Super Sindhri Mango


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Mango Fruit Salad



MANGO FRUIT SALAD
1 Persian melon, cubed
1/2 Honeydew melon, cubed
1 1/2 c. red grapes
1 c. blueberries
1 papaya, peeled and cubed
2 mangos, peeled and cubed
1 c. soaked raisins
Cut all fruit and toss together in a bowl, or in parfait glasses place in layers alternating colors. Optional: top with cream.

Mango Jam Recipe



3 mangos
1 C water
1 ½ C sugar
1 Tbs vinegar
pinch salt
Peel and cut mangos into 1/2 inch pieces. Put in blender with waterBring to a boil on medium high. Then reduce heat to medium and boil slowly for about 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
Reduce heat to med-low and simmer for another 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until thickened.
Move pot from stove and set aside to cool.
Transfer into jars.
This recipe makes about 12 ounces.
Of course you can increase the amount if you
need to.

Mango Cultivation in Pakistan


Rashad M. Balal, Dr. M. Mumtaz Khan, M. Adnan Shahid and M. Waqas
Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture 38040 Faisalabad.

Pakistan is an agricultural country and production of fruits is the part and parcel of this sector. Mango ( Mangifera indica L.) is the king of fruits and one of the most important fruit crop in the world as well as in Pakistan. It’s a tropical, climacteric fruit liked by all due to its taste, flavour and excellent nutritional properties. It is a delicious fruit being grown in more than 100 countries of the world. Today, the annual estimated world over production of mango is over 25million tones. In Pakistan, total area under fruit cultivation is 853.4 thousand hectares with the production of 7178.8 thousand tones while area under mango cultivation is 167.5 thousand hectares with the production of 1,732 thousand tones being the second major fruit crop of Pakistan after citrus and is ranked fourth in the world for its production. Mexico exports 194.5 thousands tones being 30.20% of the total trade, followed by Brazil (16.08%), Pakistan (7.38%), India (6.45%) and Philippines (5.62%). Major exporters of the fruit are Mexico, Philippines and Pakistan. According to an estimate, Pakistan produces 8.5% of world’s mango and mainly exports to Middle East, Iran, Germany, Japan, China and Hong Kong making its valuable contribution as an important foreign currency earning fruit crop.
Nature has blessed Pakistan with agro-climatic conditions which permit quality production of mango. Per hectare average yield of Pakistan is 11.20 tones/hac which is on the low side as compared to the other major mango producing countries of the world e.g. China (11.4 tones/hac.), Brazil (12.6 tones/hac.). Agro-climatic conditions of Pakistan may favor enhanced production if new developed techniques and proper management practices are adopted. Among 1595 varieties of mangoes known, only few (25 to 30) are being grown on commercial scale. Most of the countries cultivate varieties like Haden, Tommy Atkins, Kent and Keitt. While most important commercial cultivars of Pakistan are Dashehari, Anwar Ratul, Langra, Chaunsa, Sindhri, Maldha, Fajri. More than half of mango area (104.9 thousand hectares) lies in Punjab followed by Sindh (50.0 thousand hectares) with minor acreage in Baluchistan (1.4 thousand hectares) and NWFP (0.3 thousand hectares). Districts which are important regarding cultivation of mango in Pakistan are Bahawalpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Hyderabad, Multan, Khanewal Sahiwal, Muzaffar Garh, Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Vehari and Thatta.
Mango has excellent nutritional properties. High vitamin A and C contents, both being anti-oxidants help reduce risk of cancer as well as reduce the fast process of aging, making it a choicest fruit all across the globe. Pakistani mango being superb in all the qualities is sold all over the world at good prices. Mango is mainly used as fresh fruit but its use in salads and pickles is also being practiced.
Mango is a valuable source of foreign exchange for many countries including Pakistan. Unfortunately, Mango is facing a strange dilemma that on one side it has emerged as an important exportable commodity and on the other hand the economic life of our groves, productivity, yield and quality has gone down.
Although, Soil and climatic conditions in Pakistan support mango production in terms of yield and quality. However, the country is not able to acquire the desired results.   Number of factors contributes towards low production of mango. Unchecked use of unhealthy seeds forming diseased seedlings, Insect attack (mango mealy bug, fruit fly, mango weevil, scales, mites), alternate bearing, mango malformation(vegetative or reproductive) and diseases (powdery mildew, anthracnose, quick decline, sooty mold, fruit rot and stem blight) are the greatest threat to the industry in major mango producing countries, including Pakistan. Also, low pollination, less fruit setting (less than 0.1%), high fruit drop percentage, unnecessary stresses (injury) and improper management practices during budding or grafting, time of irrigation, pruning and time of application of fertilizers are contributing substantially to the downfall of the industry. Adding to the ever increasing problems are the post-harvest losses contributing almost 40-50%.
These problems arise mainly due to non-availability of nutrients from the soil, inefficient use of resources, unawareness about the ripening and quality maintenance practices. Still, we are not able to cope with the problems arising due to ignorance of farmers and facilities involving storage and marketing. It is now, need of the hour that  Government should take initiatives to educate farmers, formulate policies supporting infrastructural development, access to the markets and provision of facilities at low costs.

