6 Best Thai and Southeast Asian Mango Varieties

🥭 6 Best Thai and Southeast Asian Mango Varieties

If you like mangoes that are sweet, smooth, aromatic and usually low in fiber, explore the varieties from Thailand and Southeast Asia.
💡Big difference: some Asian mangoes are excellent before they are fully ripe. They can be eaten crisp and green as well as soft and sweet.

🥭 Nam Doc Mai

One of Thailand's most famous dessert mangoes. The fruit is elongated, with smooth, nearly fiberless flesh and intense sweetness when ripe.
👌Flavor: very sweet, smooth, floral and aromatic.

• 🥭 Maha Chanok
  Maha Chanok (sometimes spelled Maha Chinook) is as beautiful as it is good to eat. The long, curved fruit can develop gorgeous yellow, orange, pink and red color. Inside, the flesh is sweet, juicy and fiberless with a pleasant complex aroma.
  👌Flavor: sweet, juicy, aromatic and complex.
• 🥭 Keo Savoy

A classic Thai mango especially prized for eating green. The firm, crunchy flesh has a pleasant sweetness even before the fruit fully ripens. It can also be allowed to ripen for a softer, sweeter mango.
👌Flavor: crisp and mildly sweet when green, sweeter when ripe.

🥭 Pim Sen Mun

Another excellent dual-purpose Thai mango. Pim Sen Mun can be enjoyed green and crunchy or allowed to ripen. It is a great choice if you like mangoes at different stages rather than only fully soft fruit.
👌Flavor: crisp, refreshing and sweet, becoming richer as it ripens.

🥭 Fralan

Fralan is particularly valued as a green-eating mango. The immature fruit is crunchy and pleasant to eat, making it very different from the soft dessert mangoes most Americans are accustomed to.
👌 Flavor: crisp, mildly sweet and refreshing when green.

🥭 Mun Kun Si

Mun Kun Si is a Thai mango prized for eating while still firm. The flesh stays crisp and crunchy, with a pleasant sweetness rather than the sharp sourness people often expect from an unripe mango. It can also be allowed to ripen, when it becomes softer and sweeter.
👌Flavor: crunchy, sweet and refreshing when green; sweeter and softer when ripe.

✅ Which one should you choose?

✓ For a classic sweet Thai dessert mango, choose Nam Doc Mai.
✓ For beautiful fruit and excellent dessert quality, try Maha Chanok.
✓ For mangoes that are especially good crunchy and green, look at Keo Savoy, Mun Kun Si or Fralan.
✓ And for a mango you can enjoy both green and ripe, try Pim Sen Mun.

Don't judge all mangoes by the same rule. With many Southeast Asian varieties, waiting until the fruit becomes completely soft isn't always the goal. Sometimes the best time to eat a mango is while it still crunches.

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