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Ma-muang-dorng (brine-pickled green mango)มะม่วงดอง

Ma-muang-dorng is whole mature green Kaew mango soured in an earthenware jar under a boiled and cooled brine of salt and calcium chloride. The fruit is weighed down, the jar closed and left in the shade for 2 to 4 weeks. The flesh is eaten as it is or candied in syrup.

Fully documentedFruit16 days – 31 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedHome method from the JIRCAS Thai fermented-food card, which gives no amounts. The Thai community standard limits the calcium firming salt, not the brine strength.
Mature green Kaew mangoesFresh, without defects, washed and drained[jircas]
Brine of salt and calcium chloride in waterenough to cover the fruitBoiled, strained through cheesecloth and cooled; the card gives no strengths[jircas]
Heavy syrup, 40 % BrixoptionalFor the candied version[jircas]

Total time across the recorded steps: 16 days – 31 days

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What changes: Starting material: whole green mangoes, washed and packed in an earthenware jar

Step 1 of 4
Wash and pack the mangoes
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Ma-muang-dorng is whole mature green Kaew mango soured in an earthenware jar under a boiled and cooled brine of salt and calcium chloride. The fruit is weighed down, the jar closed and left in the shade for 2 to 4 weeks. The flesh is eaten as it is or candied in syrup. Made in 4 steps over 16 days – 31 days. The longest step, cover, weigh down and ferment in the shade, takes 14–28 days (JIRCAS 2026).

Key numbers
Main step14–28 daysReported[jircas]Cover, weigh down and ferment in the shade
AciditypH up to 3.5Set[tcps160]Cover, weigh down and ferment in the shade

What makes this one different

Ma-muang-dorng follows the general Thai fruit-pickle method but adds calcium chloride to the brine to keep the flesh firm, and it ferments longer than most, 2 to 4 weeks.

Related ferments

Safety

Thailand's community standard for pickled fruit names mango first among its fruits. It requires pH 3.5 or below, caps calcium firming salts at 1000 mg/kg, and sets total microbes at most 1 × 10^4 per gram, no Staphylococcus aureus in 0.1 g, E. coli below 3 per gram (MPN) and yeasts and moulds at most 100 per gram. It bans synthetic colours, borax and non-sugar sweeteners.

Hazards the sources name: Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli (the pickled-fruit standard sets limits for both).

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

History
The sources we found do not record its history.
Starter
The sources we found do not say how its fermentation begins.
  1. [jircas] JIRCAS, Database of Fermented Foods of Thailand: Ma-muang-dorng (brine pickled mango), read 2026-10-23gov
  2. [tcps160] Thai Industrial Standards Institute 2003, Thai Community Product Standard มผช.160/2546, Pickled fruit (phonlamai dong) (copy on archive.org)spec