Mango Salsa With Mint, Lime & Chilli: A Student’s 5 Ingredient Recipe
Mango Salsa With Mint, Lime And Chilli.
Five Ingredients, No Cooking, And The Whole Recipe Fits On A Post-It Note.
A Fresh, Vegan And Gluten Free Salsa From A Flametree Student. Serves 2. Best Eaten Straight Away.
Fresh mango salsa, ready to eat
Five ingredients. No cooking.
Introduction to mango salsa
This mango salsa is one firm, ripe mango cut into small pieces, mixed in a bowl with the juice of one lime, two slices of finely chopped red onion, one finely chopped red chilli and two tablespoons of finely chopped fresh mint. There is no cooking at all. You just chop, mix and serve. One mango serves 2, and it is best eaten straight away. It is vegan and gluten free, and the recipe comes from Fiona, one of our Flametree students.
Fiona wrote it out for us on a post-it note, in her own handwriting. You can see that little note a little further down this page. It is the whole recipe, and it shows you how simple good food can be.
Fiona first gave Stuart a sample of her salsa, and it was delicious. So delicious that the very next day Chris made it again, with fresh Calypso mangoes from Ray, who is another Flametree student. That is the batch in the photos on this page. The full story is at the bottom of this page.
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Fiona’s recipe, on her post-it note
The whole recipe, in Fiona’s handwriting.
Ingredients for mango salsa
Here are the ingredients for this Flametree Yoga Studio dish. There are only five, and it serves 2.
- 1 firm, ripe mango, cut into small pieces
- The juice of 1 lime
- 2 slices of red onion, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh mint
A tip on the chilli: when Chris made it for these photos, only half of the chilli you can see in the pictures went in. Start with half, taste, and add more if you like it hotter.
Mangoes love the Top End. The Northern Territory Government even has a guide to growing mangoes at home. So when the trees around Darwin, Humpty Doo and the rural area are loaded, this is one of the easiest things you can do with them.
Five ingredients on one board
Everything you need, on one board.
How to make mango salsa
Use these steps to make this fresh, no-cook mango salsa.
Step 1: Chop
- Cut the mango into small pieces.
- Finely chop 2 slices of red onion.
- Finely chop the red chilli. Start with half of it.
- Finely chop the fresh mint.
Step 2: Mix
- Place the mango, red onion, chilli and mint into a bowl.
- Squeeze in the juice of the lime.
- Mix together.
Step 3: Serve
- Serve straight away. Mango salsa is at its best when it is just made.
Mixed and ready
Best eaten straight away.
Close up, with the mint and chilli
Start with half the chilli, then taste.
What we ate with this mango salsa
Chris served this batch with a few of our other recipes, in any mix. Mango salsa is bright and fresh, so it goes well with richer, savoury dishes.
Miso eggplant. These eggplant halves have a chickpea miso topping, which we buy from Greenies in Darwin. It is made in Daylesford, in the hills outside Melbourne, and it is especially delicious. The method for baking the eggplant is in our miso eggplant recipe. Behind them are our marinated mushrooms.
Miso eggplant, with marinated mushrooms
Miso eggplant, with marinated mushrooms behind.
Locally made tempeh. We cut a block of locally made tempeh into strips, then pan fried it until golden. The method is in our Balinese tempeh recipe.
The tempeh, cut into strips
The tempeh, cut into strips before cooking.
Pan fried until golden
Locally made tempeh, pan fried until golden.
A fresh green salad. Asparagus, avocado, red capsicum and greens.
A fresh green salad
A fresh green salad goes well with it too.
Is mango salsa vegan and gluten free?
Yes. This mango salsa is just mango, lime juice, red onion, chilli and fresh mint. There is no dairy, egg, honey or wheat in it, so it is vegan and naturally gluten free.
How much vitamin C is in mango?
Raw mango has about 36.4 mg of vitamin C and about 60 calories in every 100 g, according to the USDA FoodData Central database. So a bowl of fresh mango salsa is light, bright and full of flavour.
How is mango salsa different from tomato salsa?
A tomato salsa is built on chopped tomato. This one swaps the tomato for ripe mango, so it is sweeter and fruitier, with the lime, chilli and mint giving it a fresh, zingy kick.
Mango salsa: quick questions answered
How long does mango salsa take to make?
Only as long as the chopping takes. There is no cooking.
How many people does this mango salsa serve?
One mango’s worth serves 2. For more people, just use more mangoes and scale up the rest.
How many ingredients are in this mango salsa?
Five: mango, lime juice, red onion, red chilli and fresh mint.
How do I make mango salsa less spicy?
Use less chilli. When Chris made it for these photos, she used only half the chilli shown.
Can I make mango salsa ahead of time?
It is best eaten straight away, so make it just before you want to eat it.
What do you serve mango salsa with?
We served it with our miso eggplant, marinated mushrooms, pan fried tempeh and a fresh green salad, in any mix. The photos are above.
Which mango is best for mango salsa?
Any type of mango works. It was especially delicious with the Calypso mangoes Ray gave us.
Who came up with this recipe?
Fiona, one of our Flametree students. She shared it with us, and gave us her permission to put it on our recipes page.
Why is the build-up called mango madness?
Right now in Darwin we are in the build-up to the wet season. It is also when the mangoes ripen, so locals call this time of year mango madness. The heat and humidity can leave people more stressed, more irritable and more tired than usual. The name is said to go back to World War Two, when troops stationed in Darwin felt the strain of these conditions.
So a cool bowl of fresh mango salsa is a nice way to fight mango madness with mangoes. At Flametree we also deliberately run more restorative yoga classes at this time of year, to help people rest and recharge. Read more in Yoga For Darwin’s Build-Up, or find a class on our timetables.
Where this mango salsa came from
Every so often a student brings something to share. This time it was Fiona. She gave Stuart a sample of her mango salsa, and it was delicious.
It was so good, and the recipe so simple, that the very next day Chris made it again. This time the mangoes were Calypso mangoes from Ray, who is another Flametree student, and that is the batch in the photos on this page.
So this little recipe really is a Flametree community dish: Fiona’s recipe, Ray’s mangoes, shared around the studio. Then Fiona wrote it all down on a post-it note, so we could share it with you too. Thank you, Fiona, and thank you, Ray.
More Flametree mango recipes
If you have more mangoes than you know what to do with, try our mango smoothie bowl with soft tofu, banana and goji berries, our mango chickpea curry, our Darwin mango salad, or our recipes for Northern Territory mangoes.
Do you have a vegan recipe or dish you’d like to share?
Please contact me with any dishes you’d like to share with me.
Obviously, I’m especially interested in any dish that is already a great Darwin vegan option.
Alternatively, it may be a potential vegan Darwin recipe that I could adapt, or be inspired by.
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Recipe by Fiona, a Flametree Yoga Studio student, shared with her permission. Written up by Chris Lalor, Flametree Yoga Studio, Darwin NT. General information only.
