This is not Miyazaki - world's most expensive mango
But a regional specialty, which is named as beautiful but no so beautiful - An interesting story behind this mango.
If you are a Mango lover, then you must be knowing about Miyazaki mangoes, world's most expensive mango that sells at ₹300000 per kg - so each mango costing almost 1000$. I could never understand why it should cost so much - after all Mango is our national fruit (Did you now that ?). But then probably we don't understand the story of riches - they can spend anything on aesthetically fascinating look with scrumptious wealthy flavor - they need means to throw their money. Seeing its growing popularity, many farmers in India have started growing it commercially and that is what I thought, when I saw this mango in a nearby house.
This house is just at the edge of the newly developed road and everyday I would stare at these mangoes and think, this must be Miyazaki as it closely resembles the look.
They looked so beautiful that I took my camera to just capture them on frames. One fine day I decided to go and ask the owner if it's really Miyazaki and if yes, then from where he collected the sapling.
He did not even know about Miyazaki - this is Gendi Sundari - ଗେଣ୍ଡି ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ ( which means beautiful but not so beautiful) - wow, what a lovely name...it's a regional specialty. I asked him if he can give me a mango to taste and he gladly said yes, but how to get it !! He tried his best by throwing few sticks at the plant, but they never hit those mangoes. Just then few college going boys were going on the road and seeing us trying to pluck, they also came and asked for some mangoes. One of them offered to climb the tree and like a monkey he quickly reached the top - the guy belongs to a farmers family in Andhra pradesh, one of our native state.
He gave me couple of matured ones and I happily brought them and put on sand to ripen more.
And now look at the color after it ripened.
Truly beautiful, isn't it ? It has no less aesthetically fascinating look than Miyazaki - just that its not over hyped.
The inside was fascinating as well, with a very sweet aromatic flavor and taste, we decided to eat one and take one for Mom. I thought to preserve the seed and grow a sapling out of it but then later gave up the idea, because the one that we have currently is much more tasty. May be one day we will grow that in a big farm house and export it - it just needs some niche marketing skills to make it famous..
This post is in response to the Hive Garden Question of WEEK 14 - a regional specialty.
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Oh, I did not know about this method of ripening mangoes on sand. It looks perfectly ripe sir and you are right it looks similar to Miyazaki mangoes and it is probably a Miyazaki mango, just known by a different name here? 😊😋
It looks almost like Miyazaki but a local variety.
This is my first time hearing of this particular species of mango. I also didn't know you could use sand to ripen man, that's really great
Hahaha, try getting mangoes at the end of season here in Trichy, everydamn thing will be priced at Miyazaki. LOL!!!
But what a beautiful fruit it is ..
yum! Mango is soooooooooooooo good! 😜🙂👍 and that color! from purple to bright orange!
This is so amazing, not to think of it , the mango was ripe on sand . That's wonderful. The mango is so beautiful indeed. I have not heard about Miyazaki mangoes before neither have I seen it with my two eyes in my own region.
that's a crazy price for a single fruit, i rather go for organic normal ones
well at least you tried, if your are better, indeed no need for that plant unless you collect them
Those Miyazakis are a variety of very expensive mangoes. I hadn't heard of them. Nuncy, here in Venezuela we have different varieties. I'll try to read a little more. Who knows, and we have a lot of money here.
A heartwarming and colorful tale, how a humble regional mango with a charming name outshines the world’s most expensive with its simplicity, taste, and story.
Is it sweet?
Yes it is..
Wow! This is very interesting story! I also love mangoes, but I never heard about Ginde Sundari before. The name is so cute. It's nice that you got to taste it fresh and even wanted to grow it. Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience.
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300,000 rupees, a good amount of money, and I didn't know that technique for ripening mangoes.
The name Gendi Sundari really stuck with me, “beautiful but not so beautiful”? That's such a poetic and humble name for a fruit that looks that stunning! I feel like I’d fall in love with it at first bite.
