Mango recipes: Cheesecake, Jelly Cubes, Souffle and more

Before the summer gets over, here are some really cool mango recipes you must try your hand at.

Reshma Aslam shares some exotic but easy-to-make mango recipes.

Mango Ice-cream in Chocolate bowl

Ingredients

For ice-cream

• 2 cup heavy cream
• 200 ml condensed milk
• 1 cup mango pulp
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

For chocolate bowl

• 100 gm dark chocolate
• 1 balloon

Method

For chocolate bowl

• Blow the balloon and keep it in the refrigerator. The balloon should be the size of a regular serving bowl.
• Melt the dark chocolate. Take care that it is not too runny.
• Take a plate, put a small spoon full of chocolate on it. Keep aside.
• Remove the balloon from the refrigerator and dip it in the bowl with melted dark chocolate.
• Coat the balloon with the chocolate to create a bowl shape.
• Place the chocolate balloon on the plate with spoon full of chocolate and allow it to set for an hour or so in the refrigerator.
• Pop the balloon and remove it from the chocolate bowl.
• Chocolate bowl is ready.

For ice-cream

• In a bowl, add heavy cream and beat well till peaks are formed.
• If you using an electric beater, beat it for 6 to 7 minutes and if using hand beater then beat it for 15 minutes.
• Add the condensed milk and beat it again.
• Add the mango pulp, vanilla essence and gently mix it well.
• Place it in an airtight container and deep freeze overnight
• Mango ice-cream is ready

How to serve

• Take the chocolate bowl and add desired scoops of ice-cream into it.
• Garnish it with fresh mango pieces and serve.

Mango Strawberry Trifle

Makes: 2 to 3 glasses

Ingredients

• 1 cup mango, chopped
• Small vanilla sponge cake
• 1 cup vanilla custard sauce
• 1 cup mango juice (Maaza or Slice will do)
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• 1 packet strawberry rex jelly
• 1 trifle glass

Method

For strawberry jelly

• Read the instructions on the jelly packet and set it accordingly.
• Add less water than what has been mentioned in the instructions on the packet.
• When the jelly is set, cut it into small pieces and keep it aside.
• Break the sponge cake into small pieces.
• Add the pieces into the trifle glass.
• Add 1 to 2 tbsp of mango juice over the cake.
• Add some chopped mango and 2 tbsp of custard sauce.
• Add few jelly cubes and one layer of whipped cream.
• Repeat the same process of adding cake, juice, mango pieces, sauce, jelly and whipped cream.
• Mango strawberry trifle is ready to be served.
• You can make 2 to 3 such glasses with the above mentioned ingredients.

Mango Jelly Cubes

Ingredients

• 2 cup mango pulp
• 3 tsp agar-agar
• 1 and 1/2cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 lemon

Method

• Take water in a bowl and add agar-agar. Let it dissolve well.
• Bring the water to boil till all the agar-agar dissolves.
• Add sugar and bring it to boil again.
• Add mango pulp and remove from heat.
• Add the juice of lemon and keep on stirring till it cools down.
• Put the entire contents on a cake tray and let it set in the fridge.
• When set, cut into small cubes and serve chilled.

Mango Souffle

Ingredients

• Pulp of 2 mangoes
• 200 gm fresh cream
• 4 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp gelatine
• 1 lemon

Method

• Take a mixing bowl and add fresh cream.
• Beat it well, add sugar and beat it further.
• When sugar dissolves, add mango pulp and beat well again.
• Take a small bowl and add the gelatine.
• Add hot water and stir well till the gelatine dissolves.
• Add this gelatine in the mango mixture.
• Add lemon juice and mix well.
• Set it in a bowl.
• Garnish it with fresh mangoes and serve.

No Bake Mango Cheese Cake

Ingredients

For the filling mixture

• 4 ripe mangoes pureed
• 1 tbsp gelatine dissolved in 2 and 1/2tbsp hot water
• 2 tbsp sugar
• Mix all the above ingredients and keep it aside.

For the crust

• 1 cup digestive biscuits powdered
• 2 tbsp butter

For Cheese Cake

• 200 gm cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup whipped cream

For Mango Glaze

• 1/2 cup mango puree
• 2 tbsp sugar powdered
• 1/2 tsp gelatine dissolved in 1 tbsp water

Method

For the crust

• Take the ingredients of the crust in a mixing bowl and mix well.
• Set this mixture in the base of a spring form cake pan. 

For cheese cake

• Beat the cream cheese well till nice and fluffy.
• Add sugar and beat well.
• Add whipped cream and beat again.
• Add filling mixture and beat again.
• Assemble the entire contents on the cake crust.
• Let it set in the fridge for an hour.

For mango glaze

• Mix all ingredients of the mango glaze well.
• Remove cake from the fridge and pour the above mixture over it.
• Let it set in the fridge overnight. Serve.

Photographs: Kind courtesy Reshma Aslam