Fresh Mango Salsa

I have lived in cities/towns for all my life but in my heart I have always loved that village charm! Where “less is always more!” in true sense – less traffic, less crowd, less technologies and more satisfaction and more happiness. As a child, every summer I would look forward to the visit to my grandparents’ village. My grandfather was a noble man of the village, he devoted all of his life fighting for people’s rights which would date back to the time when he was young and India was still under the rule of British Empire. He would tell us the tales of that era with utmost detail and excitement and I would see his eyes sparkle…every time! He found the solace in helping orphans and underprivileged children in the hostel he ran. During my vacations I spent hours reading the books from the little library in his quint little office which had this wooden “Gandhian style desk” I admired the most.

The second best thing I looked forward in the summer months was – Mangoes! My grandmother owns a lot of farm land, where we have mango trees that stand tall since decades, some even before I was born! And every year they bear this huge mangoes of different kinds, some more sweeter than the other trees and some meant for pickling. Me and my cousins would try to climb trees, throw rocks in order to get a mango 🙂 – some fond memories I have about those days! While most mangoes would be raw, we would still devour those sour and pungent mangoes with a sprinkling of salt and a little bit of chili powder. The rest my grandma would bring home and let them mature and ripen naturally. Those were some delicious, sweet and tangy mangoes I must say!

When I grew up, my mother would make an occasional salad out of ripe mangoes with tomatoes etc. This Mexican version of Mango Salsa is almost similar to that and is mostly inspired from my recent trip to Mexico (such beautiful country!). This is an easy dish to make, you cant really go wrong with it, if like more tomatoes add more tomatoes, if you like onion then go ahead and  add onion but following is the way I prepare my mango salsa.