Mangoes water requirement


n mango trees, floral morphogenesis is initiated during cool weather. Temperatures of about 15O C or lower induce floral development, whereas temperatures of about 20O C or higher promotes vegetative shoots (Wolstenholme and Hofmeyr, 1985; Shu and Sheen, 1987; Whiley et al., 1989; Nunez-Elisea and Davenport, 1991; Nunez-Elisea et al., 1993).
In the tropics, mango trees flower during cooler night temperatures around 10 – 12 O C and dry months, generally experiencing a period of drought (Singh, 1960; Van der Meulen et al., 1971; Chacko, 1986; Verheij, 1986; Beal and Newman, 1986; Whieley et al., 1989). Most of the researchers have shown that a degree of water stress during flower bud development is advantageous (Cull, 1989; Larson and Schaffer, 1989; Singh, 1967). Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that the floral stimulus originates from mature leaves in mango and young leaves inhibit the floral bud initiation (Kulkarni, 1988). Hence, young mango leaves are incapable of producing floral stimulus, since flowers are initiated on dormant vegetative shoots whose leaves are fully expanded, mature, dark green and lignified. Water stress in the tropics or in warm environments during flower bud development restricts the production of new leaves in mango and consequently increases the proportion of inductive mature leaves relative to young ones. It is therefore possible that under marginally inducing temperatures in the tropics, mango floral induction can occur after a period of plant water stress, when canopies consist mainly of mature, inductive leaves (Nunez-Elisea and Davenport, 1994).

Lu and Chacko (2000) showed that water stress for 5 weeks promoted earlier and more intense flowering in mango trees of both ‘Kensington’ and Írwin’ cultivars. Final fruit yield was also higher in water stressed trees. In field grown trees in Thailand, water stress increased the intensity of flowering in mangoes (Pongsomboon et al., 1991). In a three year Australian study on 15 year old ‘Kensington Pride’ mangoes (Bally et al., 2000), it was demonstrated that water stress following the maturation of the first summer shoot flush after harvest significantly increased the percentage of flowering terminals. The average yield over the three years of the trials for water stress treatment was slightly higher than well watered trees. However, the water stressed trees produced a significantly higher yield in 1995 than well watered trees. The 1995 year had a warmer floral bud development period than the other two years indicating water stress has more profound effect in a warmer than a cooler year. Similarly, in a South African study in mangoes (Mostert and Hoffman, 1998), showed that not irrigating or water stress during winter months, annual production increased by 9% and water use decreased by 20%. Mostert and Hoffman conducted this trial in a summer rainfall region of South Africa. The water stress, which was a period of no irrigation, was applied to coincide with flower bud development and extended from about the beginning of May to middle of August. Irrigation was started as soon as the flowers on the panicle started to open. Fruit yield of trees under water stress during flower bud development was higher in all six years compared with that of trees which were irrigated during this period. The average yield of water stressed mango trees was 30.5 t/ha as opposed to 27.8 t/ha from those not stressed. This increase in yield was a result of weaker vegetative flush during flowering in water stress trees. The well watered trees vigorous flush competing for the same reserves needed by the flowers and young fruits, which resulted in a depleted fruit set and yield. Water stress during flower bud development had virtually no effect on fruit size. The probable reason for this is that the applied water stress was stopped when the flowers on the panicle started to open thus fruits were developing under non-stress conditions.

