Green Options » Konkan region http://greenoptions.com/tag/konkan-region Posts tagged 'Konkan region' Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en India’s Alphonso Mango - The King Of Fruit http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/12/indias-alphonso-mango-the-king-of-fruit/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/12/indias-alphonso-mango-the-king-of-fruit/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:42:17 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/12/indias-alphonso-mango-the-king-of-fruit/

Alphonso Mangoes in Crawford Market, Mumbai

The mango is so widely available in India, that the fruit itself is named Aam which translates from Sanskrit as ‘common.’ Even though the Indian subcontinent is home to more than a thousand varieties of mango, most Indians identify the fruit with the Alphonso variety. Popularly regarded as the reigning king among Indian mangoes, the Alphonso has a unique flavor - sweet and sumptuous with an aromatic citrus overtone. Cultivated primarily in the state of Maharashtra, along the verdant shores of Konkan coast, the Alphonso mango fruit fills the narrow lanes of Crawford Market in Mumbai every year from March to May.

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