Friday, January 29, 2010

Fruit Chaat Salad

Ingredients and Method to make fruit chaat salad
1 apple cored and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 pear cored and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 1/2 cups of pineapple cut into 1/2 inch pieces
3/4 cup dried raisins
1 1/4 cup red seedless grapes washed and drained

1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (equivalent to juice of 1 lemon)
1/2 tsp red chili powder (or to taste) (optional but recomended)

1/8 tsp salt (or to taste)
2 tsp chaat masala powder (available in most Indian groceries)
1 tsp sugar (optional)


In a large bowl mix together all the fruits.


Add lemon juice, salt, sugar, chili powder and chaat masala and toss well.


Chill for a few hours and serve chilled.


Serves approximately 2 to 3

Notes
Any combination of seasonal fruits can be used to make this salad


I used the sugar and chili powder just to enhance the sweetness of the fruits and bring out a better contrast with the heat of the chili powder, if you are avoiding using chili powder then you can probably skip the sugar too