It is necessary to maintain a good supply of soil moisture with the start of flowering until close to harvest. Mango trees that are watered when the soil had diminished to 20% of available soil moisture gave better growth of buds, number of flowers, fruit set, fruit size, yield and K, Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn content in the foliage than those watered at 40 or 60 % of available soil moisture depletion (Pina et al., 2000). It is customary for some growers in north Queensland to either stop or reduce rate of water applied to a mango orchard two to three weeks before harvest. This practice gives the right amount of fruit colour/blush to be acceptable in the market and also helps in increasing the Brix degree (OB) reflecting sweetness of the fruit.

Therefore, it could be concluded through the research citation mentioned in this document that pre-flowering water stress during winter months has been shown to greatly enhance the potential to increase yields in mango by increasing the number of terminal that flower. It appears that water stress strengthens the floral induction signal during the floral differentiation stage of bud development.

The severity of water stress at different phenological stages of mango has differential impact on its production and fruit quality. Effect of water stress on mango is most critical during flowering, fruit set and fruit development period. Both total yield and fruit number per tree are substantially decreased by water stress. Lack of irrigation during flowering, fruit set or at rapid increase in fruit size alone can reduce yields up to 50%. Hence, irrigation practices should match mangoes “crop water use” depending on its phenological stages (Table. 1).
Table. 1. Water requirement of mango with respect to its phenological stages in north Queensland.


What are the performance measuring units to determine water use efficiency

The performance indicator of water use efficiency (WUE) under “Best Irrigation Management Practice” is measured and expressed in terms of megalitres per hectare (Ml/ha), tonnes per hectare (t/ha) and tonnes per megalitres (t/Ml). These measures are used here to show results on mango crop water use and benchmarking guidelines on irrigation practices.
How to match mangoes watering needs

The crop water use for a mango depends on its phenological stage (Table. 1). In mangoes, the crop water use can be determined through the process of “benchmarking”.

What is “Benchmarking”?

Benchmarking is a process of learning from your own past performance and the performance of others in pursuit of continuous improvement. Two methods that can be used to identify and benchmark, best irrigation management practices in mangoes, on-farm investigations and an industry survey. Then, the results of both, the on-farm investigations and the survey are combined to determine and benchmark best irrigation practices.

How To Grow Mango Trees From Seeds


I know more about growing mangoes than I'd like to. I live in a mango growing region... All my friends grow mango trees commercially!
Growing Mangoes

Whether I like it or not, I do get suckered into helping out when extra hands are needed on deck...
Actually, it's not that bad. The reason so many people I know grow mangoes is thatmango trees are extremely easy to grow and manage.
In the right climate growing mangoes takes no effort or attention at all.
Through my friends I can get all the mangoes I want for free, and then some. But I still grow mango in my own garden, about a dozen different varieties.
Mangoes come in different colours and sizes, have different flavours, and they ripen at slightly different times.
Growing different mango tree varieties keeps things interesting, but most importantly it stretches out the harvest time of this feast or famine fruit. You can eat fresh mango for a few months instead of only a few weeks!

Where Can You Grow Mangoes?

Mangoes are a strictly tropical fruit. They love the tropics. The best climate to grow mangoes is frost free, with cool, dry winters and steamy, hot summers.
Mangoes like growing in light and free draining soils, they don't need rich soil. You actually get the best crops on soils of somewhat lower fertility.

Getting Started With Growing Mangoes

There are two ways to get started: you can buy mango trees at a nursery or you can grow your own from seed. The seed grown trees will take a lot longer to bear fruit. (Unless you know how to graft them or know someone who does.)
Mango trees that were grown in a nursery are usually grafted and should fruit within three to four years. Seedling trees may take five to eight years.
Seedling mango trees grow much bigger and stronger than the nursery trees and have an indestructible root system.
Grafted trees are of a more manageable size. Another advantage is that you know you will get a reliably bearing tree. If you grow mango from seed you need to know exactly which tree your mango seed came from or you won't know what you are getting until eight years later...
If you buy mango trees in a nursery I suggest you don't look just for size and colour. Have you ever tasted the variety you are about to buy? Some mangoes taste awful... True. Some of the commercial varieties are bred for shelf life, size and looks, but are barely edible. (Yes, I am totally spoiled when it comes to mangoes.) So, know the variety you buy!
Secondly, if you plan to grow more than one mango tree, find out if it is an early or late fruiting variety. Don't buy three trees that all fruit at the same time.
Thirdly, if you live in a cooler, subtropical area, make sure you get a variety that flowers well in those conditions. All mangoes will grow if your climate is frost free, but flowering habits depend on temperature and vary. And without flowers there will be little fruit...
And last but not least, especially if you live in an area where it may rain during the cooler time of the year, you should also look for a variety that shows good resistance to the mango disease anthracnose. (More on that below.)
If you buy your mango trees you can skip the next section:

