Mango "Candy" -- What is it?

ScarletLSG

Okay experts ... need help. When I shopped in Old Delhi last December, I purchased a small plastic box of something Mango. It was candy-esque ... had silver leaf on one side, was cut into triangles, was a firm jelly consistency, almost transparent and was DELICIOUS. A friend of mine is traveling to Delhi this weekend and will bring me some, but I've got NO idea what it is called. Don't have a picture of it and can't find a reference to it online.

If you are from the U.S. -- imagine a thick Fruit Rollup.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

ScarletLSG

theyyamdancer

It sounds like ripe mangoes dried to a pulp and made into a sweet called aamshotto in Bengali and Aaam Papri elsewhere in India. See this link, and scroll down towards the bottom of the first page where it is discussed at length and lovingly:


homesick for Gobindo Bhog

shashank.aggarwal

Yeah..it sounds like Aam Papad...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aam_papad

__________________
Spineless

Travelogue - Around India

vandy

Hi there,

I think in some places in India it is Reffered to
as AMSAAT.

Being a Mango freak myself, I love the stuff.

In Aust it can be bought in most Gourmet type shops that sell Asian foodstuffs, it comes in thin
sheets stuck together, although I have not seen the silver leaf on any of the packs bought here.
I think the silver leaf is a local decoration thing used on a variety of sweets.

Rgds

vandy

skk

When the OP says almost jelly like and transparent, halwa comes to my mind - as per the attached photo. On the other hand, the fruit rollups image matches the sheets of mango pulp - aam papad, very well.

-skk

Attached Thumbnails

 

shashank.aggarwal

This is Karachi Halwa..it looks similar to Aam papad as well...but the flavor of mango would not be too strong.

FROZZZEN AIR

ooh...scarlett..it is dried pulp of mango....delliccccciiiiiioooou uuuuuussssssss.........i am mad abt it.........the process is,
1. ripe mangoes are taken and washed in hot water
2. the pulp is got rid of
3. the jelly part is taken out by some equipment
4. it is mixed with various spives and sugar
5. the mixture(thick now) is made to different shapes
6. dried in sun
7. packaging and garnishing

it is awsome. the names in different places of india are - aamsatta, aamsat, aam papad, mango roll etc etc.

I hope a lot of gyan........mouth watering........

jyotirmoy

Rice, milk and aamshotto.... drool

brishti

AND... [ just FYI ]
there is this other aam papad available in delhi too -
CP, on janpath, under the IOL building...
its dark brownish/blackish in colour - totally leathery, and comes in sheets
totally khatta - a wee lil sweet... very very sour... yum yum!



:brishti

puchoo

Available all across Delhi....and you have to have it with the 'masala' which comes with it...

I average out to one packet a week ...!!

But its one the more expensive things , smaller packs start at INR40 and can go upto 100-120 INR.

I prefer the black one to the brown one any day..

__________________
Cheers!


Indiamike Mod team............

puchoo.wordpress.com

brishti

oh!
i/we always bought it from under the IOL building puchoos.
they kinda fold up them huge sheets, and keep them in glass jars.
then you buy it according to weight - no fancy plastic packets.
[ of course my info is about half a decade old ]

yup - them black ones are lip/tongue smackers!


:brishti

puchoo

Im sure they are still available , but its just easier to go and buy it from the local Kirana store rather than go there.....even though it will be much cheaper..

jyotirmoy

Those black ones have more tamarind than mango and avilable near schools.

brishti

true!
the modus operandi was - eat a whole lotta black aampapad's and when the tongue was black and teeth sour...
follow it up with several rounds of the sweet aam shotto.

after a couple of hours... repeat the procedure -
there never was any tomorrow whilst doing this!
and nope - tum tum never misbehaved on the morrow!

... and you forgot to add banana in that rice-milk-aamshotto dada



:brishti

jyotirmoy

Oh yes Brishti.... tahate kadali doli (mashing a banana in it...)