Mangoes are kind of here, I can say. Not much… The prices are still very high and I can’t wait for next month when the stock of Pakistani mangoes are going to come. I should say, they are the mangoes that you can call “cheap an
d best”. Nice, juicy and really tasty. I had received two little “consignments” from our big mango tree back home, one through my D and the other through my umma. Didn’t last long, though, it was wiped up in no time by the gang at home. Whatever I had reserved for myself, I used it for making this yummy cheesecake…
There are some recipes that you cannot resist the urge of trying it out. When I saw this cheesecake that was a part of the Baking Partner’s Challenge in April on Kaveri’s and Vineetha’s space, I just had to make it. And I had the perfect reason of my brother’s birthday that was coming up in due course. I readied all ingredients the previous night – put the yogurt to drain, transferred the paneer from freezer to fridge, did the pulp out of the fresh mangoes in the pantry – so that once I was in from the office, my first task would be to make this and keep it back into the fridge for his birthday. Since it was a large cheesecake, we gobbled up half and the remaining half was given to my colleagues, who absolutely loved it. One of them – the anti-processed type – inquired about the ingredients and as I explained “china grass”, he gasped, “Grass??? Gosh, you made us eat grass???” Sigh… I had to explain that china grass is blah blah blah blah… Hehe…
Recipe adapted from Divine Taste
I would have loved to take the picture of this beautiful mango cheesecake with a sprig of mint. I had kept a lone sprig that I had so religiously reserved to beautify this cake – we sparely buy mint as it makes its way to the garbage more often than to the food! I left it on the pantry slab and moved towards the room to pick up the camera. When I came back, what I saw was that lone sprig making its way to my little one’s mouth. She’s very organic, you see… anything green fancies her attention. As I watched the mint being minced by her little tooth, she gave me a big smile… Ah… so there I left it empty at the top as I had no mangoes also to decorate it with… Hmmm…
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| Istagrammed, as soon as it was cut… 🙂 |
No-Bake Mango Cheesecake - Eggless
Ingredients
- 200 gm digestive biscuit
- 100 gm butter
- 800 gm yogurt
- 400 gm paneer
- 1 cup mango pulp
- 12.5 gm agar agar or china grass
- 1-1/2 cup 300 ml water
- 1-1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- Strain the yogurt in a cheese cloth overnight to get very thick hung curd.
- Thaw the paneer and grind it along with the thick yogurt to a smooth yet hard paste. Pour it into a large mixing bowl.
- Crush the digestive biscuits in a grinder. Melt the butter. Mix both together till well incorporated. Press to the bottom of a 8-inch spring-form pan. Refrigerate for an hour.
- Soak the agar agar in the water for 15-20 minutes till soft. Keep on low flame and cook till the agar agar gets melted completely.
- At the same time, keep the mango pulp on low flame, ensuring it does not boil.
- Once the agar agar melts, add the mango pulp into it and mix well to incorporate - all to be done when the flame is still on. Keep for another five minutes and switch off.
- Add the mango pulp to the paneer yogurt mixture and mix well with a metal whisk.
- Add in the sugar and vanilla essence finally and give it a good mix till the sugar is well incorporated.
- Pour this mixture over the prepared biscuit base and refrigerate for minimum 2 hours till well set.
Notes
2. I didn't have the ingredients for the glaze. But to get the color on the top, I mixed 3 tbsp of Tang Mango in 100 ml cold water and poured it on top once the cheesecake was set. After a few hours, I took out the pan, poured out the Tang and then released from the spring-form. This gave a nice color on the top. 🙂
Wow Rafee.. I too had made a note of Vinee's cheese cake with mint on top.. but seriously stopped making cheese cakes since I become a bottomless pit :)) and your looks so tempting esp the sliced pic. Wonderful!
