Mangoes are tempting. For all the deserving reasons we love spending our fortune on these superfruits. We all love keeping an extra stock of mangoes because certainly, we can’t predict mood swings during summer seasons. To treat our taste buds, we need to always have some extra mango stock at home. However, the challenging thing here is storing the ripe mangoes. Storing the chemical-free (organic mango) is difficult because mangoes are so sensitive and need a little care to avoid getting spoiled. Organic mangoes are sold for a little higher price in the market. They are expensive because they are stored in secured, temperature-controlled containers to increase the shelf life. Here’s everything you need to know about how to store chemical-free mangoes at home without refrigerators.

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Interesting Ways Of Storing Chemical-free Mangoes:

1. Store organic mango at room temperature:

Organic mangoes are extra sensitive and they tend to get spoiled easily when the temperature is unsuitable. Keeping chemical-free mango in perfect weather conditions is mandatory to save our money. Once you bring home the mango stock, soak them in normal temperature water for about 1-2 hrs. Clean the mangoes nicely and let them dry on their own. Keep these ripe or half-ripen mangoes at room temperature. The typical shelf life of any organic mango is about 7 to 14 days, this may vary depending upon the mango variety. Make sure to use a cleaned basket to store your mangoes and do not touch them frequently.

The reason why many suggest not storing Alphonso mangoes or any organic mango in the refrigerator is that they start losing their organic moisture content. Since these are summer fruits, is not appropriate for them to be stored in colder environments. After storing in the refrigerator, organic Alphonso mangoes lose their authentic taste and aroma. Mango fruits continue to ripe under room temperature and they keep getting more sweeter. Make sure you buy mixed mangoes i.e. completely ripe and half-ripen ones.

2. Preserve organic mangoes in liquid forms:

Many find it difficult to store chemical-free mangoes, storing them in liquid form could be an alternative option.  Mango in liquid form can be stored for a longer time. One can make mango juice and store them in an airtight container. Some also store mango pulp to use for recipes. Take completely ripen mango, wash them nicely, peel them off and blend the pulp in a blender. Add enough amount of sugar to the mango pulp or juice. Sugar acts as the food processor to the juice/pulp. Let the liquid sit at room temperature and then store it in the airtight container. Mango in liquid form can be stored for three weeks of time. You can make aamras, lassi, juice or any other dish with it.

3. Use traditional techniques to store organic mango:

Nothing can beat the traditional tricks of storing organic mangoes. Once you stock up chemical-free mangoes, wash them nicely with normal temperature water. You can soak the mangoes for 1-2 hrs. Let the mangoes dry out, then store them in uncooked rice, wheat, corn, or any grain container. Place the mangoes on the top of the grains and the container should be anything like a pot, box, or bowl. This storage technique traps the ethylene gas around the fruit and gives it a perfect environment for ripening. To keep the mangoes fresh, you can cover the container with hay (dry grass).

One of the alternate ways of storing mango is by storing them in paper bags. Wrap the paper around alphonso mango, or place them in paper bags and store them at room temperature condition. You can place hay around these mangoes. In paper bags, mangoes usually ripen faster and become soft easily.

Quick tips to store ripped mangoes at home:

• Mangoes shouldn’t be refrigerated because these are summer fruits
• Mangoes usually continue to ripen at room temperature. Storing it at a normal temperature makes it sweeter and softer
• Riped mangoes can’t be stored for more than two weeks of time
• Soaking up the mangoes in normal temperature water takes out the heat content from them. It also cleans out the dirt
• Completely ripen mangoes should not be moved to the refrigerator. This slows down the ripening process. Although your mango might appear riped, the taste won’t reflect its appearance when stored in chilled condition. If you like eating mango chilled, then store the chopped mangoes for 10-20 mins before serving.

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