Growing Mango Trees From Seed

Growing mangoes from seed is actually quite easy. (All the seeds of the mangoes I eat, dry and freeze are thrown out in the garden as mulch, and they all grow...)
The most important step is the seed selection! If you take any old shop bought seed it may not grow true to type. The seed needs to come from what is called a "polyembryonic" variety.
What that means is that the seed will sprout several identical trees. And those seedling trees will be identical to the parent tree. They are clones.
Ideally you know the parent tree, it's from your area, grows really well and gets a bumper crop every year! If not, oh well. Get seed from a polyembryonic variety and at least you know that the fruit you harvest will taste the same.
(The most common commercial variety in Australia, the Kensington Pride—also known as Bowen-—is polyembrionic. It's also a vigorous tree and usually fruits reliably, so it is well suited for seed growing.
If anyone knows a good variety to recommend to US readers, please let me know.)
The best time to grow mangoes from seed is the beginning of the wet season (beginning of summer).
Eat a nice mango, remove as much flesh from the seed as possible and then let it dry for a day or two.
To germinate the mango seed you could just put the whole thing in a warm, moist place and wait for it to sprout. Then cut off all the seedlings except for one. (The smallest supposedly gives you the best fruit.)
Or, if you prefer to fuss over them (or if you have only one seed but want half a dozen trees) then you can carefully cut a corner of the fibrous big seed. Cut only just deep enough so you can see the two halves of the seed, and then break it open.
Inside you find several small bean shaped seeds. Hopefully they are white and not all grey or brown and shrivelled...
You can plant those mango seeds individually. They should take about ten days to sprout. I like to sprout my seeds right where they are to grow. That way I don't need to worry about hardening them off (getting a shade grown seedling used to full sun) or about transplanting shock. If you are worried about the little thing getting eaten, uprooted or trampled you can always put a barrier around it.
If you prefer to first grow your mango tree in a pot, follow the instructions for nursery trees when it comes to planting time:

Planting A Mango Tree

You plant a mango tree just like you plant any other fruit tree, so I won't go into specifics here. (A page about planting fruit trees is coming soon.)
The best time to plant your mango tree is the beginning of the wet season (summer).
Make sure you select a place in full sun. (And make triple sure you really want a big tree there!)
The tree needs to be sun hardened. If your mango tree was grown in a shade house, gradually get it used to the sun first. Then dig a big enough hole. Carefully separate tree and pot without disturbing the roots. Put tree in hole, fill in, water.

Caring For A Mango Tree

I mentioned at the beginning that mangoes need little care. It's true.
Young mango trees do benefit from regular watering and a little fertilizing until they are established. But don't love your mango tree to death. Overwatering can kill it, especially if your soil is a bit heavy. And too much nitrogen fertilizer will make it weak and sappy, all leaves and little fruit, susceptible to bugs and diseases.
The older the tree gets, the less nitrogen it needs. Phosphorus and potassium are more important.
Mulch your mango tree heavily and spread a bit of compost every now and then. If your soil is reasonable that should be all the tree needs.
If the compost is made with wood ash, all the better. (Wood ash supplies potassium which will encourage fruiting and make the fruit taste better.) For mulch use only rough stuff like hay or lucerne, nothing that may mat down and become all soggy like grass clippings.
Fertilize mango trees in spring and summer only, and only a little at a time.
A good way of helping the tree is foliar spraying with fish fertilizer or seaweed solution. It provides trace elements and avoids deficiencies, but it doesn't overfeed.
But your best bet, even on very poor soil, is still lots of organic matter by way of compost and mulch.
Young mango tree


When the tree is one metre high, cut it back by a third so it branches.
When those branches get to a metre, cut the tips off again.
That should give you a nice shaped tree.

