Before the summer gets over, here are some really cool mango recipes you must try your hand at.
Reshma Aslam shares some exotic but easy-to-make mango recipes.
Mango Ice-cream in Chocolate bowl
Ingredients
For ice-cream
- 2 cup heavy cream
- 200 ml condensed milk
- 1 cup mango pulp
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
For chocolate bowl
- 100 gm dark chocolate
- 1 balloon
Method
For chocolate bowl
- Blow the balloon and keep it in the refrigerator. The balloon should be the size of a regular serving bowl.
- Melt the dark chocolate. Take care that it is not too runny.
- Take a plate, put a small spoon full of chocolate on it. Keep aside.
- Remove the balloon from the refrigerator and dip it in the bowl with melted dark chocolate.
- Coat the balloon with the chocolate to create a bowl shape.
- Place the chocolate balloon on the plate with spoon full of chocolate and allow it to set for an hour or so in the refrigerator.
- Pop the balloon and remove it from the chocolate bowl.
- Chocolate bowl is ready.
For ice-cream
- In a bowl, add heavy cream and beat well till peaks are formed.
- If you using an electric beater, beat it for 6 to 7 minutes and if using hand beater then beat it for 15 minutes.
- Add the condensed milk and beat it again.
- Add the mango pulp, vanilla essence and gently mix it well.
- Place it in an airtight container and deep freeze overnight
- Mango ice-cream is ready
How to serve
- Take the chocolate bowl and add desired scoops of ice-cream into it.
- Garnish it with fresh mango pieces and serve.
Mango Strawberry Trifle
Makes: 2 to 3 glasses
Ingredients
- 1 cup mango, chopped
- Small vanilla sponge cake
- 1 cup vanilla custard sauce
- 1 cup mango juice (Maaza or Slice will do)
- 1/2 cup whipped cream
- 1 packet strawberry rex jelly
- 1 trifle glass
Method
For strawberry jelly
- Read the instructions on the jelly packet and set it accordingly.
- Add less water than what has been mentioned in the instructions on the packet.
- When the jelly is set, cut it into small pieces and keep it aside.
- Break the sponge cake into small pieces.
- Add the pieces into the trifle glass.
- Add 1 to 2 tbsp of mango juice over the cake.
- Add some chopped mango and 2 tbsp of custard sauce.
- Add few jelly cubes and one layer of whipped cream.
- Repeat the same process of adding cake, juice, mango pieces, sauce, jelly and whipped cream.
- Mango strawberry trifle is ready to be served.
- You can make 2 to 3 such glasses with the above mentioned ingredients.
Mango Jelly Cubes
Ingredients
- 2 cup mango pulp
- 3 tsp agar-agar
- 1 and 1/2cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 lemon
Method
- Take water in a bowl and add agar-agar. Let it dissolve well.
- Bring the water to boil till all the agar-agar dissolves.
- Add sugar and bring it to boil again.
- Add mango pulp and remove from heat.
- Add the juice of lemon and keep on stirring till it cools down.
- Put the entire contents on a cake tray and let it set in the fridge.
- When set, cut into small cubes and serve chilled.
Mango Souffle
Ingredients
- Pulp of 2 mangoes
- 200 gm fresh cream
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp gelatine
- 1 lemon
Method
- Take a mixing bowl and add fresh cream.
- Beat it well, add sugar and beat it further.
- When sugar dissolves, add mango pulp and beat well again.
- Take a small bowl and add the gelatine.
- Add hot water and stir well till the gelatine dissolves.
- Add this gelatine in the mango mixture.
- Add lemon juice and mix well.
- Set it in a bowl.
- Garnish it with fresh mangoes and serve.
No Bake Mango Cheese Cake
Ingredients
For the filling mixture
- 4 ripe mangoes pureed
- 1 tbsp gelatine dissolved in 2 and 1/2tbsp hot water
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Mix all the above ingredients and keep it aside.
For the crust
- 1 cup digestive biscuits powdered
- 2 tbsp butter
For Cheese Cake
- 200 gm cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup whipped cream
For Mango Glaze
- 1/2 cup mango puree
- 2 tbsp sugar powdered
- 1/2 tsp gelatine dissolved in 1 tbsp water
Method
For the crust
- Take the ingredients of the crust in a mixing bowl and mix well.
- Set this mixture in the base of a spring form cake pan.
For cheese cake
- Beat the cream cheese well till nice and fluffy.
- Add sugar and beat well.
- Add whipped cream and beat again.
- Add filling mixture and beat again.
- Assemble the entire contents on the cake crust.
- Let it set in the fridge for an hour.
For mango glaze
- Mix all ingredients of the mango glaze well.
- Remove cake from the fridge and pour the above mixture over it.
- Let it set in the fridge overnight. Serve.
Photographs: Kind courtesy Reshma Aslam
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