Green mango pudding, with a tart, spicy, and sweet flavor.

Green mango pudding, with a tart, spicy, and sweet flavor.

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A surprising mango pudding, featuring green mango, chili pepper, mint, and masala chaat, set in an agar-agar base. It’s a combination of sweet, spicy, and…

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This Bangladeshi pudding combines three flavors: the tartness of green mango, the spiciness of chili peppers, and the sweetness of sugar. Agar-agar gives it its texture.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Resting3 hr
  • Total3 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodreaction to cold
  • Estimated cost$29.39 $4.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $6.00
  • $0.01
  • $0.04
  • $0.22
  • $0.11
  • $23.01

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the mangoes into pieces and blend them into a smooth puree. ≈ 8 min
  2. Remove the seeds from the green chili pepper and finely chop it. ≈ 8 min
  3. Combine all the ingredients with the water, except for the agar-agar, then filter through a sieve. ≈ 4 min
  4. Mix the agar-agar with the filtered liquid and bring the mixture to a boil over heat.
  5. As soon as the first bubbles appear, turn off the heat.
  6. Pour: Pour the liquid into pudding molds and let it cool at room temperature.
  7. Then, place it in the refrigerator to set.
  8. Once the pudding has cooled completely and set, cut it into desired portions and serve. ≈ 8 min

The bill

Green mango pudding, with a tart, spicy, and sweet flavor.

  • 2 green mangoes$6.00
  • ½ cup of lemon juice$0.01
  • 1 tablespoon of black salt$0.04
  • 1 tablespoon of finely chopped mint$0.22
  • 100 g of sugar (more if needed)$0.11
  • 2 tablespoons of powdered agar-agar$23.01

Total$29.39

that's $4.90 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 green mangoes
  • 1 green chili pepper
  • 50 cl of water
  • A pinch of dried red chili powder
  • ½ cup of lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon of black salt
  • ½ cup of masala chaat
  • 1 tablespoon of finely chopped mint
  • 100 g of sugar (more if needed)
  • 2 tablespoons of powdered agar-agar

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