Pruning A Mango Tree

Mangoes respond very well to pruning. And they are forgiving. Whatever you mess up, it will grow back...
Mangoes grow terminal flowers (they flower at the tip of a branch), so the more branches you have the better the crop. You can encourage lateral branching with tip pruning. (Only taking off the tips of branches.)
You should also aim for an open crown, taking out whole branches if the centre becomes too crowded, so that air and light can penetrate.
You can use pruning to keep your tree a manageable size and a nice shape. Mango tree growing too tall? Cut it down. Too wide? Cut it back.
Growing mango trees in orchard
Pruning mangoes is not a science. In fact, the commercial growers here hire a big, scary machine with a long arm with three huge rotating blades.
The machine drives along the rows and gives the trees a good hair cut so they all end up exactly the same height and width... You can do something similar by hand if you want to keep your tree a certain size.
Usually mango pruning is done after harvest, though in some cooler areas the preferred time is just before flowering.
Ideally you prune only a little bit every year. If you let a mango tree grow much too big first, and then cut it back to a third of its size, the tree will likely skip the next crop... (Cut it back to a stump and it will take two years or more. But amazingly they will grow back even from that!)
Having said all that, after the initial cuts to encourage branching as mentioned in the previous section, you don't HAVE to prune a mango tree. If you don't mind having a real big tree, mangoes grow and fruit very well without pruning!

Flowering, Fruit Set And Harvesting Mangoes

Mangoes flower profusely and self pollinate very well.
Young mango flower
The flowering is triggered by cool nights. In the true tropics a severe cold snap will bring out masses of flowers. For us a severe cold snap is a night below 15°C. In years where it doesn't get so cold we end up with poor crops.
(But there are mango varieties that flower well even when it doesn't get so cold... That's why I grow a dozen different ones.)
In colder climates it can easily be too cold for mango flowers to be viable. Selecting cold hardier varieties is important for you. (Nam Doc Mai would be a suitable variety in Australia.)
Baby mangoes
Photo by .EVO.
Initially you may see masses of tiny mangoes on your flower panicles, but the tree will shed a lot of them and keep only what it can handle. So don't worry if you see a lot of them drop off.
The mangoes will grow bigger and plumper, and eventually they will start to change colour. How long that takes depends on your climate. The hotter the weather the faster the mangoes ripen.
Usually your mangoes will be ready by the beginning of the wet season (late spring/early summer).

Mango marauder

If your mangoes get eaten (wild birds, bats, possums, the neighbour's kids...) you can pick them half green. They will ripen at room temperature. (Ha! My rooms are about 40°C at that time of the year... when they say room temperature they mean 18-22°C.)
Be careful when harvesting mangoes, don't get any of the sap on you. The sap can spurt from the fruit stem when it snaps off and can cause burns, allergies and dermatitis.
Mangoes growing on tree

It also burns the skin of the mango, which will go rotten at that spot.
(Doesn't matter if you eat it straight away, but it does when you pick them half green.)
The best way to harvest mangoes is to cut them off with a long section of stem still attached, and to handle them carfully so that the stem does not snap off.

Mango Pests And Diseases

The most serious mango disease is anthracnose, a fungus that can cause the flowers to go black and fall off. It also causes black spots on stem and small fruit, leaves may go brown...
Some varieties are more susceptible to it then others and it's worse in wet weather. It is worst in areas where it rains during flowering and fruit set. In areas with dry winters anthracnose can often be seen only once the fruit ripens. It develops black patches that go rotten...
Unless you want to spray nasty stuff, like copper solution or fungicides, you may have to live with anthracnose and accept some losses. A healthy tree with strong cell walls will show less infections than a weak one. So keep piling on that compost and spraying that seaweed...
There are many newer mango varieties that show good resistance to anthracnose. Get one of those if you live in a climate with winter rains!
Any other mango pests and diseases, like fruit spotting bugs and borers and whatever else is around, should be kept in check if you have a diverse permaculture garden that encourages beneficial insects.
One more hint is to forsake neatness and leave your lower mango tree branches drooping onto the ground. When everything else has been stung, sucked and eaten, there are usually still mangoes hiding under there...

Can You Grow Mangoes Indoors?

Nope. But you can grow mangoes in pots! So if it is just a little bit too cold in winter where you are, you can buy a dwarf variety and grow it in a tub and bring it inside during the coldest time of the year.
However, even a mango tree growing in a pot still needs lots and lots of heat and sun in summer. Growing mangoes indoors won't do!


