Mango Frooti, fresh and juicy…remember this tagline. Yes correct…a tagline from Indian mango juice commercial. Everyone must have fond memories about this delicious mango drink. Mango frooti is thick, sweet and tangy Indian mango drink, sold in tetra pack all over the country. It has been there in market from decades, but how about we make this same recipe right in our kitchen with simple 5 ingredients.
Make this Mango frooti at home with my easy and quick recipe. This homemade frooti made with fresh mangoes not only taste delicious but also is free from harmful chemicals, colors and preservatives. This recipe is vegan and gluten free. Plus, for weigh watcher, amount of sugar can be controlled too. This freshly prepared drink recipe is just perfect and can prepared just in 30 minutes plus cooling time.
This summer do give this recipe a try. Sip this cool and fresh mango drink on a hot summery day or make it for parties and get togethers. This drink stays fresh in refrigerator for up to 1 week, can easily prepared in advance. This drink can be used as base to make mocktails or cocktails too. The best part is kids are just going to love this beautiful sunshine color drink, which is homemade, healthier than packed juices, gluten free and vegan. Do make it and give it a sip…Have fun summer!
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Step by Step Instruction with Photos
Make The Sugar Syrup
- In a pan add sugar and water, mix and boil over medium-low flame.
- Stir and cook until sugar gets dissolved. Turn off the flame once syrup is slightly thickened. This syrup does not need to have a string consistency.
- Switch off the flame and let the syrup cool down completely.
Make Mango Puree
- In a pan heat 2 cups of water and let it boil.
- Now add peeled and cubed ripe mangoes and raw mango
- Let the mangoes boil on low flame.
- Once it starts to boil, cover and cook until the mangoes turn soft and mushy.
- Turn off the flame once mangoes are well cooked and let them cool down completely.
- Once mangoes are cool enough to handle, strain off the cooked mangoes.
- Retain the water for later use and add mangoes to blender to make smooth puree.
- Strain the puree and add retained water. Mix well.
Make Frooti
- To make frooti, add sugar syrup, citric acid, ice cubes or chilled water in batches to the mango puree. Mix well and adjust the sweetness or tanginess by adding more of sugar syrup or citric acid as required. Adjust the consistency too.
- Stir well and serve chilled.
- This homemade frooti can be stored refrigerated in air tight container for about a week.
Recipe Card
Fresh Mango Frooti/Frooti Mango Drink
Description
This homemade frooti made with fresh mangoes not only taste delicious but also is free from harmful chemicals, colors and preservatives. This recipe is vegan and gluten free too.
Ingredients
Instructions
Make The Sugar Syrup
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In a pan add sugar and water, mix and boil over medium-low flame.
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Stir and cook until sugar gets dissolved. Turn off the flame once syrup is slightly thickened. This syrup does not need to have a string consistency.
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Switch off the flame and let the syrup cool down completely.
Make Mango Puree
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In a pan heat 2 cups of water and let it boil.
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Now add peeled, cubed ripe mangoes and raw mango.
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Let the mangoes boil on low flame. Once it starts to boil, cover and cook until the mangoes turn soft and mushy.
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Turn off the flame once mangoes are well cooked and let them cool down completely.
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Once mangoes are cool enough to handle, strain off the cooked mangoes.
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Retain the water for later use and add mangoes to blender to make smooth puree.
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Strain the puree and add retained water. Mix well.
Note
Mango- Alphonso mangoes are best to make this recipe as they are less fibrous and have beautiful bright orange color. but use any variety as per availability.
Sugar syrup- While sugar and mangoes can be cooked together in one pot, but I feel making sugar syrup separately is a good idea for two reasons. First sugar can make mangoes cooking process longer and second making syrup separately makes it easier to adjust the sweetness as required.
Cooking- For best taste cook mangoes on low flame, stirring occasionally just until raw mangoes pieces are soft and mushy.
Strain- To make smooth and juicy Frooti, please don’t skip the straining step to remove fiber. Mango pulp have fiber specially the raw ones.
Sweetness/Tanginess- Adjust sweetness and tanginess of frooti as per your preference. This also depends upon the variety of mangoes used.
Citric acid/Lemon juice- Anyone these two can be used to balance the sourness of Frooti.
