Name: Mango with lime and chilli salt
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 7 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 small dried red chillies; 15 gm white sugar; 15 gm sea salt; 1 lime, finely grated rind only; To serve: lime wedges; 2 firm, slightly under-ripe mangoes, cheeks removed and cut into wedges

Mango with lime and chilli salt

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for mango with lime and chilli salt

Mango, ginger and lemongrass cordial — Mango with lime and chilli salt

Serves 6

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Mangoes grow prolifically in South-East Asia and you’ll find versions of this street snack served wherever you go. Small, firm, under-ripe mangoes are typically used for this dish, their sweet-sour flavour accentuated by the sweet-salty condiment. This snack is perfect with a glass of mango cordial.

Ingredients

3 small dried red chillies

15 gm white sugar

15 gm sea salt

1 lime, finely grated rind only

To serve: lime wedges

2 firm, slightly under-ripe mangoes, cheeks removed and cut into wedges

Method

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1.Dry roast chillies in a frying pan over medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes or until slightly blackened, then transfer to a mortar. Add sugar and, using a pestle, pound until coarsely ground. Stir through salt and rind.

2.To serve, squeeze lime juice over mango, then dip in chilli salt and eat immediately.

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