MY LIFE IS MANGO MANGO THESE DAYS...MERA DIL BHI KITNA MANGO HAI, YEH SIRF MANGO MANGO KARTA HAI....

The recent news of USA rejecting 15 consignments of mangoes from India got me nearly depressed. I mean who rejects mangoes, yaar? No matter what political issues one has, mangoes cannot be punished. If one is punishing a mango, one is punishing the entire humankind and their taste buds craving for those luscious beauties every summer. Mango is king of fruits in India - phalon ka raja, with India being biggest producer and exporter. Chalo...ek kaam mei toh hum awwal hai, lol ;-)

I'd have been so happy if those crates landed in my doorstep instead of getting destroyed in shores of USA. What a waste! USA could've washed and eaten, instead of destroying them altogether just for some missing paperwork? C'mon? I know its a rich country and can re-order in bulk, but, my heart goes out to those 15 consignments. Phew...I'd have relished them immensely....'slurp' 'slurp' @yumminess...


my box of happiness...

There are many varieties of mango - all grown in different states. But, my favourite is the 'kesar' variety. I swear by it. One just has to eat the kesar variety to really enjoy a mango. I chanced upon it by mistake. Earlier, I didn't know the exact names and would buy any variety. Once, I bought some that were still green. Thinking they were unripe I gave it few days to turn yellow. But even after couple of days, it remained green, By then I had become impatient and decided to eat the green mango itself. Anticipating it to be sour, I sliced my knife throught it. I could not believe what I saw. Inside the green skin, was reddish yellow juiciest mango ever. And it was the sweetest of all mangoes I ever tasted. It was so sweet inspite of it being still green. Anyhow, I found its name to be 'kesar' grown primarily in Gujarat. Boy, I was hooked. Me and Kesar are inseperable since. Other varieties are Alphonso or hapus, Badami, Langra, Maida, Malgova, Neelam, Himsagar, Himayat, Pairi, Raspuri, Chausa, Banginapalli, Sindhura, Totapuri, Dasheri, almost 1500+ variety - but for me its kesar, kesar...only kesar! YUM!