Fresh mango pulp and a spicy kick from the jalapeños makes this refreshing and quick to make Mango Jalapeno Margarita. A perfect drink for mango lovers this summer.
So… its been a while.
More than a year.
I have been irregular for a while on the blog, but I still would wake up after a few months to post. But to not post an entire year (the last post was January 2021), that’s a first.
I have no excuse except I did not feel like writing. The convenience of posting a picture and sharing a recipe if someone wants it on my instagram page was more tempting. Not that I was doing that often either. My postings on instagram have not been very consistent- the addition of reels to the platform hasn’t helped, even though I do like making videos. I started making videos in 2013 and making food videos is what started my career in photography when I moved back to India in 2016. But that was when there was no one making it. And while I am thoroughly entertained by reels (pet reels are my stress buster), I hate that most of the feed is the same song played repeatedly with people dancing on the same steps. Not to say there is not good quality content on that platform. Instagram was always aspirational, but it did come to become a little overwhelming for me. Content creators churning new content every day. And that too video content- which to my old school brain takes time to conceptualize, shoot, edit, find music (!). For someone who has always been used to working alone, it became overwhelming to manage everything and delivering so much.
While the first wave of covid saw me productive as never before, I soon could not keep up. So the recipes stopped. The personal projects stopped. And the silence took over. Photography, styling and video work for clients went on. But creatively I felt lost. I felt lost in general. I still feel do.
I am trying to revive this space. While I had not been posting, I did discover some new recipes along the way. Some were shared on instagram, but I feel they all deserve a more permanent space too. Today I am sharing the recipe for these quick and easy to make mango jalapeño margaritas.
This spicy margarita drink was something I first tried at a restaurant in Dallas, and soon became a favorite. During the first lockdown, A and I worked on this recipe and while I posted the recipe for these mango jalapeno margaritas on instagram, it deserves a permanent blog space.
Ingredients required for this spicy margarita cocktail:
- Tequila
- Cointreau (or any other orange liqueur)
- Lime juice
- Mango – you need the pulp and a few fresh pieces for the garnish
- Jalapeños (if fresh are not available, I have used the jar ones also successfully)
- Chilli salt- to rim your glasses (if you have tajin that works too, but make your own chilli salt with red chili powder/paprika and salt. I use pink salt, but regular will also do.
The steps are fairly easy and quick. Given that mangoes are in season, I do hope you get to try this summer perfect drink mango jalapeño margarita recipe.
P.S: We have some mangoes in the refrigerator, so guess we might make it for the weekend too.
- 1 cup mango pulp
- 3-5 slices of jalapeno
- Ice
- 120-150 ml tequila (depends on how potent you want, we use 130 ml)
- 30 ml fresh lime juice
- 30 ml cointreau
- 30 ml simple syrup
- 1 tbsp red chili powder or paprika plus 1 tbsp pink salt
- In a wide bowl (wide enough to dip your glasses in) mix the salt and red chili powder.
- Rim a cocktail glass with lime. Dip the glass in the chili salt.
- In a blender add the mango pulp, along with the jalapeños and 5-6 cubes of ice. Blend to a puree.
- In a pitcher, mix all the puree with some ice and stir.
- Pour the mixture into the prepped glasses.
- Garnish with mango cubes and a slice of jalapeno
- The recipe makes 3 glasses
Lovely photo…drink looks very refreshing 🙂