PUNJABI MANGO PICKLE RECIPE

Ingredients:
1 kg raw Mangoes (Aam) 
150 grams Salt (Namak) 
30 grams Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi) 
3 teaspoons fenugreek seeds 
6 teaspoons aniseed 
15 grams Onions seeds (Kalonji) 
7 grams Turmeric (Haldi) 
2 1/2 cups Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel) 



How to make mango pickle (punjab i):
  • Remove the stones and cut the mangoes into big pieces.
  • Rub all the ground spices - salt, red chilli, 12 teaspoons mustard oil and turmeric - on mango pieces.
  • Put in a jar and keep for two days in the sun and shake it daily.
  • Then pour rest of the oil and leave for 15 days but not in the sun.
  • Shake it every other day.
  • Serve after 20 days.
  • This pickle can be kept for one to two years.
  • Be careful to keep mango pieces covered with oil.

Homemade Mango Chutney


Homemade Mango Chutney
One of our favorite ways to eat chicken is baked or roasted, served with Spanish rice and a bit of mango chutney. Here's an easy, excellent recipe for homemade golden mango chutney that I found on the C & H website. Do you like mango chutney? What are your favorite foods to eat it with?
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Homemade Mango Chutney Recipe

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 6 cups mangoes (4 to 5), peeled and cut in 3/4-inch pieces (See How to Cut a Mango)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, whole
  • 1/4 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes (hot)

METHOD

1 Combine sugar and vinegar in a 6 quart pot; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
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2 Add remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, until syrupy and slightly thickened, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Stir occasionally during cooking.
3 Pour into clean, hot jars leaving 1/2-inch headspace; close jars. Process in a water bath 15 minutes.
Makes 6 (1/2 pint) jars

Pineapple-Mango Juice

This tropical fruit drink, on of many Jan Newberry makes in her juicer, combines fresh pineapple and mango juice and a spicy hint of ginger. For an adult version, add a shot of vodka. For a kid's treat, freeze the juice in ice pop molds or small paper cups, positioning a wooden stick in the center when the juice begins to solidify.



INGREDIENTS

  1. 1 large pineapple (about 3 pounds)—peeled and cored, 1 slice reserved, the rest cut into chunks
  2. 3 large ripe mangoes (about 3 pounds total), cut into large chunks
  3. One 2-inch piece of fresh ginger
  4. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  5. Crushed ice, for serving

Fresh Mango Juice Recipe


Homemade Fresh Ripe Mango Juice
Summer is the only season one can relish fresh homemade ripe mango juice and I make best use of our home grown mangoes. ‘Suvarnarekha’, a variety of sweet mango is best suited to prepare mango juice. Its pulp blends well to yield a smooth creamy juice.
The next time you head for that Frooti or a bottle of Slice or Maaza, do yourself a favor by blending a glass of fresh mango juice to relish the real taste of mango with all its nutrients. :)
Peel and chop ripe mango into pieces, place in blender with crushed ice, water and sugar OR honey OR date syrup as required. Blend to a smooth consistency and run through a sieve. Discard the left over pulp in the sieve. Pour into tall glasses and serve.

How to Store Mangoes at Home


Choose ripe, mature fruit of ideal quality for eating fresh or cooking. They should not be mushy, but they also should not be rock hard: just as ripe as you would eat them fresh.  You can also use solid green mangoes. Select firm, non-fibrous fruit. CautionHandling green mangoes may irritate the skin of some people in the same way as poison ivy. (They belong to the same plant family.)  (see this page for more information) To avoid this reaction, wear plastic gloves while working with raw green mango. Do not touch your face, lips or eyes after touching or cutting green mangoes until all traces are washed away  .

Step 2 - How many mangoes and where to get them

You can pick your own, or buy them at the grocery store in the summer months. But for large quantities, you'll find that Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's seem to have the largest mangoes and best prices.
It takes about 5 good sized mangoes to fill one quart jar.
* - not the cutesy, fake farmer's markets that are just warehouse grocery stores that call themselves farmer's markets.