the only reason i made this cake was because of the paneer and yogurt, if it called for cream cheese, i would've not even tried it, because i am still reeling from the calories of a cheesecake i made early last year… 😉 this is quite light on the tummy, really… i'm guaranteeing you… i may make this again but in individual portions… 🙂
wow lovely looking cheese cake…yummy…
thank you so much ruxana… 🙂
lovely cheese cake i have yet to try this
can u give me measurements on how to put in one small glass
as i dont want to make big elaborate one
thanks for yummy share
dear meena, i guess half the quantity should be fine for 4-5 glasses. the best part is that it's not heavy at all, quite a light cheesecake, if i can call it so… 🙂 thank you so much dear…
The cheesecake looks perfect and totally tempting Rafeeda.. Love the colour … Awesome clicks too dear 🙂
thank you so much nilu… 🙂
pass me the plate rafeeda.. will finish off soon 🙂
actually dear, even i didn't get a proper pc to eat!!! hehe… thank you so much… 🙂
Super fabulous cake.. Hope ur lil one enjoyed !
thank you so much sangeetha… in our house, the elders enjoy these more than the kids… 🙂
yum! ur one talented baker eh, Rafee? I always go for baked cheesecake as I'm scared to try out the no-bake version, hehe..always scared that it wont set! Yours look really good,and I am a big fan of mangoes 🙂
actually, i've never made the baked cheesecake, that is on my agenda but definitely not so soon… 😉 thank you so much dear for your lovely comments… 🙂
Wow it came out so perfect…..:)
thank you so much kamalika…
lovely cake rafe…looks fabulous..
thank u so much saranya… 🙂
wow its great delicious dear… one of my fav. recipe to try…
thank u so much vijayalakshmi… 🙂
Delicious cheesecake, one on my things in my long bookmarked list.
i know bookmarks never end, sona… thanks a lot… 🙂
Very delightful and gorgeous looking cheesecake, have tried them too, and we loved it to the core..Beautifully done.
thank you so much priya akka… 🙂 even we all loved it a lot…
I adore mangoes, I adore desserts with mangoes and I am adoring this mango flavored cheesecake. I agar-agar/grass would have worked to hold and firm up the cheesy topping. I would love to have a piece of it.
thank you so much nava…
Looks yummy n tempting:)n nice clicks.
thank you so much divya…
Delicious & light. Made with perfection
thank you so much humi… 🙂
Yummy n delightful cheese cake
thank you so much akila…
looks so perfect and fabulous !
thank you so much reni…
awesome cheesecake..looks yum
thank you so much gaju…
This recipe sounds delicious as well as healthy… added on to my to-make list 🙂
thank you so much anupa… i would really recommend you to try, would definitely not feel guilty of eating it… 🙂
wow…yummy n temptimg slice there Rafee…..
thank you so much fasee…
please pass on some to me 🙂 yum and mouth watering
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thank you so much shweta… 🙂
these cheese cake looks amazing…i am not a big fan for cheese cakes rafee but i tried it first time in cheesecakefactory restaurant in my fav chocolate flavour and loved it…got to try some time
it would definitely not be cheesecake factory types… but a much lower calorie version… 🙂 thank u dear…
Been planning to make this since a long time since i went to Cheesecake Factory here. Must stop postponing 🙂
I guess I've to go Cheesecake Factory over the weekend, there's just one outlet in Dubai and it's always packed… thanks dear… 🙂
This is Divine !!!!
I am not a dessert person but this is to my liking 🙂
thank you so much shobha… 🙂
Rafee, cheesecake looks drool worthy.I am yet to lay my hands on it.
hey u should meena.. make a small one, i bet you this is much healthier than the normal cream cheese laden cakes… 🙂
Hi Rafeeda, your mango cheese cake look extremely good. I love cheese and mango, great pairing.
Have a nice week ahead,regards.
thank you so much amelia…
wow cake looks awesome…
thank you so much preeti… 🙂
oh wow..perfect cheese cake, am blown out, need a slice now
thank you so much shanavi… 🙂
Wow! This is amazing.. I recently made a no-bake cheesecake.. but that was with cream cheese, this is a lot healthier and lighter too! Yumm
thank u so much charul… yes it is much lighter than it's original version… 🙂