Recipe for mango salsa

Before the recipe, some mango trivia.

The most common mango grown and sold in Australia is the Kensington Pride. It's not grown commercially anywhere else and its arrival in Australia dates back to the late 1800's.

Mangoes contain a number of interesting substances. The sap and the skin contains urushiol, which is also the irritating and allergenic substance found in poison ivy. Surprisingly and supposedly, mangoes also possess lactase. The lack of this enzyme is of course the reason why some people fart and bloat some hours after drinking milk. (I am in the process of conducting an non blind, N of 1 clinical trial. . .)

Recipe for Mango salsa.

Ingredients:

• 1 mango - skin removed and diced
• 1 red chilli - finely diced
• 1 small handful of coriander leaves (or mint leaves)
• 1 quarter of a red onion - finely diced
• juice of half a lemon (or equivalent amount of lime juice)
• 30mls of extra virgin olive oil
• A shake of pepper

How:
About an hour before you need it, combine all the ingredients, gently toss and set aside.