Cookalogue: Tango with Mango

Summer means many things to many people. To some, it is vacation. To some, travel. Others warmth. Heat, humidity, cousins visit, festivals, story books....

But if you were born and bred in the South of India, summer is synonymous to Mango. Every house (rapidly being replaced by multistorey apartment complexes with names such as "Green grove" with not a single potted shrub in sight) in Tamil Nadu, would necessarily have three trees in its courtyard - neem, coconut and mango. Any festival at home is marked by a garland of mango leaves at the main door.

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