How to make mangoes ripen quickly

Most of the time, the mangoes people buy online or in supermarkets are not ripe, but green. This is mainly because mangoes are not easy to preserve. Due to long-distance transportation, in order to ensure that the mangoes are still unripe or just ripe when they reach the hands of consumers, mangoes are generally picked when they are not fully ripe. So if the mangoes you buy are not fully ripe, how can you make them ripe quickly?

Mango is a very versatile fruit. It is native to South Asia and is now grown in tropical areas of South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. You can eat mangoes plain or add them to sauces, salads, smoothies, and a variety of other dishes. Mangoes are rich in fiber, potassium, beta-carotene, vitamin A and vitamin C, and the enzymes in them aid digestion. Mangoes come in green, red and yellow. Although some people like to eat unripe mangoes, unripe mangoes taste sour, while ripe mangoes are sweeter. So use the following method to ripen mangoes.

1Put the mango in a paper bag or newspaper. Then leave it on the kitchen counter overnight and check the ripening results the next morning. Mangoes wrapped in paper bags will release ethylene. Ethylene is a colorless, odorless gas that accelerates the ripening of fruit. [1] The mango will usually become soft and smell fruity within a day, and can then be eaten.

You can also find a warm spot and bury the mangoes among the onions. In India, people have long used this method to ripen mangoes.

When wrapping mangoes in paper bags or newspapers, do not wrap them too tightly, leave some gaps for ventilation to avoid mold growth. [2]

Add a banana or apple to the bag to further speed up the ripening process. Adding fruits that release ethylene can increase the ethylene content in the paper bag, making the mangoes ripen faster and be juicier.

2 Bury the mango in raw rice or popcorn. This method comes from India. In order to ripen mangoes, hardworking Indian housewives would hide the mangoes in a bag of raw rice. Mexicans ripen mangoes in much the same way, except they use raw popcorn instead of rice. Although the materials used are different, the process and results are the same for both methods. Ordinary mangoes may take about three days to ripen naturally, but these two methods can make mangoes ripen in one to two days, or even shorter.

This method is based on the same principle as using a paper bag to ripen mangoes. Rice or corn kernels can prevent ethylene loss, thereby speeding up the ripening of mangoes.

Because this method is so effective, it sometimes over-ripens mangoes. So check the mangoes for ripeness every 6 to 12 hours. As long as you don't forget the mango in the rice pile, you should be able to wait until it is just ripe.

3 Place the mangoes at room temperature. You just need to spend a little time and be patient while you wait for the mangoes to ripen. Mangoes, like other fruits, will ripen naturally after a few days. As long as you are patient, you will have plump, juicy and edible mangoes. Although it takes longer, this is the most natural way to ripen mangoes. When the mango becomes soft and exudes a rich fruity aroma, you can enjoy it.