Mangoes

Do you have  a favorite seasonal fruit ? May be peaches in summer and pumpkin in fall ! Mangoes are synonymous with summer in India.My most favorite fruit. Indian ‘Malda’ is likely to be the sweetest,silkiest  fruit God created in my opinion.No other varieties of mangoes that i have tasted comes close to it.Wish they imported it here 🙂 Place where i grew up at is popular for mangoes orchards like in this picture.To this day,in the beginning of  summer,i ask my parents if they have seen ‘manjhar’ (blooming mango flowers)! Usually during summer we  get storms in India,which damages the ‘manjhar’  and destroys mango crops. I remember when we were little,we will go walking and looking for small fallen mangoes under the tree after the storm.We gathered them.Some we sliced and ate it just like that,teetering tart.Markets are usually full with small raw mangoes after the storm. Mango leaves and mango woods are used in many Hindu worship. How do you use  mangoes? It is more then Mango Lassi which is popular here in Indian...