Aamras (Mango ras/ mango pulp) is popular mango sweet or dessert made from pureed mangoes. It is popular in the western belt of India across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. It is either served plain or flavoured with cardamom or dry ginger and sometimes saffron. Gujarati aamras recipe makes the use of dry ginger powder and it is topped with some ghee, whereas in Maharashtrian recipe you will find cardamom powder added to it. Furthermore, Rajasthani recipe calls for addition of few saffron strands. Be it a cardamom or sonth or saffron, whatever the spice we add to it, aamras puri will always win the hearts.
Ingredients:
1 medium sized mango
2 teaspoons of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder
1/4 cup of milk/water
Serves: 1-2
Preparation Time: 4-7 minutes
Preparation
- Rinse & peel the mango. Then roughly chop it.
- Add chopped mango into a blender. Add in rest of the ingredients.
- Blend until smooth. Aamras should be thick in consistency.
- Chill for 1-3 hours & serve as a side along with hot chapatis & pooris.
