Mango useful properties

Mango sizoe( Mangifera caesia Jacg.) is a delicious fruit in any form and represents an evergreen tree from the sumac family, up to 40 m high, lush, beautiful. Flowers and fruits of mango loosely hang, swaying on long cords. A large, oval fruit is a drupe.

The flesh of the fruit is yellowish-white in color and has a sweetish-waxy taste.

Homeland of mango - Indonesia, India and other tropical countries, where not only wild, but also cultivated varieties grow. Mango likes greenhouse comfort, the temperature is almost at one level around 25 ° C.

Fruit pulp and mango juice contain vitamins A, B, C, D and E. Moreover, the content of vitamin C can reach up to 175 mg per 100 g of flesh pulp. In addition, there is a very high content of such sugars as sucrose, xylose, glucose, fructose seloheptulose, maltose, mannoheptulose.

Mango is rich in amino acids, which are called irreplaceable - these are the amino acids that can not be produced by the human body, so it should receive them with food. As you can guess from the bright yellow or orange pulp of mango, it has a lot of carotenoids. In fact, here they are about 5 times more than in the most orange mandarins.

Mineral substances that make up mango's wealth: calcium, phosphorus, iron. This is quite enough to say that the Asian apple has a rich mineral composition.

Fruit skin and leaves of mango tree contain tannins;in the leaves there is also a strong plant tranquilizer.

The benefits of

In traditional medicine of India, ripe fruits are used as a diuretic and laxative, as well as with various internal bleeding.

Mango juice is treated with acute dermatitis. The bark of fruits is used as an astringent and tonic for various disorders of the stomach. Seed seeds are used as an antihelminthic agent, and seeds are used for asthma.

Mango leaves help with a scorpion bite.

The alcoholic tincture of dried mango flowers is used by the local population for diarrhea, dysentery, catarrh of the bladder.

Mango fruits are eaten fresh, and they also get delicious juice from them.

From unripe fruits make salads.

Kernels are ground for flour. Widely use oil from mango bones. It has anti-inflammatory, regenerating, moisturizing, tonic effect. It is used in the treatment of dermatitis, psoriasis and other skin diseases. Mango oil is used as a shave cream. It is used after visiting saunas, baths, since it restores the natural balance of the skin, helps to preserve the skin with moisture. The main purpose of oil from the bones of mango is daily hair care and skin care. It is often included in creams, lotions, shampoos and conditioners. After their application, the skin of the face and body becomes soft, velvety, and the hair acquires a healthy shine. Mango oil is an excellent remedy against stretch marks.

In Indian mango cuisine is widely used.

Chatni from mango and coconut

This exotic dish has an acute spicy taste.8 servings will require 2 mature mango fruits, coriander( or ground coriander seeds), 10 grams of ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/8 teaspoon of hot red pepper and 1 tablespoon of coconut chips. Preparation: Mango fruits should be peeled, cut into two halves, separated from the stone and finely chopped. The remains of the pulp should be separated from the stone, crushed and added to the previously prepared mass. Rinse the cilantro and mix it with ginger, pepper and coconut, and then add everything to the mango mass. Chattery in cold form is served to meat dishes.

Exotic fruit cocktail

4 servings of

1 mango fruit, 1 papaya fruit, 2 kiwi fruit, 2 small bananas, mint leaves, several cranberries, fresh or frozen, 1 lime juice.

Using a sharp knife, peel mango and papaya. Remove bones and seeds and cut into thin rings. Peel and cut kiwi and bananas with rings. After combining the fruits, place them in dessert bowls or kremanki. Decorate with mint leaves and cranberries. Freeze for future use. Just before serving, squeeze out lime juice into each serving.

Mango Martini

• 3 ripe mango fruit
• 300 ml of vodka
• Ice cubes
• Mango

Mix ice and vodka in a shaker. Mango is separated from the stone, peeled, cut into large slices, placed in a jar, add vodka, tightly closed with a lid and insist 3 days( no more than 5 days).Drain the vodka, mix it with ice cubes in a shaker, pour into martini glasses and decorate with lemon or lime slices.

Mango Daiquiri( Cuba)

• 1/2 cup crushed ice
• 1/2 ripe mango, peeled and cut into pieces
• 2 tbsp.l.freshly squeezed lime juice or lemon
• 1 tsp.sugar
• 100 ml dark rum

Mix all ingredients in a mixer until a puree is obtained and pour over the glasses.

Non-alcoholic Mango Lassi( India)

• 1/4 cup yogurt( preferably un-flavored)
• One ripe mango, peeled and cut into slices
• 10 ice cubes
• 1 tbsp.l.sugar

Mix yoghurt, mango and ice to a puree state in a mixer, add sugar to taste, mix again and serve in high chilled glasses.

Fruit salad "Exotic"

4 servings of

50 grams of almonds, 1 mango fruit, 1 orange, 1 pink grapefruit, 2 papaya fruits, 100 g of dates, 4 fizalisa( croissant gooseberry)

1. Fry the almonds in the oven until golden brown. To do this, place the plates on a baking sheet and place them on the middle shelf of the oven. Turn over from time to time.

2. Mango should be peeled, cut in half and cut from the stone fruit flesh. Remove from the citrus thick coat of peel so that the white peel is removed. Separate the orange slices and grapefruit from the white membranes, while collecting the juice in a bowl. Cut the papaya in half and scrape the pulp with a spoon. Stir all fruits with citrus juice and put in the refrigerator before serving.

3. Arrange the fruit salad in half the rind.

4. Wash Physalis, decorate 1 fruit with each serving of fruit salad and serve, sprinkling with almond plates.

Beef with mango

Preparation: 30 min. In one portion, 930 kcal.

4 servings of

800 g of beef fillet, 1 piece of ginger root, 100 ml of soy sauce, 2 fetuses of mango, 6 tbsp.spoonfuls of balsamic vinegar, 2 tablespoons.spoons of sugar and curry, 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper, 80 ml sesame oil, 150 g flour, 1 egg, 500 ml vegetable oil, 3 tbsp.spoons butter

1. Meat cut into cubes, ginger slices, mango slices. Put everything alternately on the skewers. Mix the sauce, vinegar, sugar, curry, pepper and sesame oil. Marinate in a mixture of products on skewers 15 minutes. Mix the starch, flour, a pinch of salt and mix with 200 ml of water and egg. Leave for 15 minutes. Preheat the vegetable oil to 180 ° C.

2. Dip the skewers in dough and bake in deep-fried. Boil the marinade and beat with butter. Season the sauce and serve it to the dish.