Mango Mousse (Eggless)

Happy Diwali everyone.! Hope this diwali brings sparkles in everyone's life.

This Mango Mousse is a great dessert for any occasion. I thought I will blog about this yummy dish today to celebrate Diwali. Who wouldn’t want to try this tropical fruit dessert right? My friend Soujanya had made a dessert with Mango. This was about 7 yrs ago when I had met her. Later I kept making changes to her recipe. Every time it has turned out exotic and of course tons of compliments.  The ease of it’s preparation always pulls me back to this dessert. J

I took these pictures when I made this for my DD's parent-child work day at her school. It's a fun day with all parents joining forces with teachers and kids to get the things done around the school. We helped in preparing and planting the tulips (my FAVOURITE flowers!). We had so much fun that day. Now coming back to the delicious mousse....

Serves: 10 to 12 | Prep Time: 10 min.

Ingredients:

·         Mango pulp – 1 can

·         Cream Cheese – 16 Oz. pkg.

·         Unflavored Gelatin / Agar-Agar (I used Knox brand gelatin)

– 2 small packets (1/4 cup gelatin)

·         Heavy whipping Cream – 1/2 pint.

·         Sugar – ½ to 1 cup (depending upon your sweet tooth)

·         Water – 2 cups

Method of Preparation:

~ Thaw Cream cheese for about an hour.

~ Put the stainless steel beaters and a bowl in the freezer for 15 minutes. (You can skip this. But having cold bowl helps whip the cream quickly)

~ Take out the bowl, add heavy cream, use electric beater at medium speed to whip the heavy cream. Once it starts to froth, add cream cheese and continue to beat until nice spikes are formed.

       

~ Fold in Mango pulp and sugar into this mix.

~ In a separate small bowl take ½ cup of cold water. Sprinkle the gelatin powder on top of the cold water and let it stand for a minute.

~ Pour 1½ cup of hot water on top of the gelatin and mix it by gently stirring. Make sure no lumps are formed.

~ Add this gelatin mix to the prepared mango mixture and give it a gentle stir.

~ Pour the mixture into bowl and refrigerate for at least 5 to 6 hours for it to set.

~ You can serve it topped with some whipping cream or fruits or just plain mousse.  

                 

Tips:

·         Alternatively you can set them in individual small serving cups.

Update - Some tips of substituting -
~ If you don't care for mango, you can use any other fruit pulp
~ In India you get Amul's Cream, which is very similar to heavy cream that I have mentioned above.
~ You can skip Cream Cheese if not available (I know, it's difficult to get this in India & also the same quality), but double the gelatin qunatity.

Sending this to Radhika's Diwali Special - Sweets & Savories event,

Anu's Diwali - Festival of Lights,

Kushi's My Diwali - My Way

Pari's Only Sweets & Desserts hosted by Gayathri

Denny & Krithi's Serve it Series

Srav's Festive Food

Sameena's Diwali Sweets
Kalyani's 100 Days Global Food Festival