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Tips for cutting a mango:
-Like an avocado, mangos have a large pit at the center and so cannot be cut directly through the middle. A good trick is to lay the mango flat on its side on a cutting board. Guide a sharp knife lengthwise through the skin and flesh to the pit. Turn the mango with your hand, keeping the knife level within the fruit. Once you have gone all the way around, you should be able to split the halves and remove the pit.
-Next, cut a cross-hatch pattern through the flesh to create cubes. Be careful not to break through the skin.
-Taking the mango half in your hands, place your thumbs at each end and your fingers underneath. Press up with your fingers gently until you have more-or-less turned the half inside out.
-Carefully slide a knife between the flesh and the skin, freeing the cubes! One large mango should yield about 1 cup of diced mango.

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Other Names: 芒果 (Chinese), マンゴー (Japanese), المانجو (Arabic), आम (Hindi), Манго (Russian) All Translations
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and favored there, are now popular in the United States.]] Mangoes belong to the genus ''Mangifera'', consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is indigenous to the Indian Subcontinent. Cultivated in many tropical regions and distributed widely in the world, mango is one of the most extensively exploited fruits for food, juice, flavor, fragrance and color, making it a common ingredient in new functional foods often called superfruits. Its leaves are ritually used as floral decorations at weddings and religious ceremonies.

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