Thursday, June 30, 2011

Mango Mousse

In case you ever find yourself with a few extra mangoes, here's my quick and dirty version of this mango mousse recipe



What you'll need
2 large mangoes
1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
200 mL heavy whipping cream

(The fancy recipe calls for gelatin and pure icing sugar. But this is India, and we are not fancy here. There was no gelatin or pure icing sugar at the store today/ever.)




*side note: This is what the store looks like...

What you'll do 

Peel and chop the mangoes.
Blend mangoes with lemon/lime juice and cream until it starts to form peaks and whip.

(Fancy recipe says blend separately then whip the cream and fold the two together. I say there's no way you're getting me to wash the blender twice.)

Spoon into individual serving glasses and chill until set.
Top with cut mango and cardamom.



 This is like 50% of my diet.


[photos via me]

57 comments:

  1. Hahah! I love this: "There was no gelatin or pure icing sugar at the store today/ever". And I am with you, definitely not washing the blender twice. Looks delicious and refreshing!

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  2. Mango is my favorite fruit. This looks like a perfect treat!!! We don't get many good mangoes in the United States. I know people from India who say the mangoes there are so much tastier! ~Val

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  3. There's nothing like Mango in India. But. it's raining now in Mumbai and so mango season is over.
    Love the pictures. It made me seriously crave mango milkshake.

    And I know India seems a little village-like to the rest of the world but we do have gelatin and icing sugar. I think you got the wrong store ;)

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  4. I had a freshly made mango margarita once, and it was outstanding.. can't wait to try this!

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  5. Looks great, yummy and easy.
    Have a wonderful day!

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  6. between this post and hollie's... it's time to get out of the valley! this looks so good, and so... dangerous!

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  7. Hehe, this recipe made me laugh so many times! You are a really good writer! I know you feel about washing the blender twice- I would pretty much avoid any recipe that asked me to do that :) I am excited to try this because I love mangoes!

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  8. Awesome, you cook just the way I do!
    www.crystalcattle.com

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  9. Yum! love this recipe (including side notes :)

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  10. oh yum. i ate "mango soup" every day for breakfast when I lived in India. I imagine it was pretty similar to this. it's a good thing that mangoes are so delicious - otherwise i'd never go through the trouble of cutting them.

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  11. can I come live with you? I'll make you mango meals everyday.

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  12. @hollie, yes. yes you so totally can.

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  13. @very married, had no idea you lived in india!! wow. will need to ask you more about that :)

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  14. Caramba! This looks bloody tasty, I definitely going to try this out next week! :D

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  15. this sounds great! i always have an unlimited supply of mangoes at my house, so i'll def try it out :)

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  16. Sounds amazing!! Love your blog :)

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  17. This looks delicious!! I do wish it was 50% of my diet, he he! Hope you're having the time of your life!

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  18. Wow. I am in love with this. Yummy!
    xo
    Alexa
    www.theshortandthesweetofit.com

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  19. I like your version better! Yum.

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  20. Officially feeling envy right now. This isn't fair dear!!! I love my mangos!!!!!

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  21. Holly Molly, that looks delicious! I hope your new job is off to a super duper awesome start.

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  22. im drooling. that looks so delicious and fresh. YUm!

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  23. deeeelicious!!! something i need to try!

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  24. Delicious!! Lucky you having all these mangos on hand :) The photos are great and your sneaky comments made me giggle!!

    x

    love letters to lola

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  25. mangoes are love! That looks really yummy

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  26. Tnanks for stopping by today. Great to meet you. Mangoes are my fave thing so will have to try this!

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  27. Kimia, thank you for your sweet comment on my blog, they really make me so happy :) I love that you lived in San Francisco and then moved to India- that must be the most exciting life ever! (and two very very hot lives :P) Plus, the mango recipe I surely will be trying out- it looks super easy, and super delicious (but I shall wait after my wedding in a month eek :)

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  28. So making this! It just so happens I have mangoes and I have heavy cream!

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  29. This looks so good! I haven't had mangoes in a while but now I am wanting some! Thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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  30. This looks amazing! I love mangoes. I like how you modified it so that it's so much easier to make, I never have fancy ingredients on hand.

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  31. That looks so good! And it seems like it's easy to make as well. :)

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  32. First of all, so jealous of your grocery store. 2nd- this looks amazing!! I will be trying it.

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  33. These look so delicious and your recipe sounds wonderful! Now if I to find a supply of ripe mangos for the summer!

    xo Mary Jo

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  34. oh dear, i think it's high time that i visit chennai and devour mango mousse with you.

    #travelbughasgotaholdofme

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  35. Oh my gosh, this looks like something to die for right now. Thanks for sharing, I may try and do this myself :)
    Have a lovely weekend!

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  36. I love MANGo!!! Im going to try this recipe for sure!!


    Im your new follower!
    AllGlamThings

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  37. mangoes are my favorites so i'm pretty sure i will have to try this!

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  38. I first had something like this at a Brazilian festival- except it was with passion fruit. It was the best thing I have ever had, I will have to try this!

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  39. yum this looks (and sounds) delicious. And the store - wowsers!

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  41. Hi Kimia. Thanks for the comment on the tattoo design. really sweet. Was browsing your blog...definitely a lot of inspiration there. Makes me want to go to India soon. :)

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  42. That looks amazing!! Must try once I find some mangoes!

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  43. This looks delish! I just remembered yesterday that I had 2 mangos in the fridge and I had to eat them up quick - I ended up just eating them plain, but this would have been an awesome alternative.

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  44. My mom and sister love mangoes, and buy them by the boxes at the Vietnamese supermarkets here in California. We're starting to run out of ways to incorporate them into our meals (salad, spring rolls, with rice ...) but I haven't thought about it as a mousse yet.

    So here's to a possible experiment this weekend! :) Cheers Kimia!

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  45. Looks delicious! Why isn't this 100% of your diet?! Happy weekend, Stephie x

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  46. Boy oh boy does that look good!
    I love mangos and I bet I would love this as well :)

    Hugs,
    Signe

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  47. Wow, great recipe, it looks delicious! Definitely a summers treat. I'm bookmarking this for sure!

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  48. This looks so delicious. Mango anything sounds fabulous to me!

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  49. this looks divine! I love mangos and here, they are almost in season! Can't wait to try this recipe!

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  50. your recipe made me laugh so many times! it looks so good! i can't wait to try it.

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  51. oh nomnomnommmmmmm!! My mouth is dancing just by looking at that last picture. Mangos are the best things EVER.

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  52. this recipe looks so healthily delicious!!
    ps)me too I tend to make recipes simpler by avoiding extra fuss!perhaps, I would even think about NOT having one of the ingredients if it was too much trouble :P

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  53. yumm! you know, I don't think I've had a mango all summer. need to rectify that asap.

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