Eating in China
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Mango

芒果Mángguǒ

A fleshy fruit with yellow to orange flesh surrounding a large, flat seed. Ripe mango is used for both fruit pieces and purées in desserts.

Type
Fruit

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

The skin is smooth, with colour and shape varying by variety. A single broad, flat seed sits inside the flesh.

In the kitchen

Puréed and diced in mango-pomelo-sago dessert.

Flesh ranges from relatively smooth to fibrous; colour and sweetness vary. Skin colour alone is not a uniform description of all varieties.

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这道菜里有芒果吗?

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