Maprang Salsa

Maprang 001_Frame and name 2

Yes, mini mango it is. :)

Maprang (Bouea macrophylla) is also known as gandaria, plum mango or marian mango.

It is a native fruit of Malaysia and Indonesia, and can be sporadically found throughout the tropical region.

Maprang fruits, especially the sweet varieties, are consumed  fresh or eaten cooked in syrup.  Entire immature fruits are chopped and used as an ingredient in the spicy condiment sambal, and are pickled to prepare asinan.  Young leaves are also consumed in salads and eaten with sambal.  

In taste it gives a hint of mango….. a very young, naive mango. It is sweet and it is sour and it still keeps you guessing at that.

The skin is very thin and can be eaten along with the fruit as well though skinned maprang pulp tastes nicer.

From inside it looks like a mango in its  miniature form. A central seed enclosed in juicy fibrous pulp surrounded by a thin skin.

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For 1 cup Maprang Salsa:

Skin 7-8 maprangs and chop the pulp in1 X 1 cm pieces.

Add salt to taste, 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1 tsp chopped coriander.

Mix it all together and let it sit for 15 to 20 mins till the flavors get infused.

Comsume it immediately, else it starts to release its juices.

Maprang 019_frame and name

We had ours with thin toasted flat bread.

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April 25, 2008 | Filed Under Maprang 

Comments

24 Responses to “Maprang Salsa”

  1. Kalai on April 25th, 2008

    Gorgeous, Coffee! Love the colors and the flavor sounds awesome!

  2. sagari on April 25th, 2008

    beautifullllllll mangoes

  3. Rachna on April 25th, 2008

    YEy…. i knew that…. :D

  4. Sonu on April 25th, 2008

    beautiful snaps coffee…!!! :)

  5. Sonal on April 25th, 2008

    Wow! I had never even heard of this fruit before! Very enlightening!

  6. Raaga on April 25th, 2008

    :-)

  7. rachel on April 25th, 2008

    nice salsa and lovely presentation

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  9. sra on April 25th, 2008

    Never heard/saw this before, looks gorgeous!

  10. Siri on April 25th, 2008

    those are some gorgeous looking mangoes coffee love the color!

    Siri

  11. Tee on April 25th, 2008

    yum….loved the color and recipe!

  12. Anjali J. on April 26th, 2008

    :) i was wrong then, thats new to me. lovely color and nice recipe too.

  13. Kaykat on April 26th, 2008

    I’ve never heard of these! And I always thought I was the mango freak! I love the idea of topping flatbread with this salsa, it looks delicious!

  14. Mansi on April 26th, 2008

    Aah finally!! at least I was close to thinking its some kind of mango:) the salsa looks beautiful Coffee!:)

  15. sandeepa on April 26th, 2008

    Didn’t I say that ? I always knew ;-)

  16. sandeepa on April 26th, 2008

    BTW the pic is worthy of CLICK, don’t you think so ?

    -I have something else for CLICK! :)

  17. vanamala on April 26th, 2008

    Really really nice

  18. bee on April 26th, 2008

    beautiful fruit.

  19. Uma on April 26th, 2008

    great pics with so mouth-watering salsa.

  20. Sig on April 27th, 2008

    ohhh I knew it.. (NOT) :D

    That is an absolutely gorgeous fruit… Never seen it before!

  21. musical on April 27th, 2008

    Thanks for introducing me to this lovely new fruit!

  22. Miri on April 28th, 2008

    Wow, havent heard of this before, but it sounds like a really juicy fruit! Thanks for posting these lovely snaps and of course the recipe - which I am going to substitute with mangoes and make! :)

    Miri

  23. Cynthia on April 29th, 2008

    Such bliss! The pics and the dishes are gorgeous hon!

  24. Padmaja on May 1st, 2008

    Amazing pictures!!! I simply love it Coffee

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