Mango season is going on and the mango lovers make different recipes using it during its season. During off season, we fulfill the desires of mangoes by using ready made juices from the stores. One such example is of Mango frooti. My kid loves this Mango frooti like anything. So during this mango season I thought of preparing Mango frooti at home and this is quite easy and interesting. When prepared at home, it is without additives and preservatives. You may use the sweet mangoes of your choice. Taste the mango before preparing this recipe to understand the amount of sugar to be added to the juice you prepare. If the taste is sour, then you may need to add some sugar while preparation of this juice or else normal water will be good.
I had prepared Mango Milkshake without ice cream during the last season and you may refer my previous post for the same.
INGREDIENTS :
(1) 2 ripe Mangoes (washed)
(2) 1 raw Mango (washed)
(3) Sugar - 200 gms
(4) Water - approximately 1 litre
Serves : 3-4 persons
Time required : 20 minutes to prepare ingredients and 10 minutes to cook = 30 minutes
METHOD :
(1) Rinse the mangoes thoroughly to clean the mangoes.
(2) Peel the skin of the mangoes and cut the pulp of the mangoes into small pieces and discard the seeds.
(3) Take a deep utensil and put 500 ml of water into it. Add 200 gms of sugar to the water. Also add the chopped mangoes to this. You may add the quantity of sugar depending on the sweetness of mangoes or as per sweetness required.
(4) Mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 10 - 12 minutes or till the mangoes become soft. Cover with a lid during the cooking process.
Second method is put the chopped mangoes along with sugar in a pressure cooker with 2 glasses of water. Close the lid and cook for 2-3 whistles.
(5) Once the mangoes become soft, turn off the gas flame.
(6) Using the ladle, collect the cooked mangoes in a separate large bowl.
Don’t discard the remaining mango water. Keep it aside.
(7) Let the cooked mangoes cool down to room temperature before grinding them.
(8) Once the cooked mangoes have cooled down, put them in a mixie / blending jar and grind it into a smooth puree.
(9) Mix the mango puree with mango water kept aside.
(10) Mix well.
(11) Add 500 ml of water or as per the required consistency and depending on the sweetness required.
(12) Strain the mango water got in step 11 to collect the mango frooti. The fibre will remain in the strainer. Discard the fibre.
(13) Cover it and keep it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to make them cool. Mango frooti is ready to serve.
Serve it in a serving glass as shown.
