How to dice mangoes

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September 19, 2016 1:33 PM

If you have ever wondered what magic it took to get neatly diced cubes on mango, worry no more.

Diced mangoes

Ripe and juicy mangoes are a sweet treat with the side effect of being messy to eat.

Eating mangoes with bare hands is often a messy, slurpy affair that some people don't mind. However, if you want to dice the mangoes for another recipe such as a fruit salad, you have to dice the mangoes.

Dicing mangoes neatly might be a difficult task as slicing the slippery fruit can create quite a mess. Here are a few steps to make dicing a mango easier.

1. Choose a ripe, but firm fruit:

The riper the mango, the softer it is. The best species of mango to use for this purpose is the one locally called 'sherry mango'.

2. Use a sharp knife:

The sharper the knife, the easier it is to cut through the skin and flesh of the mango.

3. Use a cutting board:

- Place the flat side of the mango on the cutting board.

- Make a parallel cut on each side of the mango, right next to the seed, leaving you with two halves of mango and the middle (containing the seed).

- Turn each half upwards and slice the pulp into desired cube sizes.

- Using your fingers, flip the mango half inside out, raising the cubes.

- Then you can cut along the skin to get the cubes into a bowl.

That's it! You can get as many cubes as you want with this method and serve or pair with whatever recipe you want.

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