Today, we can easily please ourselves with exotic goodies, which are abundantly flaunted in supermarket and market stalls. Aromatic fruits from distant Asian countries, such as sunny mangoes, were especially loved in our country. Having tried it once, you become a hostage of its taste, smell and benefit. And in order not to feel disappointment instead of the joy of eating fruit, you need to know how to choose the right mango.
Making a "ripe" choice
This exotic fruit can lead you astray when you are faced with choosing a ripe fruit in a store. The fact is that mangoes come in many varieties that differ in shape, size and color. This is where the trick lies: the yellow-green mango may turn out to be as ripe as its red "friend", since they belong to different varieties of fruit.
Neither color nor size will tell you how to choose a mango to make it ripe. You can do it by touch. Try to lightly push the fetus. If you feel the elasticity and peculiar springiness of the fetus, then you are on the right track - this is a ripe mango. If the fruit is hard or, conversely, quite soft, then you have an unripe or overripe fruit in your hands. Put it back on the counter.
Also distinctive features of ripe mangoes are smooth shiny skin of a saturated color (whether yellow or red), the absence of spots and other defects. Ripe fruit exudes a pleasant aroma with a small admixture of turpentine - this is a normal feature of mangoes. But the smell of alcohol indicates the onset of the fermentation process, that is, the overripe fruit.
Your choice is a smooth elastic fruit without damage, rich color, with a pleasant fruity aroma. Now that you know how to choose a mango, you need to figure out how to eat it.
Mango salad therapy
Mango, like any other fruit, is delicious to eat just like that, peeling and slicing. But this is not very interesting. You can dream up and diversify your menu by preparing an unusual mango salad. We suggest you try a light fresh salad with shrimp, which is perfect for a summer lunch.
First you need to take a gram of 200 large king prawns and pickle them in a sauce of olive oil and honey (in a 4: 1 ratio) for half an hour. Then shrimp lightly fry in a pan and spread on lettuce leaves. It can be arugula, spinach or something else.
Diced mango goes there. Add a little lime juice to the marinade, boil the sauce for several minutes and water our salad. You can decorate the dish with nuts.
Such a useful exotic
The salad is divinely delicious, low-calorie and very healthy. A significant role here is played by the benefits of mangoes, which are worth mentioning. This exotic fruit contains many vitamins: A, groups B, C, E and D, as well as 12 amino acids and various sugars. It is very good to use mangoes for the prevention of heart disease and with nervous tension. It will help relieve stress and increase energy, including sexual energy.
To get all the benefits of this fruit and enjoy its heavenly taste, remember how to choose mango so as not to miscalculate. Eat it just like that, cook light and satisfying dishes with it, recharge it with solar energy and good!