6 Indian Mango Desserts That Will Make You Smack Your Lips 2024
- Sushmita Sengupta
- January 23, 2022
Called the king of fruits, Mango is one of the few reasons why we wait for summers in India despite the excessive torment it brings along with it. Mango typically has three components, the skin, the yellow pulpy flesh, and the seed (gutli in Hindi). The flesh of the mango is what we eat and use in myriad delicacies. The sweet, juicy pulp makes every dessert extra luscious and exotic. From barfi to ice cream, Mangos can truly liven up your dessert fare, and here we have handpicked 6 of our most favourite mango desserts for you.
Mango Phirni
Phirni is a sweet dish that is very popular in Indian subcontinent. In terms of appearannce, it may look a lot like kheer, but her ethe rice is treated differently. The addition of mango makes it even more richer.
Amrakhand
Amrakhand is nothing but Mango shrikhand. Shrikhand is perhaps one of the oldest desserts of the subcontinent, it is said theat Bhima of Mahabharata was the original creator of the dessert. In this desssert, curd mixed with mango is drained of its watery whey. The thick curd that remains after it has been 'hung', will be your Amrakhand.
Mango Rasgullas
Rasgulla is a popular Bengali sweet meat, which is essentially balls of cottage cheese dipped in sugar syrup. When you pound your cottage cheese, mix in some mango pulp and you have your delectable mango rasgullas. Summery and sensational.
Paneer Mango Kheer
Love Paneer kheer for its thick, creamy richness? Throw in cubes of mangoes and waych it become the talking point of the dinner.
Coconut Mango Barfi
Why settle for regular khoya barfi when you can level things up with addition of fresh mangoes. The creamy, sweet coconut brings out the true tropical flavours here.