Symbol of Philippines. In
India and South Asia cultural importance has been given to Mango,
Small
branches of mango trees has been used in many rituals of Indian Hindu
communities of India .
Variety of mango fruit depends upon
the climatical condition of the region , as per the region its soil the taste differs it has its own unique
taste. Mango tree grows upto 40 feet, its leaves are 4 to 5 inches long. In
spring season the tree starts getting small red leaves and then they grow into
long dark green colour, the tree starts flowering and this flowers are called
as "Ambyacha Mohar" or "Amramanjiri" in Marathi.
Mango is eaten in different style as
per its shape and size we can enjoy the fruit in many ways as per our comfort
and style its realy divine. Gavti Amba is a one type of mango variety which can
be enjoyed by sucking the juice of it directly using your mouth for that first
we have to press the mango from all sides carefully so that it doesn't opens up
from any side we have to open the cap of the mango and it is situated on the
top of it where it is attached to the stem. At end of the cap and the stem a
white juice is present which should be removed first and then enjoy the fruit .
If we gulp the white juice which is
present in the opening of mango it destroys the taste buds of our tongue it is
dangerous to gulp that juice because its reaction can make us ill as well as we
can get pimples on our face.
Langda, Neelam and Totapuri are the
varieties of mangoes which has to be eaten before they get fully riped. Some of
the Magoes get riped their juice is eaten with adding clarified butter and
black pepper it enhances its taste.
When India was ruled by British they
have named mango as bathroom fruit because while eating mango we spoil our
hands mouth dress so they use to eat mangoes in bathroom.
Each
and every fruit or vegetable they have there own gender but in case of mango
when it is in raw form it is known as "Kairy" in Marathi which is
feminine name but as soon as it is ripe it changes its gender in masculine name
as "Amba" in Marathi means mango .and it changes its characteristics
also ie when it is eaten raw it gives
us soothing effect to our body as well
as it is a acid neutralizer and when it is eaten ripe it increases metabolism
of our body, those who have heat problems they should eat mango in limited
proportion.
In early days mango yeild was limited
as soon as its demand in market increased rapidly people started plantations of
mango trees .many different kind of
mango recipes were invented in early days and now we have a wide range of mango
recipes which are prepared in all household.
First we will study raw mango recipes,
raw mangoes contains potassium, tartaric, citric, and malic acid so we can
preserve raw mango recipes for a year and more. Recipes like pickle,panha(a
type of juice),,salads are made from mixing cucumber and raw mangoes or bengal
gram dal and raw mango which is called as Pachdi, Chunda, Takku, Methamba, Ambyacha
Khula, Kairi Sauce, Raw mango Juice, Chutney, Kairas, "Amboshi "this
is made by peeling and chopping raw mango and then they are sundried Amboshi is
later used in many curries, vegetables ,fish recipes to enhance the recipe by
the sour taste. In north India powder of Amboshi is well known as Amchur and is
used in mostly each and every recipe they cook , in Gujarat it is well known as
Amboliya. many more recipes are cooked with raw mangoes many Goan or South Indian
recipes they add raw mango in curries and vegetables .raw mango Murabba is a
medicinal dish which increases blood in body
Now we will study some interesting recipes
from ripe mangoes, Aamras is the all time favourite recipe of all ages, we can
enjoy this recipe as a sweet desert in all the celebration or function in the
season of April to June. A big business has been put up in all Konkan areas,
where mango yeild is in ample form they boil the mango juice adding sugar and
preservatives and pack them so that we can store it for a year and enjoy the
fruit the whole year. Aamras-Poli, Amba Barfi, Aamras Dhokla, Aamras Shevya, Aamrasatil
Shevya, Ambyache Paysam, Ambyache Sasam, Ambyache Human means tampered mango
curry, mango cake and many more.
Once while traveling by road in
south India in the farm of mangoes i found some people cooking interesting
thing from mango on wood fire, with my
food enthusiasm i went their to check. They were cooking mango pulp in big
vessels on wood fire they added jaggery and sugar to it then spread the cooked
batter on bamboo structure for sundry as
soon as it dries they put one more layer
of batter for sundry ,This procedure goes on till 1inch broad layer is obtained and its length
is upto 1 kilometer ,this is then cut into square shapes and send to market for
sell it is very well known as "Aampapad" in the market, and has a
popular demand .It can be stored for a year. Now days big factories has been
set for the same where they are prepared with utmost hygiene.
One more famous ice cream made from mango which is worldwide popular is known as
Mastani And we get it in Pune in
Maharashtra.
Seeing the popularity of mango i
also invented a new dish which is known as Cheese mango bite i would like to
share the recipe with you.
Ingredients for the same are Mango
diskined and cut in square cubes, cheese grated 1cup add 1/2 cup of milk mix
and cook it in double boiler , bread crumbs 1 cup and cornstarch 1 spoon mix
well and keep aside, oil for frying sate sticks or toothpicks. Method skew the
mango cubes in sate sticks dip them in the cheese batter roll them in crumbs
freeze them for an hour and deep fry them on medium heat take it out
immediately and serve them hot.
