Mango Cardamom Bread

Move over banana and zucchini bread! Mango Bread is taking your space now!

I do not buy mangoes from the supermarket as most of them are not as sweet as the one we get back home. As far as I am concerned nothing can beat our indian mangoes! we have Alphonso and in the south the juicy banganapalli, rumani, neelam, imam pasand, naduchalai....How many varieties we have! Unfortunately we have a limited options here. But thanks to canned mangoes ,we can get the home flavor all through the year.

Anyway i had these plump mangoes sitting in the refrigerator for a couple of days.
After searching on line, I modified Dorie Greenspan's mango bread and made this. The original recipe called for raisins, ginger powder etc..I did not have those with me and replaced it with cardamom powder ( my favorite) and used cashewnuts. I used 2 mangoes and one of them was a little tart. The addition of raisins could have made it tad sweeter I guess!
It tastes awesome and i am taking this for a my co workers leaving party at work.

Get Ready:

• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 2 & 1/2 cup All purpose flour/ maida
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
•  1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp yogurt
• 2 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup cashews broken
• 2 cups diced mangoes ( i used 2 mangoes)
• 1/2 tsp lemon zes
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Go:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a loaf pan or any baking utensil you have and dust with flour.
• Whisk flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cardamom powder, cinnamon.
• Beat eggs and oil till combined
• Add sugar and brown sugar and combine well.
• Add the flour, cashews,mango, vanilla, lemom zest and fold till everything is combined. do not over mix.
• The batter will look pretty thick, but do not worry.
• Transfer to the baking pan and bake for 45- 50 mins or till the centre comes clear when a tooth pick is inserted.

This is my first attempt to bake from Dorie's collection, and I am happy that I did it.

So my fellow mango lovers,what are you waiting for??

Enjoy! I am gonna try an eggless version and also use kesar mango pulp the next time i mkae it.