Mangoes

In spite of the blazing sun, I await the summer season every year for the mangoes. Although
I love eating other fruits, mangoes are and will always be my all time favorites. No wonder
they are called king of fruits.

There are two types - the raw mango and the mango fruit. The raw mangoes are used
in making mango pickle and mango rice.

Some of my favorite options on how to enjoy eating the mangoes -

a.) Mango milkshake - just love the one my mom makes. The secret - always add tiny chunks
of mangoes in the shake.

b.) Mango juice - made of fresh mangoes. My mom makes some kind of a jam and then stores
them in steel containers or glass bottles. Whenever you feel like having the juice, just
add two to three teaspoons of the jam, mix it with water.

c.) Fruitsalad - add in other fruits but more of mangoes and then add in ice cream as well.
I prefer these two ice cream flavors - butterscotch (time and tested and always goes well
with fruitsalad) and chocolate (another favorite flavor of mine). And when no one is
looking, you can even add scoops of both the flavors and mix them with the fruits.

d.) Mango ice cream - my mom used to make this one at home. These days we just buy the
family packs. My all time favorite is the mango duet. Although I prefer Amul ice creams to
Kwality Walls, when it comes to Mango Zap it is a different story. Raspberry is the other
flavor they have. But Mango is better than that.

e.) And finally the best option - just peel, slice and eat them as a whole. No juice, shake
or ice cream can even match having the mangoes as a whole. Much more better if you have a
whole fruit to yourself.

There are many varieties of mangoes. Am not an expert on them. But I do have a few
favorites - Banganapalli, Senthoora, Neelam.

The season has started this year and I have already started devouring them without any
inhibitions.

Happy mango season 👍