While you enjoy the king of fruits, here are some facts about its  different varieties:

Banganapalli – Andhra Pradesh

These are large and oblong-shaped and have a smooth texture, thin skin and juicy flesh.  They are mostly used in pickles, gravies and aamras.

Kesar – Gujarat

Identified by their green skin and rich fragrance, kesar mangoes are used to prepare aamras.

Alphonso or Hapus – Maharashtra

The ‘King of Mangoes’ boasts of sweet and tangy flavours. The pulp is a distinctive golden yellow in colour and is used in several desserts such as aamrakhand, aamras and lassi.

Sindhura – Tamil Nadu

This variety with extremely juicy and pulpy flesh is great for juices and milk shakes. It is also used to make jams and preservatives.

Himsagar – West Bengal

These are medium-sized greenish fruits with yellow pulp. They are used to make an array of desserts and milkshakes.

Totapuri - Karnataka

They have distinctive parrot beak shape and can be enjoyed both ways – unripe and ripe. The unripe mangoes are used in pickles, chutneys and salads. The ripe mangoes are used in juices, pulp and mango preserves.

Dussehri – Uttar Pradesh

Yellow in colour, slightly elongated and extremely sweet.

Chausa – Himachal Pradesh

Very sweet, dark orange-yellow pulp with bright yellow skin. Chausa mangoes are very fragrant and have no fibre. Available when most other varieties are over for the year.

Langda – Uttar Pradesh

Known for its distinctive aroma and taste, this mango variety is oblong shape and green even when it is ripe. Langdas have a very thin stone inside.

Malgova - Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Sweet and juicy and packed with a lot of pulp. Malgova have round-oblique shape and a green skin with yellow specks even when ripe.

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