Fun mango desserts to make at home

Two chefs share their go-to dessert recipes starring the king of fruits

There’s an element of nostalgia attached to the mangoes arriving in waves of musky scented splendour through the summer. Readers of a certain age may remember a time when, unencumbered by lockdowns and electronic entertainment, they spent summer vacations scaling mango trees or using a koduval (a long stick with a sickle blade attached to it) to pluck the fruit stealthily from orchards, enjoying it with chilli powder and salt. But while South Asian recipes tend to favour the tropical fruit in a myriad savoury ways, mangoes can also be used in sweeter, more globalised avatars such as smoothies, pies and cakes.