New Delhi: Mango is perhaps the favourite of Indians. And they just don’t stop at eating them raw. There are a host of mango-based sweet and savoury treats. Recently, India’s mango delicacies received recognition on the global stage. Two of them were featured on Taste Atlas’ list of the ’10 Best Dishes with Mango’, as per the guide’s June 2024 rankings. One of the desi delights was even ranked no. 1 overall!
The list topper is none other than Aamras. This delicacy is especially famous in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Aamras is mildly sweetened mango pulp, often paired with puris. Taste Atlas writes, “It is sometimes merely elevated with the addition of saffron, dry ginger, or cardamom, but its simplicity allows room for alteration and the creation of numerous varieties.”
Indian Mango Chutney has been ranked 5th on the list. As the name suggests, the base ingredient for this delicacy is ripe mango. “Other ingredients include ginger, garlic, red chilli peppers, cumin, coriander, turmeric, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, brown sugar, and vinegar. There’s quite a few mango chutney variations made with different additional ingredients,” Taste Atlas explained on its official site.
Before this, Mango Chutney was also featured among Taste Atlas’s ranking of the ’50 Best Dips in the World’. The guide calls them “India’s national condiments,” describing them as “fresh homemade relishes” that “consist of pickled or stewed fruit and vegetables that are cut into small chunks, then delicately seasoned with a variety of spices such as cumin, cardamom, tamarind, ginger, and turmeric.”
Two chutneys were ranked separately on the same list. At the 47th place was the versatile ‘dhaniya chutney.’ At the last position (50th rank) on Taste Atlas’s list is the mango chutney.
