Mango is one of the most delicious and healthy fruits. It is often used for cooking various dishes or as a beautiful dessert. To do this, you need to know how to cut mangoes. There are many different ways. Some take a little longer, others take almost a second.
What should be the fruit?
Before proceeding with the description of how to cut mangoes, you need to know how to choose the right fruits. Unripe fruit peeling will be quite difficult. Mangoes can be different in color. This is not an indicator of maturity. To check, the fruit is slightly compressed in the palms. It must be unstable and resilient. Attention is drawn to the smell of the fetus. The more fragrant it is, the more ripe. Too soft fruit - already overripe.
How to free mango from peel with a peeler?
The peel from the fruit can be removed with a regular peeler. First, peel is removed from half the fruit. Then the fruit is placed in the palm of the remaining skin and the pulp is removed to the bone. Then it is cut with a small knife.
You can clean the fruit completely and cut it into two parts. Then, with a small knife, carefully release the flesh from the bone. You can cut mangoes into cubes, slices, circles, etc., depending on what the fruit is intended for.
The most common ways to peel mangoes
So how to cut mangoes? The most popular way is quite simple. Two large lobules are cut from the sides of the fetus (not reaching the middle with the bone). It turns out three pieces of mango. Inside each half, cuts are made in the form of a lattice. But care must be taken not to damage the skin. Then the halves of the fetus are pulled out.
Since it has not yet been cut off completely, it will not fall out. You can serve fruit to the table in this form. But you can carefully cut the convex cubes into a plate with a knife. The remaining center is freed from the peel. Then, the entire pulp of the fruit around the bone is cut. This is done on a plate, since during the process a lot of precious juice will flow from the fruit.
There is an even easier way. If the fruit is ripe, then the peel will be easily separated from the pulp. To clean the fruit, 4 incisions are made on the side opposite the fruit tail. Then each petal is pulled to the side. In order not to lose precious juice, the fruit is cleaned directly in a plate.
Peeling Overripe Mango
Above, we examined how you can cut mangoes, but these methods are not suitable for peeling overripe fruits. The ideal option is to cut a little skin from the side of the fruit with a sharp knife or divide it into two halves. Then eat the pulp, scraping it with an ordinary teaspoon. So the juice will not flow from the fetus.
Peeling a mango with a glass
An original and easy way to cut mangoes is to use a glass. But it is necessary high, with thin and strong walls. Mango is taken and cut into three parts. From the sides - as close to the middle as possible, without affecting the bones. Then half the fetus fits in the palm of your hand. Hold the glass firmly with your free hand. A third of the mango is pulp pulled up to the container.
She scrapes off the edge of the glass. The fruit must be lightly pressed so that it slides down. Thus, the skin will remain in the hand, and the peeled fruit in a glass. The procedure is repeated for another third of the fruit. Then, with a sharp knife, the pulp is released from the middle remaining piece of mango, which is in the palm of your hand.
How to cut mangoes for making sauces or fruit puree?
If the fruit pulp is needed for sauces or fruit puree, it is best to take an overripe fruit. Mango is peeled over a plate, as a lot of juice will flow into it. The fruit is cut with a sharp knife into small slices. Then all the flesh is scooped up with a spoon and placed with the juice in a blender. To prepare an exotic dish, just mix the resulting mixture with nectars or ice cream.
How to cut mangoes at home?
How to cut mangoes at home? To do this, you can use one of the above methods. But initially, the fruit should be thoroughly washed under hot water. A cutting knife is best taken with cloves, since after cleaning the fruit will become how many, and it will be inconvenient to cut.
One of the easiest ways to get rid of a bone is to carefully make a circular incision in the middle of the fruit. Then break the halves. To free the pulp from the bone, you need to take it and scroll a little. Either just cut with a knife or take out with a spoon.
How to serve mango on the table?
How to cut mangoes nicely? Fruit is cut in any variation: cubes, slices, thin strips. From them you can collect different shapes and decorations. For example, a building in the form of a rose will look very beautiful from stripes. To do this, you need very thin fetal plates, long sliced. Or take a small knife, stick it in the middle of the mango and chop it in a spiral, while scrolling.
Mango Features
In the middle of the fruit there is a large bone, so the cleaning knife is selected sharp and better with a wide blade. Some gourmets can eat the fruit even with skin, but this is not recommended. Firstly, she chews poorly. Secondly, for safety, fruits are often lubricated with paraffin, and its entry into the stomach is undesirable.
Local people in India eat even unripe fruits, but keep in mind that they have been accustomed to such dishes since childhood. In other people, eating unripe fruits can cause gastrointestinal upset and even irritation of the respiratory tract.
Moreover, the peel of mango for the body is completely useless and even harmful. The skin contains the organic toxin urushiol, which can cause allergic reactions. Therefore, mango must be cleaned before use.