Tangy green mango salad

This one is a salad I make ever so often…it came into existence one afternoon when I had mum over for a simple lunch and hurriedly wanted to add a refreshing salad for a hot summer afternoon and has become well liked by family and friends alike :))

By popular demand I was asked to make this salad for my grand aunt’s 80 th birthday. There I was , super happy to make this vibrant salad and place it on the buffet table. My maternal Uncle walks up to the table and looks about and pointedly asks me ‘”What did you make ?” and I pointed to the salad…he takes one look and goes ‘”Oh this even I can make ” (hahaha) Point taken and he was of course absolutely right !!!

I am re-posting new images of this salad which we made again this summer with fresh pickings from our lovely old mango tree. The pictures do more justice to the deliciousness of this salad than my old pictures ever could. Still I am holding on to that to remind myself of how far I have come on my food photography journey.

I also added some neem flowers because it is in season, yesterday (13.4.2021) was Ugadi and we make a pachadi with green mango, neem flowers, jaggery , banana, tamarind and water as a reminder that life is full of all sorts of experiences…sour, sweet,salty and bitter…and no matter what we must make the best of it at all times !

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OLD PICTURES 🙂

One of the things about being a foodie is to read up about chefs and learn about various cuisines.When you get an opportunity to show a celebrity chef around your city,it’s an exciting experience,for sure ! Karen Anand,I discovered is more than a foodie,a famous chef etc…she is also with all her successes a very grounded and warm human being,eager to learn in a different environment and see what best she can get out of that study ! The ‘know it all’ attitude is non-existent which made it very easy for my family and friends to interact with her and want to be a part of her idea for a farmer’s market !Showing her around the city is one thing but having her over for a meal did unnerve me a bit.Then good sense prevailed,a true foodie is looking for one thing,clean well prepared food that tastes good…to a world traveler such as her,typical  family favourites, I decided were the way to go…so we started with a tangy mango salad with green mangoes from my tree,refreshing for this time of year,I’m sure you will like it too !