Bright and refreshing mango smoothies are easy to make as a healthy breakfast or sweet snack. Here I share with you 5 unique mango smoothie recipes. There are versions with yogurt, oats, additional fresh fruits, and even almonds – give them all a try and discover your favorite and healthy mango smoothie recipe.
Chop them in small cubes. You will need 1.5 cups chopped alphonso mangoes cubes.
Making Classic Mango Smoothie
Add the chopped mangoes in a blender or mixer jar.
Add the fresh yogurt (curd). Also add 3 tablespoons honey or add as required. You can even use any other sweetener like unrefined sugar, jaggery, palm jaggery, maple syrup or coconut sugar. Adding any sweetener can also be skipped entirely.
Sprinkle cinnamon powder. Cinnamon powder can be skipped. You can even add cardamom powder or vanilla extract instead of cinnamon powder.
Blend to a smooth consistency.
Serve mango smoothie in a tall glass. You can even chill the smoothie for a few hours and then serve later.
Making Mango Oats Smoothie
Rinse quick cooking oats or rolled oats first using a mesh strainer. Take oats in a bowl and mix with water.
Cover the bowl and keep in the fridge overnight or for 7 to 8 hours.
Next day, chop 1 large mango and add the mango cubes in a blender.
Add the soaked oats. Blend till smooth. This is a thick smoothie. To thin down a bit, you can add some water or milk.
Pour in a glass. You can top with dry fruits or seeds or berries. For some crunch, I sprinkled chia seeds. You can easily skip chia seeds. Serve the healthy oats mango smoothie.
With Banana and Papaya
Peel and chop the fruits.
Liquidize or blend all in a blender. The consistency is that of a thick smoothie. To thin the smoothie, add preferred choice of vegan milk or water.
Pour in glasses and serve mango banana papaya smoothie immediately. Add ice cubes if required.
With Almonds
Peel and chop the mangoes. Crush the cardamoms to a fine texture in a mortar-pestle. Discard the outer husks.
Add the chopped mangoes, almonds, crushed cardamom, sugar and ice cubes in a blender. You can add about ¼ cup of any nut milk or water.
Blend till smooth.
Pour the smoothie in long glasses or mugs. Top with some chopped mangoes and fresh mint leaves. Serve almond mango smoothie.
Making Mango Banana Smoothie
Peel and chop the mangoes and bananas.
Add the chopped fruits and dried figs in a powerful blender. If the figs are hard or chewy, soak them in hot water for 30 to 45 minutes prior to blending.
Pour the almond milk in the blender and blend till smooth.
Pour the mango banana smoothie in tall glasses and serve immediately.
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Notes
Mangoes: Include mangoes that are ripe and sweet. Do not mix sour tasting mangoes with dairy products like yogurt and milk. This causes indigestion and bloating.
Sweeteners: Feel free to omit or add your preferred sweeteners in any of these healthy mango smoothie recipes.
Toppings: These smoothies can be topped with any of your favorite toppings. Chopped nuts, berries, ice cream, edible seeds (chia, sesame, sunflower, pumpkin), chocolate shavings or syrup are some of the options.
Fruits and dairy: Avoid mixing dairy products with fruits like papaya and banana. Ripe and sweet flesh of mango is compatible with dairy. But other fruits, especially citrus fruits are not compatible and will cause indigestion. So do not mix orange juice, lemon juice or any other acidic fruits or their juices with dairy milk or yogurt.
Liquids: Smoothie usually have a medium-thick to medium consistency. If you prefer a consistency which is runny and less thick, add water or your choice of nut milk. Take care not to make it so thin, that the flavors get diluted.
Scaling: Any of these mango smoothie recipes can be doubled or tripled to make a large batch.
Note that the approximate nutrition info is for the mango smoothie made with yogurt.