Say Hello To Mango Season

Mangoes is a juicy fruit with very sweet flesh, ranging in colour from light yellow to golden orange, the darker the hue, the sweeter the fruit. Mangoes may very well be the king of fruits. They fight cancer, alkalize the body, aid in weight loss, regulate diabetes, help digestion and make perfect snacks and dessert.

Mangoes are nutritionally a rich tropical fruit with unique flavor, fragrance and tasty.

It takes only one rotten mango to spoil the whole basket of mangoes. Similarly, if there is one deplorable behavior friend in your circles, it can cause a lot of havoc too.

Mango is like a reflection of our attitude. Most of the mangoes look deceptively delicious and tempting on the outside, while the inside might be sour or rotten.

No human  are perfect but each of us had been given a sanity to tell the different between good or bad. It's up to his/her own to think wisely and choose who are the friends in your circles unless you are the only one on this planet. Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes when you're not looking.

I started this blog for fun to share my baking, cooking and some DIY craft since February 2011 but eventually it has became one of my hobbies. I had met some very nice and friendly bloggers/readers and also some annoying sneaky people too.

While this blog has not brought me the riches and fame, it has brought me closer to a group of people who are now my very good friends and buddies. Thank you so much to all my lovely friends who had been supporting me since 2011. And all these years I had met several bloggers from Malaysia, Australia, Singapore and Middle East. Recently in March, I  met up with Sona, my buddy from Middle East. A happy go lucky lady with great sense of humor.

Sona and her family was in Malaysia and Singapore for a short visit, and I had invited them to my place to try my Chinese mix with Malay style cooking.

My simple home cook food, Nyonya curry prawns, inche cabin chicken, grilled chicken wings, salad.

Nasi lemak aka Malaysia coconut rice with condiments, cucumber, half boiled eggs, sambal aka chili paste.

Malaysia favorite dessert sagu pudding with coconut milk and palm sugar.

My signature fruit cocktail. Canned pineapple, longan and calamansi juice.

Lovely gift from Middle East. Thank you so much, my dear. Love it very much.

Say hello to mango season.......

I love to squeeze one or two calamansi on the fresh mangoes for extra kick.

Home cooked meal are generally considered  more healthy than fast food. Eating healthy maybe ticket for a slimmer waistline.

My simple comfort meal.

Fried fish village style.

Wash and gut the fish. Marinate with salt and turmeric powder. Heat up 3 tbsp of oil and fry till cook.

Squeeze the calamansi on the fried fish while its still hot.

Big eyed fish from the whole sale fish market near my house.

You can either serve the fried fish with chutney gravy or our Malaysia style 'sambal belachan'.

Malaysian famous sambal belachan. ( Chili with shrimp paste )

Amelia's sweet sour mango chutney

Ingredients
1 large onion - cut wedges
1/2 inch ginger - cut julienne
2 cloves garlic - slice thinly
1 red chilli  - slice thinly
1 green chilli - slice thinly
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
1 star anise
5 cardomon seeds
3 tbsp curry powder
1 cup water
1 tbsp toasted grated coconut
1 tbsp dried prawns - pound till fine
3 to 4 tbsp brown sugar or castor sugar
2 tbsp cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste
2 half ripe mangoes - slice into 4 pieces.
( Best to cook together with mango skin)

Pound the dried prawns till fine

Curry powder

Toasted grated coconut

1/  Toast the grated coconut and keep aside.
2/  Mix the water and curry powder into paste.
3/  Heat of the oil, saute the onion, garlic, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves for several minutes until slightly brown.
4/ Add the dried prawns, ginger and stir fry for few minutes.

5/ Add the curry powder paste, chilies and mix well. Add the mangoes, salt, pepper and sugar to taste.
If too thick add a bit more water.  Let it boil for 5 minutes then add the toasted coconut. Garnish with spring onion.

Mouthwatering sweet, sour and spicy mango chutney, best to go with white rice.

The most suitable mango for this chutney are Kuwini mangoes.

Use a spoon to scrape the mango flesh. ( Do not eat the skin.)

Have a nice week ahead.
Amelia