Burong mangga is a Filipino

Philippines

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 food made by mixing sugar

Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...

, salt

Salt

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, and water to mango

Mango

The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...

es that have previously been salted. The mixture

Mixture

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 of water and sugar should be boiled first before pouring it onto the salted mangoes. The sugar-water mixture should then be cooled before pouring it over the salted mangoes. Some add chili

Chile powder

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to the cold sugar water mixture, but others prefer burong mangga without "sili" (Filipino) or chili.

Original 'basic' burong mangga is made using a brine solution, (2/3 cup rock salt dissolved in a gallon of water) and pouring it over halved very young 'chupadera' or sip-sipin mangoes in a jar.