Mango-Tomato Summer Salsa Recipe

This is one of my fav from ifood and this recipe fits in with many cuisines such as Thai, Mexican, American, Vegetarian, Summer Parties, and is kid friendly. It is a Healthy Choices dish easy to make just dice and mix! It is Weight Watcher  friendly too!!!!!!

The marriage of the flavours is exciting and refreshing. Tomatoes with mangoes and avocado is spiced up with the Thai chiles and lime juice plus plenty of garlic. The cucumber adds a cooling effect and great texture contrast to the smooth sweetness of the mangoes and avocado buttery flavours. This can be chilled and served in individual small soup bowls, or as a salsa-type dip for corn chips or toasted nan or pita wedges. It is also a wonderful side or garnish
The avocado should be just ripe but not too soft, the same for the mango.
Choose tomatoes that are meaty and not with large gel areas. Using fresh lime juice and fresh cilantro is key to a great flavour. Please use fresh garlic not the already crushed preserved type of garlic. Even Spring garlic is nice in this recipe if it is available. Another nice way to serve this is on grilled baguette bread slices on a long diagonal sort of a Thai bruschetta.
This refreshing Summer recipe is perfect if you are watching your calories
I personally omitted Garlic since I am not very fond of raw garlic

1 mangoes - peeled, seeded and diced

1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and diced

5 medium tomatoes, diced and seeded

3 Thai Dragon Chiles (Phrik Chee Fa), minced and seeded, to your taste or You can also use fresh green chillies / Jalpenos

1 medium, diced

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (Pak Chee/ coriander leaves)

5 cloves garlic, minced

salt to taste


In a medium bowl, combine the mango, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, chiles, cilantro, and garlic. Stir in the salt, lime juice, red onion, and lime juice.

To blend the flavors, refrigerate for about 30 minutes or longer before serving.



Note:

A variation can be made by using green papaya shredded in place of cucumber if you want a firmer contrasting texture. You also can use slivers of mint or Thai basil (bai Horapha) in place of cilantro (Pak Chee), or slivers of Kaffir Lime leaf (bai Magroot).