Step 3 - Prepare the sugar (or other sweetener) solution

Mangoes may be packed in a syrup or dry: It's up to you which to use.  Sugar is added to improve flavor, help stabilize color, and retain the shape of the fruit. It is not added as a preservative. Sugar solution is much less expensive (unless you have a supply of cheap grape juice), so I usually use a light or medium solution to keep sugar (and the added calories) to a minimum. A medium syrup is what the USDA recommends.
Syrup Pack is preferred for mangos to be used for uncooked desserts or fruit cocktail. A dry pack is good for pie making. The dry pack can be used any way.  The syrup pack methods are less likely to brown or have freezer burn. Arrange slices on a flat pan and freeze. When frozen remove and store in sealed containers.
  • Syrup Pack – Use cold 40 percent syrup. (That is 2 cups of sugar added to every 3 cups of water. ) Of course, you can scale this up or down to suit the amount of mangos you have. To prevent browning, add 1/2 teaspoon (1500 mg) ascorbic acid  (also known as "FruitFresh") to each quart of syrup.
  • Dry Pack –  To prevent darkening, dissolve 1/2 teaspoon (1500 mg) ascorbic acid (also known as "FruitFresh") in 3 tablespoons water.

ango recipes and information


Pakistan exported a record 1,27,000 tons mango this year fetching 6.1 dollars valuable foreign exchange. The previous record of mango export of the country was 1,20,000 tons. According to `Hortimag` a newsletter of Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC), last year only 70,000 ton mangoes were exported.
One of the reasons which has contributed to this record breaking feat has been 25 percent increase in average export price over last year. According to Abdul Wahid, Chairman, Fruits and Vegetables Exporters` Association, new markets like China and Jordan, along with traditional markets of Gulf countries played a role in helping Pakistan cross the target.
Although mango season ended on September 15, final figures are still being tabulated and it is hoped that final figures may show a total figure of 132,000 tons exported during the season. Better price in the world market this year help increase the volume. `Last year, the average export price was around Rs 30 per kilogram, which went up to Rs 40 this year showing an increase of 25 percent,` he said.
Since shipments to the European countries by sea have also started, it would help export of Pakistani mangoes in a big way from next season, Wahid said. `Pakistani fruit and vegetables have huge potential in foreign markets and exporters must take advantage of the situation by adopting international standards. The government should also help by creating infrastructure like pack houses, modern grading facilities and common facility centres.`
Exporters have already requested the government to create a common mango facility centre at Karachi and exporters` delegation would soon meet federal minister for commerce to apprise him of the situation. In a meeting of fruit exporters held at PHDEC last month it was disclosed that export of mango both by sea and air was over 100,000 tons.
A substantial volume of mango via land route had also been exported. Exporters were generally satisfied with mango business this year. However, Zulfiqar, a leading exporter to UK expressed concern over the increasing number of consignments rejected by DEFRA due to fruit fly infestation.
The participants stressed the need to focus on control over the fruit fly and other quality issues as these have emerged as major obstacles in increasing exports. They urged PHDEC to conduct awareness and capacity building programs for all stakeholders of mango trade for transfer of knowledge about best practices and international compliances.
A.Q.Khan, who has mango hot water treatment facility approved by the Jordanian government, informed that his mango consignments sent to Jordan first time had been very much appreciated there. His company plans to set up another hot water treatment plant to accept consignments from other exporters for processing in the next season. Post-harvest infrastructure like pack houses equipped with hot water treatment facility of mango, cold storage, irradiation facility etc should be developed by the government through public-private partnership in order to enhance exports.
Meanwhile as part of its initiative to support industrial development through innovative methods, the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) is poised to expand its `matching grant` operations with new projects, including Mango Packing House (MPH) at Multan. According to CSF, the MPH a joint effort of CSF and Progressive Mango Growers Group (PMGG), will be set up for processing and packing of fresh mangoes for export to Europe and US.
According to the plan, a blast chiller and clod storage facility will be established at the site where mangoes will be treated to improve their quality and shelf-life before shipping them abroad. Pakistan produces over 1.6 million tons of mangoes annually. Despite this, currently there is no proper facility for washing, de-sapping, grading and removal of field heat from mangoes. The MPH, the first of its kind in Pakistan would not only help boost mango export but would also be used for processing of citrus and fresh vegetables.
The purpose of matching grant is to provide co-financing for a project which is innovative and increases efficiency through lower cost, high output and better quality and generates jobs. Currently 10 projects are running countrywide. It is estimated that over 11,000 jobs would be generated through these projects, 6,000 for men and 5,000 for women. The CSF has invested 1.051 million dollars in these projects, which would bring in new investment of 10.47 million dollars.
When buying a mango, make sure it has a tropical fruity aroma; unripe mangoes have no scent. A fresh mango will give slightly to the touch, but stay away from very soft or bruised fruit. Some mangoes ripen to a combination of raspberry, orange and green shades, while other varieties are golden yellow or green when ripe. If your mangoes aren't quite ripe, storing them in a paper bag for a few days will help them along. The size can vary, but larger mangoes will have more fruit in relation to the pit

