WBB#22 Announcement – May Mango Madness

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Melting moments of May have turned up the heat a notch higher…..Weekend Breakfast Blogging, the event started by the lovely doctor at Saffron trail, stops by at Escapades this month. Yes!! WBB# 22 will spring to you from here…..

The brightest spot in the scorching summer is reserved for the king of fruits – the mango!! That’s what makes the summer all so worth it……summers become mango centric…..when life is all about harvesting, storing, buying, pickling, ripening and digging into this luscious fruit……

Weekend Breakfast Blogging #22 – May Mango Madness

Mangoes – the national fruit of India (and Pakistan, Bangladesh and Philippines – source Wikipedia), is said to have a mention in the Ramayana and Mahabharata…..the mango is believed to be a native of india though it is prolifically grown in most south Asian countries…..a tropical fruit with more than 30 species, the mango is a rich source of nutrients, particularly high vitamins A, C and E and is also a rich source of dietary fiber and carbohydrates. While pages and pages can be written about the taste and texture of the luscious ripe fruit, the raw form of the fruit is also put to use in pickles, chutneys , dried and used as a souring agent (aam chur) etc.

So put fish out your thinking caps then (I doubt it will be needed though)…..and join me in the may mango madness…..send in your recipes which have mangoes as the focal point in a breakfast preparation(vegetarian including eggs)….cooked, raw, sliced, grated, pulped, pureed, cut or squashed….Mangoes of any variety, used in any form…..cakes, muffins, breakfast breads, cookies, beverages, salads, chutneys, salsas…..and am sure much much more that can be done with this king of fruit….. Bring it on….the rules for WBB#22 – May Mango Madness are as below. There is no limit on the number of entries…so go ahead…flood my inbox!!

Guidelines:

• The deadline is Saturday, May 31st and I’ll post the round up on Wednesday, June 4th 2008
• Post a breakfast recipe in the month of May, with Mango in any of its avatars as the main ingredient
• Send in your entries with the following details to arundati.rao(at)gmail(dot)com, with WBB#22 – May Mango Madness in the subject line
• Do send me your name, blog name, the name of the recipe, permalink of the post and a picture of your creation
• Do link back your post to this announcement and feel free to use the logo

For the roundup of WBB#21 – microwave cooking head over here hosted by 100% Microwave Cooking

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