NEW DELHI: With the start summer season in the Sub Continent, the people anxiously wait for the king of fruits, none other than the mango.To popularise organic food in India, a weeklong mango festival was held here this past week. It had over 150 rare varieties of mangoes; all cultivated and ripened using organic and natural methods. The speciality of the fest was that all the dishes put on display had been prepared using organic products and traditional recipes.Some of the rare and unique varieties of mangoes that fascinated maximum attention included coconut mangoes with a size and shape of a fully-grown coconut. ‘Mosambika aam’, which tastes and smells exactly like a Mausmi (sweet lime), ’sugar free’ mangos, ‘Seb Ka Aam’ which looked like an apple, ‘Gulzar’ and other unheard varieties of mangoes.Besides several varieties of mangos being for public display, the organisers had also arranged other special mango delicacies prepared out of these mangoes using organic spices and herbs like mango pickles, mango cakes and muffins, mango juices and other items. Meanwhile, a large number of visiting mango lovers were delighted to see such a large variety at the mango festival.
NEW DELHI: With the start summer season in the Sub Continent, the people anxiously wait for the king of fruits, none other than the mango.To popularise organic food in India, a weeklong mango festival was held here this past week. It had over 150 rare varieties of mangoes; all cultivated and ripened using organic and natural methods. The speciality of the fest was that all the dishes put on display had been prepared using organic products and traditional recipes.Some of the rare and unique varieties of mangoes that fascinated maximum attention included coconut mangoes with a size and shape of a fully-grown coconut. ‘Mosambika aam’, which tastes and smells exactly like a Mausmi (sweet lime), ’sugar free’ mangos, ‘Seb Ka Aam’ which looked like an apple, ‘Gulzar’ and other unheard varieties of mangoes.Besides several varieties of mangos being for public display, the organisers had also arranged other special mango delicacies prepared out of these mangoes using organic spices and herbs like mango pickles, mango cakes and muffins, mango juices and other items. Meanwhile, a large number of visiting mango lovers were delighted to see such a large variety at the mango festival.
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