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With ripe mangoes in season, now is the time to make easy snacks with mangoes to cool off in the summer.
Whenever the season, it's the time when the ripest mangoes are available. Using these ripe mangoes to make easy snacks for summer enjoyment will be fantastic. With the same ingredients, just follow a few simple steps and you'll have delicious mango syrup, mango preserves, and mango compote.
Easy-to-Make Snack 1: Mango Syrup
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Snack Recipe 1: Mango Syrup
- Fresh mangoes: 1kg;
- Sugar: 1kg;
- Ginger: 1 piece;
- Fine salt: 20g (used for making preserved mango).
Steps to Make Easy Homemade Snack Recipe 1: Mango Syrup
Step 1: Wash the mangoes thoroughly, then soak them in salty water for about 1 hour. After 1 hour, remove and drain them.
Step 2: Use a knife to score the mangoes evenly around the fruit until reaching the pit. Then, mix the mangoes with sugar evenly and let them sit in a cool place for about 4-5 hours (until the sugar completely dissolves).
Score the mangoes evenly around and soak them in sugar solution
Step 3: Place the mangoes on the stove and cook over medium heat. Note that there's no need to stir or flip the mangoes while cooking. Cook until the mangoes slightly shrink, then turn off the heat. Now, remove the mangoes and let them drain thoroughly.
Cook the mangoes and then remove to drain
Step 4: Collect the liquid obtained and boil the remaining liquid in the pot once more, and you'll have mango syrup.
Delicious mango syrup
Easy-to-Make Snack 2: Mango Preserves
To make mango preserves, you need to dry the mangoes at 80 - 100°C for about 1 hour!
Finely crush ginger, squeeze out the water, then mix evenly with salt and blend into the dried mangoes to make mango preserves.
If you don't have a dehydrator, you can mix the mangoes with the ginger-salt mixture and stir-fry over low heat until the mangoes become slightly dry!
Mango preserves
With these two easy-to-make snack recipes, you'll have ginger-stir-fried mangoes that are still fresh, sweet, sour, crispy, fragrant with ginger aroma, and slightly spicy.
Furthermore, for the mango syrup, simply mix it with shaved ice and add a few drops of lime juice, and you'll have another delicious treat for the summer with beautiful natural colors and rich in vitamins.
Quick and Easy Snack 3: Mango Jam
Ingredients for Quick and Easy Snack 3: Mango Jam
- Mangoes: 500g;
- Sugar: 50g;
- Fine salt: 2 teaspoons;
- Chili powder: 1 teaspoon.
Steps to Prepare Easy Snack 3: Mango Compote
Step 1: Wash the mangoes thoroughly, drain, and then use a knife to cut across the mango. Hold the two parts of the mango with both hands, then twist your hands in opposite directions to separate the mango into two parts.
Separate mango into 2 parts
Step 2: Put the sliced mangoes in a bowl and sprinkle sugar over them. Mix the mangoes well with sugar. When the sugar dissolves, add salt to the mango bowl, shake well. Finally, add chili powder, shake again to mix evenly.
Step 3: Pour the mango onto a plate and enjoy. The mango, soaked in sugar, has reduced its sourness when mixed with salt and chili powder, making it very easy to eat.
Mix mango with sugar
Additionally, you can explore more delicious summer recipes:
• Compilation of unique and exotic summer dishes
• Compilation of delicious rice soup dishes for the summer
• How to make jelly flan with beer can
