The two main cultivars are the "Indian type" and the "Southeast Asian type". Both the skin and flesh range from yellow, green, or orange. Eaten cooked or raw, however, raw mango can irritate some people's skin upon contact. Sour, unripe mangoes are used in chutneys and pickles. Ripe mangoes are wonderful in juices, smoothies, ice cream, fruit bars, and mango lassi.
Our fruits are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.
Banana, blackberry, blueberry, papaya, passion fruit, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry
Cardamom, Chinese five spice powder, cinnamon, cloves, ground dried ginger, mace, nutmeg, star anise
Bourbon, brandy, cognac, rum, whiskey
Citrus: Lemon, lime, blood orange, tangerine, Meyer lemon
Vinegars: Champagne, cider, sherry, white wine, herb vinegars, fruit vinegars
Herbs: Ginger, young ginger
Ground Chili Peppers: Aleppo, kashmiri, Maraş pul biber
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