I saw a reel around Father’s Day where it was shown that Dads usually fill the whole refrigerator with mangoes in the season because their kids love mangoes. I was reminded of how my father used to bring the best of mangoes for me to eat. I have a special love for dudhiya malda so he used to specially go out of his way to get me those. There was not a day during the mango season that I didn’t get to eat those mangoes. Dudhiya Malda used to be available for a short time every year and Papa always bought those for me. Now that we live in different cities, I miss this every summer.
Now, I see my husband do this for our daughter. He brings kilos of mangoes every week because our Little Miss loves them. Our fridge is full of mangoes even as I write this. Our daughter is non-verbal but whenever she sees mangoes her face lights up with a wide smile and we know she loves it.
No summer is complete without the mention of king of fruits, our very own Mango. Mango is not just a king, it is the soul of summer. The distinct taste and fragrance of each kind of mango is in itself amazing. The Universe and Mother Nature has blessed our country with so many kinds of mangoes that one season is not enough to taste and enjoy all of them.
Mangos are dripping with personality — and also juice, which will inevitably end up on your shirt no matter how carefully you eat them. That’s just part of the experience. If you’re not sticky by the end, you’re doing it wrong. You slice it, dice it, cut it into cubes, make aamras, mango shake, mango ice cream, mango cheesecake, or just bite and suck into it, there is no denying that there is nothing more versatile and tasty like mango.
As someone who grew up with a mango tree in her garden, my love for mango started when I was quite young. Starting from the first blossoms that appear to plucking ripe mangoes, I used to love keeping tabs on the tree. Sometimes, when the yield was not upto mark I would be quite disappointed too. It’s true I’m not a big fan of the taste of that particular variety of mango; nevertheless plucking those mangoes was a joy.
There are many varieties of mangoes; I did an internet search and it showed me that there are 1500 varieties out of which 1000 are grown commercially. Whew! That’s a huge number. Some are more famous than others and every region boasts of its own grand mango. I have already told you about my favourite mango.
Few of the varieties are:
- Malda
- Alphonso
- Banganapalli
- Dasheri
- Langra
- Kesar
- Himsagar
- Totapuri
- Chausa
- Neelam
- Raspuri
- Mulgoba
- Rumani
Which one is your favourite?
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