After a disastrous week , I found some solace after some surprise awards and some great finds and came back home , a happy person.
I had to drive about 48 miles one way to get these… but what is more pleasurable than eating Indian mangoes ?? I found these lovely sweet kesar mangoes , it cost me a small fortune for a dozen , adding to the fuel prices… but the experience was well worth the price .
Junagadh is famous for Kesar Mangoes (Saffron Mangoes). As the name suggest Kesar mangoes are very sweet and looks like saffron color.( Source : Wiki )
Another find in the local indian grocery store was this,
Mamidi thandra ( Dried mango Pulp), made from combining sugar and mango pulp , layered , dried and cut into slabs
And now comes the awards part :
Sowmya of creative saga has awarded me this award
“Nice Matters Award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world.â€
Thank you for making my day special , Sowmya !
And , Madhuram has given me the rocking girl blogger award!!!
Thank you pal, U made my day!
Have a wonderful, fun filled weekend. See you all next week!
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
i used to wait for kesar mangoes in july in india. they taste awesome and cost less than half of the alphonsos.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Congrats for the award and I love dried mango pulp,we call it aam papad!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Lovely pics, Dee!
And I *love* the dried mango pulp. We call it “Manga thera”.
48 hrs! wow!
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
congrats on ur awards…i have eaten these mamidi things..so delcious and yummy..love it.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
The mangoes look so delicious Dee. It’s long time since I have eaten juicy mangoes. My mother has told me that she will get the Banganapalli, while coming here. I love those. I also like the platter very much. Wanted to get that for a long time now.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
tempted me with mangoes////
May 24th, 2008 at 12:17 am
wow, 48 miles…. gosh, i cannot do that! But looks lovely the slice, lucky we re in CA! Congrats on ur award !
May 24th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Wow…the mangoes as well as the sweet look so delicious! I am drooling here just looking at the pics
May 24th, 2008 at 1:42 am
lol saw that first picture and then had to get me a mango!
lovely!
May 24th, 2008 at 2:31 am
They looks so good.
I would also take such steps to get this.
May 24th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Beautiful pictures! Bravo Dee. Now we are one of those too
We would go any extreme to get our slice of mangoes. The dull mango pulp just does not do it for us 
May 24th, 2008 at 8:47 am
@bee, yeah Bee, K can tell me all the other varieties …. I grew up eating alphonsos and banginapalli.. thats all Im aware of.. Kesar is a new guest in my home!
@madhu,happy cook , arundathi,, homecooked, TBC, notyet , ranji ,
hetal Thanks for the lovely comments , aam papad and the aam both were delicious.. we finished half a dozen since yesterday!
@cham , u must be getting the alphonso then ??? Lucky girl !
@ rc , trust me, one wouldnt want to know what kind of things I do, I make sure my friend sends me a huge box of kashmiri rajma from dallas, of course he pays for the postage and rajma, I went to NY last month and got the Panera 3 cheese bread.!!! the guy there was looking at me as if i were out of my mind !we dont have panera here and it wont come here… K has just got used to it
May 24th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Congrats on ur awards….. Enjoy….
May 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Congrats on the awards Dee. and Mamidi tandra bhale ga undi.. looks perfect.. me opika ki mechukovali.. U drove 48 miles..;)
Siri
May 24th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
lovely pics dee.. .amazing .. thank god i had mangoes in dinner .. else i would have asked garg to fetch me mangoes d way preity zinta does for belgium dark chocolate ice cream in salam namaste..
PJ.. but seriuosly… so tempting…
May 25th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Where did you get these? India Plaza or Lee Lee’s?
May 25th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
@ Suganya, Priya restaurant in tempe gets them every year , they have been doing it since last year!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I WANT mango jelly!!! (maamida thaandra). i just ate amreekan mangoes and that is okay.
May 29th, 2008 at 8:23 am
just make plans to come to phoenix tgfi, and u can eat as much as dried mango pulp u want!!