January 29, 2020

Alphonso Mango for baby Recipe

By Prashant Powle • 0 comments • 7 minute read

Alphonso mango for baby is a popular first fruit because the pulp is creamy and non-fibrous, so it purees smoothly. Peel ripe fruit, blend, sieve and serve a teaspoon or two, with no sugar. Ask your paediatrician before starting solids.

You can compare boxes and sizes in our mango pulp tins and other mango products.

Is Alphonso mango a good first food for a baby?

We are Powle Home Foods in Mumbai, and we sell mangoes, not medical advice. Parents ask us whether Alphonso suits a first food, and the reason is texture. Alphonso pulp is described as rich, creamy and non-fibrous, so it blends to a smooth puree with very little to catch in a sieve. Fibrous mango varieties leave strands that a young baby cannot manage. That is a reason to like Alphonso for a baby, but it is not a medical recommendation.

Alphonso mango puree for a small baby as a first food

Many paediatric guidelines suggest starting solids at around six months, one new food at a time, but every baby is different. Ask your paediatrician before you introduce mango, and again if your baby has reacted to any fruit or has a condition such as reflux or constipation. Offer mango alone for a few days before you mix it with other foods, so that a reaction is easy to trace.

Leave out sugar, honey, salt and spices. Honey should not be given to a baby under one year. Ripe mango is sweet, and the recipes below are only fruit and a little liquid, with one optional addition for older babies.

Alphonso mango puree for baby: recipe

Alphonso mango puree for baby: ripe Alphonso blended smooth and sieved, thinned with water, expressed breast milk or formula, with no added sugar.

Prep time: 10 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 small servings. Cuisine: Indian. Course: baby food.

Ingredients

1 ripe Alphonso mango, about 150 g of flesh
1 to 3 tablespoons water, expressed breast milk or formula, to thin

Method

Wash the mango under running water, peel it and cut the flesh away from the stone. Discard any part near the skin that is firm or green.
Blend the flesh until completely smooth. A fork is enough if the fruit is very ripe.
Press the puree through a fine sieve with the back of a spoon. This catches stray fibre and is the step that matters most for a baby.
Thin with water, expressed breast milk or formula, a tablespoon at a time, until it is as loose as your baby can manage on a spoon.
Serve a teaspoon or two the first time, at room temperature or slightly cool. Throw away anything left in the bowl the baby ate from.

Preparing Alphonso mango puree for a baby

Unused puree can be frozen in a clean ice-cube tray; our guide to freezing mango pulp for baby explains how. If you prefer a warm puree, our guide to cooking mango for baby covers steaming.

Mango and carrot puree, and other combinations

Once your baby has taken plain mango well and your paediatrician agrees, you can mix it with one other food at a time.

Mango and carrot. Steam a peeled carrot until very soft, blend it, and stir in an equal quantity of sieved mango puree. The carrot makes it less sweet and a little thicker.
Mango and banana. Mash half a ripe banana with an equal quantity of mango puree for a thicker texture.
Mango and curd. For babies your paediatrician has cleared for dairy, stir a spoon of plain curd into the puree. Do not give cow's milk as a drink under one year.
Mango and oats or rice. Stir the puree into a smooth, well-cooked porridge for a more filling meal.

For older babies on mixed textures, parents sometimes add grains or seeds. We sell quinoa seeds and watermelon seeds; check each product page for the current price. Quinoa must be rinsed and cooked until very soft before it goes into a puree. Whole seeds are a choking hazard, so use them only finely ground, only when your paediatrician agrees, and never as a snack.

Quinoa seeds, a grain for older babies once your paediatrician agrees

Watermelon seeds, to be used only finely ground and with medical advice

Aamras for toddlers, and what stays out

Aamras is the family dish of mango pulp, served with puri or roti. For a toddler over one year, a small portion of plain aamras works: sieved Alphonso pulp, a spoon of milk if your paediatrician agrees, and nothing else. Leave out the sugar, saffron and cardamom that a family version might carry until the child is older. Our aamras recipe has the family version.

Mango for a baby or toddler by stage (ask your paediatrician for your child)
Stage	Texture	Leave out
First foods, once solids are cleared	Thin, smooth, sieved puree on a spoon	Sugar, honey, salt, spices, nuts, whole seeds
Older baby, used to purees	Thicker puree or mash, mixed with one other food	Sugar, honey, salt, whole seeds
Toddler, over one year	Soft mashed mango, small soft pieces, plain aamras	Added sugar, hard pieces, whole nuts

Cut any fruit for a toddler into small soft pieces and sit with the child while they eat, because slippery fruit can be a choking risk. Related reading: Alphonso mango for baby, mango smoothie for baby and mango health benefits for baby.

Choosing and buying the fruit

We do not use carbide. Our Alphonso mangoes are ripened naturally on hay beds. Calcium carbide is prohibited for ripening fruit in India under Regulation 2.3.5 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. We are an FSSAI-licensed seller. Ask any seller how their fruit was ripened before you buy it for a baby. No home test proves the answer. Our guide to identifying carbide-ripened mangoes lists the questions.

Fresh Alphonso comes from across 55 villages of the Ratnagiri and Devgad belt on the Konkan coast. It is sold by the dozen from Rs 1,849, and a dozen weighs roughly 1.8 to 3.3 kg depending on grade. One fruit makes a few small baby servings. See the authentic Ratnagiri Alphonso or Devgad Alphonso dozen boxes page. Ratnagiri is a district; Devgad is a taluka in neighbouring Sindhudurg district; both grow the same variety, and we do not rank one above the other. Alphonso from this belt is GI-tagged in India under GI No. 139, and we hold GI Authorised User certificate AU/5974/GI/139/260 (GI No. 139). Check the product page for today's price.

We dispatch by Blue Dart, and about 65% of Indian PIN codes get next-day delivery. Orders received before 1 PM are dispatched the same day. Check your PIN code at checkout. Alphonso is harvested about February to June, with the best supply from March to May. The 2027 season opens on 1 February 2027. Outside the season we do not sell fresh Alphonso. The Alphonso mango pulp tin (850 g and 3.1 kg, from Rs 590) is available all year; read the label for added sugar and ask your paediatrician whether it suits your baby. Let a fresh box ripen at room temperature until the fruit gives slightly and smells sweet, and do not refrigerate firm fruit.

100 g of raw mango provides about 36 mg of vitamin C, roughly 40% of an adult Daily Value, plus some vitamin A as beta-carotene. These are general figures for mango, not a promise of any benefit. Open the box on the day it arrives; if anything is damaged, report it within 24 hours of delivery to support@alphonsomango.in or 8369048029.