Mango Salad
a refreshing summer salad made with ripe and raw mangoes with a spicy, sweet and tangy dressing.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup ripe mango cubes ( I have used alphonso mango)
- ¾ cup cucumber cubes
- ½ cup finely chopped, peeled raw mango
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper/capsicum
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves
- salt as per taste
For salad dressing
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp red chilli flakes
- 1/8 tsp black pepper powder
Instructions
- Firstly, to make the salad dressing, in a bowl, add olive oil, lemon juice, honey, red chilli flakes and black pepper powder. Mix well.Refrigerate the salad dressing for 1 hour.
- In a mixing bowl, add ripe mango cubes, cucumber cubes, chopped raw mango, chopped onion, chopped red bell pepper, chopped coriander and chopped mint leaves.
- Add salt
- .Pour the salad dressing and toss to combine.
- Serve mango salad immediately.
Notes
- After adding the dressing, serve the salad immediately or else it will get soggy. In case you want to make the salad ahead of time, then prepare the salad dressing and refrigerate. Also, keep the chopped ingredients refrigerated. At the time of serving, you can add salt to the chopped ingredients, pour in the dressing and toss to combine.
- While this mango salad with the additions given tastes fantastic, you are free to add/replace ingredients of your choice such as lettuce or spinach for greens, pineapple, tomatoes, avocado for fruits. You can also adds nuts and seeds of your choice such as walnuts, pumpkin seeds, peanuts etc.
- I have cut the mangoes and cucumbers in such a manner that the size of mango cubes are larger then the cucumber cubes so that the mango cubes are prominently seen since mango is the hero of the dish. Raw mango is finely chopped so is the onion and red bell pepper