Mango is a fruit with an appealing sweet and sour taste, especially when combined with other ingredients to create a beverage, the flavor becomes even more delicious. Let’s join Tastetutorial.com in the kitchen to refer to 2 ways to make mango mojito to cool off!
1. Fresh Mango Mojito
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fresh Mango Mojito Serves 1 person
Mango 2 fruits Lime 7 slices Mint leaves 1/2 cup Honey 3 tablespoons (or maple syrup) Lime juice 4 tablespoons Soda a little (about 1 can) Ice cubes a little
How to choose fresh, juicy limes
- Fresh limes are usually small, with thin skin and firm texture. When touched, the skin feels smooth, not rough.
- Juicy limes will feel heavy in the hand, and when you press lightly on the skin, essential oils should be released, with a pleasant aroma. If the lime has a pungent smell, it is likely the type that has been treated with chemicals.
- You should choose seedless limes for better juice quality.
Tools needed
How to make Fresh Mango Mojito
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Prepare mango and blend it
First, peel the mango and cut the flesh into small cubes, keeping a little piece of the flesh whole for later blending.
Next, put the mango flesh into the blender and blend it smoothly with 230ml of water.
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Pound the lime and mint leaves
Put 6 pieces of fresh lime into the glass and use a pestle to pound them to extract the juice.
Next, add mint leaves and continue to pound the mixture.
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Prepare mango mojito with fresh lime
Add more than 4 tablespoons of lime juice to the glass and mix well to combine.
Next, use a new glass, then add 2 tablespoons of the lime mint mixture, 1 tablespoon of mango pulp, a few ice cubes, 6 tablespoons of pureed mango, 3 tablespoons of honey, 1 piece of fresh lime, and a little mint leaves.
Finally, add 1 can of soda and it’s ready to enjoy.
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Final product
The mango mojito has an eye-catching yellow color, refreshing when drunk, with a sweet and sour taste along with a cool, spicy flavor from the mint leaves. This is definitely an extremely effective refreshing drink.
2. Mango passion fruit mojito
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
15 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Mango Passion Fruit Mojito For 1 person
Mango 1/2 fruit Passion fruit 1/2 fruit Lemon 1/2 fruit Mint leaves 6 leaves Sugar syrup 1 tablespoon Soda a little (about 1 can) Ice cubes a little
How to choose sweet and juicy passion fruit
- Choose passion fruits with a uniform dark purple skin, slightly wrinkled, large size, and dry stem.
- Ripe passion fruit usually has a light characteristic aroma; the stronger the smell, the better the fruit. Conversely, if the fruit has a foul or sour smell, it should not be chosen.
- If you feel the fruit is heavy, smooth-skinned, and still green, it means that the passion fruit is still young, with thick skin and little pulp.
- You can check the pulp density of the passion fruit by holding it and shaking it gently. A juicy passion fruit will feel slightly heavy when shaken, and the inside seems dense.
Tools needed
How to make Mango Passion Fruit Mojito
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Prepare the ingredients
First, cut the mango in half, then use a knife to score the flesh in a crisscross pattern to cut it into small square cubes.
Next, cut the passion fruit in half and slice the lime into thin round slices.
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Pound the mango with passion fruit
Use a spoon to scoop the mango flesh and the flesh of half a passion fruit into a mortar, then add 2 lime slices and 2 torn mint leaves, and use a pestle to mash the mixture.
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Mixing Passion Fruit Mango Mojito
Add mashed mango and passion fruit mixture, 1 tablespoon of sugar syrup, and 4 ice cubes into the shaker. Then, close the shaker tightly and shake well to blend the mixture.
Finally, put 2 ice cubes, 2 slices of fresh lime, 4 mint leaves, the strained mango and passion fruit mixture, and a little soda water into the glass to complete.
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Final Product
The Passion Fruit Mango Mojito has the sweet and sour taste of fresh lime, passion fruit, and mango, along with a hint of coolness from the mint leaves. This drink will definitely help you instantly relieve fatigue and refresh you.
How to choose fresh ripe mangoes
- You should choose mangoes that feel firm in your hand; when gently pressed, you can sense the softness and smell the characteristic fragrance wafting.
- Furthermore, you should observe the stem; the good mangoes are those with a slightly indented stem.
- You should not choose mangoes that feel too soft or bruised, as they will not be tasty and lack many nutrients.
What is mint leaves? How to distinguish between mint and spearmint
- Mint leaves, also known as European mint, are called peppermint or mint in English. This is a type of natural hybrid plant between Mentha aquatica and Mentha spicata, so it is also scientifically named Mentha – piperita. Mint plants originated from Europe and the Middle East and are now commonly grown worldwide.
- Mint leaves: The leaves grow symmetrically, are oval-shaped, have serrated edges, and fine hairs on both sides. They have a strong aroma, spicy, and cool taste.
- Spearmint leaves: The leaves are elongated, have serrated edges, lack fine hairs on the leaf surface, and are usually smaller than mint leaves. They have a lighter aroma than mint leaves, with a milder spicy flavor.
Above are the instructions for 2 ways to make mango mojito that Tastetutorial.com wants to introduce to you, hoping you will have more great recipes for refreshing, sweet drinks to help cool your body!
*Source of the recipe and images from 2 YouTube channels The Cooking Fellows and Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana
