How and how to peel a mango?

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Mango is a sweet and juicy tropical fruit. Its characteristic features: thin skin, tender and fragrant pulp. The color of the mango varies from green-yellow to purplish-red.

Some people eat this fruit separately, while others cut it into pieces and add it to salads. Some housewives prefer to serve it as salsa or chutney as a side dish to fish and meat dishes. In addition, magnificent cocktails, the most delicate mashed potatoes and cakes are obtained from mango. However, preparing something from it is only half the battle. First you need to have information on how to peel a mango. It is in this matter that many housewives face certain difficulties. To peel a mango at home, you should have the following items prepared:

• chopping board,
• deep bowl,
• knives for cutting bread and fruit.

Before we tell you how to peel a mango, let's look at its structure. So, in the very center there is a flat bone, resembling a huge sunflower seed. She isclose enough to the pulp. Therefore, it will take some effort to take it out. Of course, you can cut the fruit in half and remove the stone. But that's not the best idea, because you'll just get covered from head to toe with the juice, which is very sticky. How to peel a mango to prevent such a development of events? You can carefully remove the peel from it and eat it like an exotic popsicle. Do not tolerate platitudes and simple options? Then prepare a delicious and appetizing dish with the addition of mango pieces.

There should be two knives on the table - bread (large) and fruit (small). Put the fruit on a cutting board. We carefully examine it to find a soft oblong hole. We take a large knife in our hands and cut off two pieces of a semicircular shape on the left side. We do this very carefully. Try to make the incision as close to the bone as possible.

Now you need to take a small knife (for fruit). With the other hand, we hold one of the "cheeks" of the fruit, which lies on the board with the flesh up. We make several thin lines parallel to each other. The distance between the strips is 1-1.5 cm. Try not to touch the peel. Next, rotate the mango 90 degrees and repeat the operation. With the second "cheek" we do the same.

As a result, you should get two halves of the fruit, the pulp of which is squares. However, it is still in the shell. You can correct the situation as follows. We put a bowl in front of us, take one of the mango halves with both hands and pressfingers on the peel, turning it inside out. The pulp in the form of squares resembles a "hedgehog". Carefully cut it into a bowl with a fruit knife. Do the same with your other half. You just have to cut the pulp around the stone, remove the peel and cut into small squares. It won't take you long.

Now you know what and how to peel a mango with. As you can see, this process does not provide for anything complicated. We hope that the above information will be useful to you.