Mango is my favourite fruit and it's good to learn about it. It looks great and must be sweet too
That mango looks very delicious and well if the one you have at home considers it much better, it is time to carry out a small marketing campaign to make it well known and sell it at a reasonable price, not 300,000 rupees which is a lot of money for 1 kg of mango.
This is the type of mango that I like the most. The dark red, slightly greenish skin indicates that it is very ripe.
These mangoes look really amazing. Especially the slightly darker mangoes look beautiful. They are definitely very tasty! But my curious mind wants to know, do these mangoes have such ingredients that make a kilogram of mangoes cost $1000? We grow a large amount of mangoes here and mangoes are exported to many European countries in addition to meeting our needs. However, here mangoes cost a maximum of $1 to $2 per kilogram.
Miyazaki costs that much, its over hyped.
Wow, that’s fascinating! ₹300000 per kg is insane. 😅 I didn’t know so many farmers here are trying to grow it now. Would love to see one in real life someday!
what a great story! I love how it turned out to be a "beautiful but not so beautiful" local gem instead of a Miyazaki. And that visual of the student shimming up the tree is so good. Thanks for sharing this mango tale, it was an amazing read.
Ripening mangoes on sand? I’ll try to use this method when next I get a mango.
I didn’t know about this type of mango and looks like it doesn’t exist here…
The best organic way.
I wouldn't know about Miyazaki if not because of this post. haha! I've seen red mangoes before, but I just thought they were ordinary mangoes. That one that you have is a little lighter in color compared to those Miyazaki ones I've searched for on the internet. I guess it's just a similar variety, as you said, it's not that sweet. But still, that red mango is amazing! It looks like an apple.
thanks for sharing.
It's very sweet, but its not over hyped...
We have a mango similar to that one. Wondering why it's expensive. Depending on the season, any kind of mangoes are cheap in our country.
Ya, Miyazaki is over hyped.
Hola amigo , yo vivo en un pueblo llamado el Tigre en el estado Anzoategui de Venezuela , y sabes algo nuestra fruta insignia es el mango hay variedades e ingertos , mango-piña , mango-manzanas , mango-dudu, todo tipo de mangos y en las casas hasta los regalan
That must be sweet! It looks almost the same to the one my friend gave me.
Happy and blessed Sunday. Thank you for reporting this mango, I love this fruit.
How much is that in dollars?
Mangoes here in my country are very cheap. They cost around $30 CUP which is $0.078 cents in dollars. This mango 🥭 season there’s a lot …
Miyazaki is over hyped, one mango costs almost 1000$ - not for us...
That’s crazy
I own a nursery and last year we sold a few Miyazaki Mango plants. We did have any fruiting yet. Hopefully our customers will be able to enjoy this expensive fruit.
Nice! Mangoes are life! 🥭
!BBH
That is interesting how you ripen them in the sand.
I love dehydrated mango slices. So tasty.
Another organic way of ripening is to use paddy straw, that people use for large scale. And dehydrated mango tastes amazing.
I’m shocked to see that Mangoes can be peeled with sand
That’s creative
Sand and paddy straw are the most organic ways of ripening mangoes.
Wow this will certainly be a mango to really admire about I must truly confess. We call those types of mango kerosene mango where I come from
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Oh, I haven’t heard of that kind of mango before! As a mango lover, I’m glad I learned something new. That mango looks beautiful, I bet it tastes just as amazing!❤️
Yes, it tastes amazing.
Glad you shared that. :) Sanjeev.
Just love the super sweet delicious pulp of fully ripe mangoes.
We usually get Dussehri here, followed by safeda and langda.
Chausa is my favorite, may be you should taste it if you get.
Thanks, sure will try. :) Blinkit should help. :)
Gosh this must be a lucky mango though... Look at your upvotes! Wow!
There is a downvote too :)
Ha it's only a slight adjustment to counter the insanity - don't focus on that!
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