"Raw Mango" Juice

Well incase you are thinking that this is not the right season for juice recipes, let me just state that liquids are recommended as dietary intake irrespective of time or seasonal constraints (by liquids, I meant the non-alcoholic kinds !).

What comes to your mind when you think of raw mangoes ? Green and Sour fruit (unlike its ripened juicy counterpart). Fine, lets do some value addition to this poor fruit.

After a Requirements analysis, this is what we need to provide the requisite value addition:

* One ripe raw mango (?! sounds more like an oxymoron. Ok, a green slightly juicy one will do )
* Chopped ginger, filling 1/4th of the cup
* Sugar and salt, catering to the consumer's taste
* Water, catering to the consumer's need for thickness (After all, Consumer is God, right?)
* A Juicer / Mixer Grinder /Blender
* Glasses (we have to take care of the minutest detail during the requirements gathering.)

Lets skip the Design Phase (only for a dire emergency like this : quenching of thirst ) and move directly into execution.

Peel and cut the mango into slices.
Add the ginger and mango slices in the blender.
Add the sugar, salt and water.
Blend in the blender and refrigerate.

Add a sprig of mint leaves and chat masala and serve in glasses.
(Wondering about the additional culinary needs at this stage ? Now who can claim to have become an expert at requirements analysis. We all make msitakes !!)

Cheers to our imperfections !!

Priya Varadan Som