Van Raj Mango
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Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) Lovers of the king of fruits thronged a Haryana town as the 18th edition of the mango festival started Saturday.
Around 2,835 entries of mangoes from all across northern India were displayed in the Mango Mela but the highlight of the event is the display of 285 rare varieties of the fruit.
There are also 191 entries of mango products like mango chutney, aam ka pana, aam papad and mango squash.
The two-day festival, jointly organised by the state’s horticulture and tourism departments, is held at Yadvindra Gardens, a prominent tourist destination in Pinjore town in Haryana, around 30 km from here.
Varieties of mangoes like Dusheri, Langda, Chausa, Amrapali, Mallika, Alphanso, Ratnagiri and Vanraj are on display during the festival.
With the advent of the mango season, me and my cute lil' sis always prefer mangoes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even at snack time. As the 'king of fruit's' comes only during the months of April-June and the season being the holiday time we love to indulge with these sweet and delightful fruits round the clock. There are many different varieties of mangoes. The common and most widely consumed are Alphonso, Banganapalli, Bangalora, Cherukurasam, Kesar, Rajapuri, Vanraj, etc.. way of indulging these nature's rich goodies is by simply peeling the outer skin using a peeler and then cutting down into cubes.Creamy and cool curd rice when eaten with ripe, juicy and luscious diced mangoes......Hmmmm....the combo is refreshing and perfect to beat the heat.
