Mango Soup

Mango soup is a variant of fruit soups, which are popular during the summer season. Mango is a refreshing and sweet fruit that tends to provide a cool and sweet taste without even adding sugar. Usually, smooth mango puree is incorporated as the base of the soup combined with other ingredients including spices, cream and other fresh fruits.

Mango Soup Recipe: Ingredients and Preparation Overview

Mango is indeed the key ingredient of any mango soup, but preparing a mango for making soup is a messy process because the silky smooth and fibrous flesh is exceptionally slippery and juicy. Therefore, the best way to slice the mango is to cut the flesh lengthwise in to two pieces, avoiding the stone in the middle. Dice the mango flesh into small cubes and process them in food processor, either alone or with other ingredients such as sugar, sour cream and lemon zest.

For making the soup spicy , the ingredients like ginger, chili pepper and chopped onion may be processed with mango cubes in blender. Spicy chilies combine well with mango pulp and minced ginger adds pungency to the soup. All these ingredients not only enhance the flavor of the mango soup, but also make it healthier.

Popular Mango Soup Recipes

• Spicy mango ginger soup – This is one of the highly popular recipes for mango soup, as it is extremely easy-to make and quite healthy. For people on raw food diet, this is a highly nourishing food with all fresh and raw ingredients. Chili pepper provides a spicy taste to the soup and minced ginger gets mingled with the sweet taste of mango. It is also a popular dish for vegetarian and vegan meals.
• Aamras – It is an Indian variation of mango soup that is typically prepared by simmering the mango pulp with spices like cumin seeds, mustard seeds, red chili powder, fenugreek, asafetida, salt and sugar. Oil is used for tempering the soup and it is generally consumed warm, but chilled aamras is also a delicious mango treat with meals.
• Caribbean mango soup – This soup is a mix of Caribbean and Asian flavors. Cayenne, cilantro and fresh ginger are used for garnishing the soup prepared with chicken stock, yoghurt and mango pulp. It is a chilled soup that provides refreshing taste in hot weather.
• Cream of mango soup – The addition of cream with smooth mango pulp adds the flavor as well as provides thickness to the soup. The soup is flavored with sugar and lemon zest. Fresh strawberries or blueberries may be added to enhance taste as well as nutritional worth.

Mango Soup Benefits

The  flesh of  ripe mango that is normally used to make mango soup is easy to digest and the beta carotene present in it is readily absorbed by the body where it can be converted into vitamin A.

Mango pulp is also a rich source of vitamin C that acts as antioxidant which helps in preventing certain cancers.