Mango Export of Pakistan


Pakistan exported a record 1,27,000 tons mango this year fetching 6.1 dollars valuable foreign exchange. The previous record of mango export of the country was 1,20,000 tons. According to `Hortimag` a newsletter of Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC), last year only 70,000 ton mangoes were exported.
One of the reasons which has contributed to this record breaking feat has been 25 percent increase in average export price over last year. According to Abdul Wahid, Chairman, Fruits and Vegetables Exporters` Association, new markets like China and Jordan, along with traditional markets of Gulf countries played a role in helping Pakistan cross the target.
Although mango season ended on September 15, final figures are still being tabulated and it is hoped that final figures may show a total figure of 132,000 tons exported during the season. Better price in the world market this year help increase the volume. `Last year, the average export price was around Rs 30 per kilogram, which went up to Rs 40 this year showing an increase of 25 percent,` he said.
Since shipments to the European countries by sea have also started, it would help export of Pakistani mangoes in a big way from next season, Wahid said. `Pakistani fruit and vegetables have huge potential in foreign markets and exporters must take advantage of the situation by adopting international standards. The government should also help by creating infrastructure like pack houses, modern grading facilities and common facility centres.`
Exporters have already requested the government to create a common mango facility centre at Karachi and exporters` delegation would soon meet federal minister for commerce to apprise him of the situation. In a meeting of fruit exporters held at PHDEC last month it was disclosed that export of mango both by sea and air was over 100,000 tons.
A substantial volume of mango via land route had also been exported. Exporters were generally satisfied with mango business this year. However, Zulfiqar, a leading exporter to UK expressed concern over the increasing number of consignments rejected by DEFRA due to fruit fly infestation.
The participants stressed the need to focus on control over the fruit fly and other quality issues as these have emerged as major obstacles in increasing exports. They urged PHDEC to conduct awareness and capacity building programs for all stakeholders of mango trade for transfer of knowledge about best practices and international compliances.
A.Q.Khan, who has mango hot water treatment facility approved by the Jordanian government, informed that his mango consignments sent to Jordan first time had been very much appreciated there. His company plans to set up another hot water treatment plant to accept consignments from other exporters for processing in the next season. Post-harvest infrastructure like pack houses equipped with hot water treatment facility of mango, cold storage, irradiation facility etc should be developed by the government through public-private partnership in order to enhance exports.
Meanwhile as part of its initiative to support industrial development through innovative methods, the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) is poised to expand its `matching grant` operations with new projects, including Mango Packing House (MPH) at Multan. According to CSF, the MPH a joint effort of CSF and Progressive Mango Growers Group (PMGG), will be set up for processing and packing of fresh mangoes for export to Europe and US.
According to the plan, a blast chiller and clod storage facility will be established at the site where mangoes will be treated to improve their quality and shelf-life before shipping them abroad. Pakistan produces over 1.6 million tons of mangoes annually. Despite this, currently there is no proper facility for washing, de-sapping, grading and removal of field heat from mangoes. The MPH, the first of its kind in Pakistan would not only help boost mango export but would also be used for processing of citrus and fresh vegetables.
The purpose of matching grant is to provide co-financing for a project which is innovative and increases efficiency through lower cost, high output and better quality and generates jobs. Currently 10 projects are running countrywide. It is estimated that over 11,000 jobs would be generated through these projects, 6,000 for men and 5,000 for women. The CSF has invested 1.051 million dollars in these projects, which would bring in new investment of 10.47 million dollars.

ifferent Kinds of Mangoes photo of Pakistan


Mango is one of the most popular Fruit in whole World. I don't think there would be any country in the world where this tasty Fruit is not eaten. Pakistan is one of the top country in the Production of mangoes. Its Mangoes are popular all around the World for its amazing taste.  Different Kinds of Mangoes like Chaunsa, Langra, Sindhri  are grown in Pakistan. Following are some Kinds of Pakistani Mangoes with Photos.