Mango rasayana | 5 ingredient mango dessert

Easy vegan Indian mango dessert with chopped mangoes in freshly squeezed coconut milk sweetened with jaggery.

When mangoes are in season, Mango rasayana is a mandatory dessert in Mangaluru. Sweet juicy mangoes in freshly squeezed coconut milk and jaggery is flavoured with cardamom and sprinkled with roasted sesame seeds. Does a simpler mango dessert exist?! Mangoes and coconut milk are a match made in heaven! Simple, yet so satisfying! Like many other dishes from Mangalore, rasayana is vegan too!

Mango rasayana can be sipped on it’s own as a dessert and is also served as a side along with many breakfast dishes like neer dosé(rice crepes), jackfruit dosa, idly, homemade rice noodles etc. Mango rasayana with unripe jackfruit dosa certainly needs a special mention here. It is a favourite combo in the Havyaka community for good reason! I can’t help but savor every bite of this combo with my eyes closed! That’s how good they taste together! 🙂

A similar dessert is prepared across Karnataka called seekarane, which uses exactly the same ingredients but is much thicker with the mangoes squeezed in, instead of chopped.

Tips

Is it necessary to use freshly squeezed coconut milk?

As this is a simple recipe with a few ingredients, the quality of coconut milk does matter. Store bought coconut milk that come in cans work well in curries, but in this recipe, it is best to use freshly squeezed coconut milk. Use fresh/frozen coconut to make coconut milk, not dry desiccated coconut.

If you don’t mind the taste of canned coconut milk, you can definitely go ahead and use it in this recipe. However, I have to mention that canned coconut milk in fact tastes quite different from fresh. Fresh tastes the best! 🙂

If using store bought coconut milk, choose the ones without added ingredients. Aroy-D 100% coconut milk that comes in non-refrigerated cartons is in my opinion, the best one out there.

Storage and serving

Mango rasayana is best eaten fresh, on the same day. Refrigerate rasayana if it’s not eaten within an hour or two of being prepared, as coconut milk can go bad, especially in warmer climates. After a day of refrigeration, the fat in the coconut milk separates and forms a layer on the top, hence it is best eaten fresh.

Enjoy rasayana as a dessert or serve as a side with breakfast dishes like neeru dose(rice crepe), jackfruit dose, idly or idiyappam.

Mango rasayana | 5 ingredient mango dessert

Shwetha

Mangoes in freshly squeezed coconut milk sweetened with jaggery and flavoured with cardamom

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine Havyaka, Indian, Karnataka, mangalore

Servings 2 people

Equipment

• Blender

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup chopped mangoes or 1 mango
• ½ cup fresh/frozen coconut not dry desiccated
• ¾ cup water
• ¼ cup jaggery or use palm sugar/coconut sugar instead.
• ¼ tsp black sesame seeds
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• ⅛ tsp salt

Instructions

 

• In a heavy bottomed pan, toast black sesame seeds on medium heat. Take care not to burn them.
• Chop the mango into tiny pieces. Squeeze out any leftover pulp/juice left on the seed and set aside.
• Defrost coconut if using frozen. Defrosting can also be done in the microwave by heating frozen coconut for 15-30 seconds.
• Add coconut and ½ cup water into a blender and blend the coconut smooth.

  NOTE: If coconut is cold, the fat separates upon blending.
• Pass the blended coconut through a fine mesh sieve/muslin cloth/nut milk bag. Squeeze the pulp to make it release all it's milk. Add ¼ cup water and squeeze the coconut pulp again to release any leftover milk..
• Add chopped mangoes, any leftover pulp/juice from the mango, powdered jaggery, cardamom powder, toasted sesame seeds, salt and mix well.
• Taste and adjust the sweetness to suit your palate. Enjoy as a dessert or serve as a side dish with neer dosa, idly, idiyappam.

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Notes

• Store bought canned coconut milk is generally thick. If using canned coconut milk, dilute it as needed with water. 
• Jaggery is an unrefined Indian sugar. Any unrefined sugar can be used, or even white sugar.
• Fresh/frozen coconut is available in Asian/Indian stores. 
• Rasayana is best eaten fresh, store any leftovers in the refrigerator. After a day in the refrigerator, it is normal for the fat to form a layer on the top.

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