This wonderful Mango Ice Cream recipe was submitted by Vani Sudarshan, from Dallas. It is unbelievably easy and so very delicious. We are grateful to Vani for sharing it with all of us.
Ingredients:
Mango Pulp - 30 oz can
Sweetened Condensed Milk - 14 oz can
Whipped Topping - 8 oz container
Fresh Mango - cubed, optional
Method:
1. In a big bowl pour in the Mango Pulp, Condensed Milk and the Whipped Topping.
2. Fold them in very well but very gently.
3. Pour into a dish with a tight fitting lid.
4. Cover and place in the freezer for 2 hours.
5. After 2 hours, mix in the cubed Mango pieces and return dish to the freezer.
6. Allow it to freeze for another 3 hours or so.
7. Serve and enjoy!
Tips:
1. Fresh Mango plup can be substituted for the can.
2. Add in Tutti-fruiti, nuts, saffron or cubes of cake for a variation.
3. Great make-ahead dessert.
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June 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Does this ice cream comes out soft like store bought ice cream or is it like Kulfi Hard? Also can u add mango assence for little more mango taste or it does taste like more like mango?
thanks
June 19th, 2008 at 12:50 am
hi Hetal-Anuja. Thank you very much for sending such a beautiful recipe. I didn’t know making ice cream is so easy. Can i use strawberry pulp (which i made at home by crushing and blending fresh strawberries) instead of mango pulp.Do I need to add sugar in homemade strawberry pulp?
June 19th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi Trisha,
This ice cream is definitely softer than Kulfi, but maybe not as hard as store bought ice cream. The reason is the Cool Whip, which tends to crystallize when frozen. If you want the store bought softness, you would have to replace the cool whip with heavy whipping cream and then churn it in an ice cream maker. Also, this recipe is very very mango flavored so you should not need to add any essence to it. Some people do not prefer the canned mango pulp for various reasons so you could even use fresh mango pulp for the freshest mango taste.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Hi Hemisha,
You could use any fruit for this recipe. Mango pulp from a can is already super sweet so no sugar is necessary. If you use other fruits (like strawberries) you probably will want to add sugar to counter the tartness.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Thank you guys.. i tried this ice cream and taste amszing.. my family were amazed by this recipe and ya its lot softer than kulfi.. had fun eating it..
thank u
June 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Wow this ice-cream was really good. Vani must be a really gifted person to come up with this recipe. Thanks Vani, and thank you Hetal and Anuja for showing us how to do it. My family loved it. So thanks again Vani.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:00 am
the recipe was so easy but i was wondering if i could substitute whipped topping with something else like milk
June 29th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Hi Roopa,
The Cool Whip in this recipe makes the ice cream fluffy without using an ice cream maker. If you use plain milk, it will freeze rock hard and the texture will be nothing like ice cream. You could substitute it with heavy whipping cream and use an ice cream maker. That will give you the best results. Good luck!
July 5th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Hi Ladies:
Tried the mango ice cream for 4th of July weekend. It was simply delicious! Lots of friends, American and Desi took the recipe from me and also the wonderful site you two have started. Thanks. I wanted to give you my Easy No-cook kulfi recipe. Take 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1and 1/2 pints of heavy cream and stir. Add any flavoring like pista, rose essence, elaichi and saffron and freeze for at least 5-8 hours in your freezer. (I put the liquid in kulfi/popsicle containers. ) If you add pista essence, put in crushed pista and green color for authentic look! Enjoy!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
hi anuja and hetal,
the mango icecream looks great. thank u Vani for coming out with something fantabulous like this;
Now the problem that i face is that I dont stay in US. i live in Belgium. and to get something like whipped topping is difficult for us to find out because everything is written in dutch or french plus i dont have an icecream maker. so do i have any chances to make and enjoy this delicacy. v get mango here so thats not a problem.
thank u
July 9th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Hi Anuja and Hetal,
Thanks for this yummy recepie ! My husband thought that I had bought this ice-cream ! He still wouldnt believe that I made it. It was indeed “Yum..Yum”. A big thanks to Vani for sharing this great recepie.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hi Anuja and Hetal,
Thanks for this recipe… it was just great!! I made it and it turned out just great.The pulp was a bit sour but it tasted well.. I was wondering if this recipe would work for Chocolate Ice Cream. Instead of the Mango pulp could i substitute with Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup and then the rest of the ingredients???
July 9th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Hi Shalini,
We have been hearing this a lot. There are other places which don’t have whipped topping. Unfortunately, that is the key ingredient which makes this ice cream light and fluffy without using an ice cream maker. Without it, it will be ice like. Sorry. If anyone of our viewers know of a substitute which is available, please share with us.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hi Daisy,
We suppose that you could add chocolate syrup but chocolate ice cream is so widely available that it doesn’t justify the effort. Mango ice cream is not available in many places (especially the US) so it makes it worthwhile and special. But, if you decide to try it, please let us know how it comes out. We’d be interested in knowing.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Hi,
I live in the UK, so I’ve got the same trouble getting hold of whipped topping. However, I was just wondering if bog-standard (dairy) whipped cream could be used as a substitute? After all, it’s just as light and fluffy.
Thanks.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Hi Charme,
Even though dairy whipped cream is light and fluffy, it won’t hold up to freezing. Cool Whip has something in it which lets it stay whipped.
Hetal
July 16th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
One more thing Charme,
You could use dairy whipped cream if you use an ice cream maker and churn the ice cream.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Hmmm…That’s a shame as the one thing I like about this recipe is its sheer convenience. I can’t think of anything in the UK that is the equivalent, apart from Dream Topping but that’s just a packet mix. I will give it a go anyway, and see how it pans out.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Hi, i tried this recipe. mangoe icecream came out really good. Thank you very much for this wonderful recipe. I love coconut icecream i order it every time i go to thai restaurant.. I was wondering if you have recipe to make coconut icecream. if you do please post it. Thank you.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
In the UK cause there isnt really a good whipped cream i used double cream and whipped it and the mango ice cream turned out well.
thanks for the excellent recipe
September 1st, 2008 at 9:34 am
I tried the recipe this weekend, as I live in London I could not find whipped topping the way they show in this recipe, however I managed to find Bird’s dream topping which comes in sachet, just follow the instructions on the back and you will end up whipped topping as used in this recipe. Needless to say the mango ice cream turned delicious! My husband was quite impressed as I managed to make it just before we were heading out for a party!
September 4th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Thank you very very much for this recipe, I made it and it was so delicious that I can’t describe the taste in words.
Hetal and Anuja, your website is so helpful, all the recipes I tried were very easy-explained and tasty. My husband is Indian and he says that NOW the food I make is authentic Indian
Thank you very much,
Zamira
September 26th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Hi
I actually want to make this icecream.I bought this whipped cream topping(frosting) I’m not sure if it is the right one.Can you please let me know if thats the one.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Hi Rad,
Whipped topping is available in the freezer dessert section. If you have something that says “frosting”, it is probably not the right thing. Cool Whip is the brand available in the US but many stores have their own generic brand which works just as well.