Fruit Salad Recipe : A Surprise Bowl of Nutrition’s!

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The Fruit Salad Recipe is an innovative way to introduce your family to all the juicy and healthy fruits. You may lure your kids to have this plate of salad while narrating the fun facts of each fruit. The preparation is similar to making of basic salad with the only replacement of fruits instead of veggies. The seasonal fruits are easy to collect from markets or can be plucked from your home garden. For the fruits in the list which are not available, you can easily skip adding them.

Fruit Salad

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  • Recipe Category: Salads
  • Cuisine: Indian

Description: The Fruit Salad Recipe is packed with healthy and nutritious fruits. It is a power pack house of vitamins. The chopped fruits get combine within minutes.

Fruit Salad Recipe

Fruit Salad Recipe Ingredients:

  • Pineapple – ½ cup
  • Apple – ½ cup
  • Mango – ½ cup
  • Orange – ½ cup
  • Banana – ½ cup
  • Sapota / Chikoo – ½ cup
  • Kiwi – ½ cup
  • Papaya – ½ cup
  • Watermelon – ½ cup
  • Cantaloupe – ½ cup
  • Raspberries – ½ cup
  • Blackberries – ½ cup
  • Strawberries – ½ cup
  • Blueberries – ½ cup
  • Grapes – ½ cup
  • Honeydew – ½ cup
  • Pomegranate Seeds – ¼ cup
  • Lettuce leaves– 1/4th of large bunch
  • Fresh Mint Leaves – 1 tbsp. (finely chopped)
  • Cashew – ¼ cup
  • Almonds – ¼ cup (use carnival almonds)
  • Walnuts – ¼ cup
  • Lemon Juice – ¼ tsp.
  • Orange Juice – ½ tbsp.
  • Apple Juice – ½ tbsp.
  • Olive Oil – ¼ tsp.
  • Honey – ¼ tbsp.
  • Vinegar – ½ tbsp.
  • Black Pepper – less than ½ tsp.
  • Salt – as per taste

Note: You can add or skip any fruit and dry fruit of your choice. Orange and Apple Juice is optional. Buy olive oil from here.

These fruits make one large bowl of fruit salad, but if you want to you can use either one or combination of two or more fruits for your salad. If using few fruits, then choose the large size fruit and increase the proportion.

Fruit Salad Recipe Steps:

Before you could start with the preparation of fruit salad, it is very important that you have fresh and ripe fruits. Follow the steps, clean and chop the fruits properly to make the fruit salad.

Pre-Preparation:

  • Wash, Rinse and Chop all the fruits into small equal sized pieces.
  • Roast the cashews, almonds, walnuts and any other dry fruits. You roast them in oven or non-stick pan.
  • Wash the lettuce with fresh water and steam well for 10 minutes. Soak in the cool water for 2 minutes. Remove the exterior leaves from the head.

Note: Chop the fruits in the cube shape. Roasting the dry fruits makes them crispy. If you do not know how to chop any of the fruit, then learn how to chop and choose the best fruit.

Preparation:

  • In a large bowl, combine all the chopped fruits.
  • Then squeeze lemon juice over it.
  • Stir in the honey for the extra sweetness.
  • Pour the orange juice and the apple juice over the fruits.
  • Fold the fruits and coat them with juice for extra flavours.
  • Drizzle the mixture with the Olive Oil and Vinegar.
  • Sprinkle sea salt and pepper with a pinch of hand and give a toss.
  • Combine the ingredients properly and let it rest for a couple of minutes.
  • Take the salad bowl or plate, spread the lettuce leaves.
  • Transfer the fruit mixture to the salad bowl over the lettuce leaf.
  • Add the roasted dry fruits on the top of the salad.

And the highly nutritious fruit salad is ready to be served.

Note: The fruit salad has to be served immediately. If you are serving fruit salad after some time, then it may lose its charm.

Additional Information:

  • Calories: 324 calories
  • Total Time: PT20M
  • Serves: 2
  • Date Published:

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One plate of fruit salad after your morning exercise is the best fitness formula. Fruits are light for the digestion and they also increase immunity. Fruit Salad is preferred highly during the summer days, as it gives relief from cooking. Also, it does not require to switch on the gas. Simply, gather the fruits, berries, juices and combine all of them in a bowl. It is quick and instant to make this tummy-filling dish of fruit salad.

The salad can work with a combination of any fruits, not necessary to have many. For the particular season, you may wish to choose few seasonal fruits only. In summers, salad can be composite of pieces of peach, nectarine and plums. Whereas you may merge grapes with apples in fall. The integration of pomegranate seeds goes perfectly well in winters. The key here is to select the correct combination for the better health.

The colourful fruits make the plate of salad look so beautiful that it can easily attract anyone’s attention. The various flavours of fruits can make anyone its fan within seconds of a bite. Nothing can beat this elegant platter of fruits topped with crunchy nuts.

Remarks:

  • The Fruit Salad Recipe requires only 15 minutes to chop the fruits and combine them together.
  • The measured ingredients quantity approximately serves 2 people.
  • It is preferred to use the fresh apple and orange juice.
  • Use ripe fruits for better results.
  • Do not mix sweet fruits with sweet fruits with citrus fruits.
  • Do not mix acidic fruits with milk.
  • Cut the fruits only when you are making the salad.
  • You may make the salad, and refrigerate it for the later use.

Garnishing:

Drizzle salad dressing over the salad and serve in a shallow bowl. Garnish the salad plate with –

  • Lemon Wedges
  • Chopped Raw Fruits
  • Toasted Nuts
  • Grated Cheese
  • Mint Leaves
Quick Tip:
  • Season the fruit salad with the Chaat masala to give the chatpata flavour.
  • You can drizzle various fruit flavoured syrups to make the salad even yummier.
  • If you like, you can mix in the vanilla pudding mix in this salad.
  • Pair up the salad with any warm soup to have the heavy filling food.
Time Serving Calories
 15  minutes  2 to 3 people  350 calories

These freshly plucked fruits are extremely sweet and thus do not require any addition of sweetener. There is an extra sweetness in the salad because these fruits used are organic. This delicious tropical Fruit Salad Recipe is packed with all healthy and nutritious fruits. It is a power pack house of vitamins, proteins, fibres and calories. The chopped sweet and juicy fruits tend to get combine with each other within minutes. There is a beautiful blend of assorted nuts with this seasonal fruits. It is a healthy dish rich in nutrients and proteins. To give the tweak to the traditional sweet taste of fruits, you can make the spicy and sweet mango salsa dip as well.

Prepare it for the picnic, party or the potluck, you are sure to get a compliment for this great fruit dish. The mix of the variety of fruits with the drizzle of sauces over them and seasoning of black pepper make the entire dish star of your party. It is super easy to make, especially on the weekends when you are feeling lazy for cooking anything in breakfast. Have it in brunch with the glass of fresh juice. It is a perfect take-along dish for your long drives and travel journeys. Similar to this, you may also try to taste the chatpata Fruit Chaat with the combination of tangy and tart flavours.

Just a little variation on this dish and you can make Fruit Salad Custard from the fresh seasonal fruits. In this dish, you have to combine the chopped sweet fruits with the custard milk. You can use any fresh fruits with nuts and combine in the boiled milk having the custard powder.  In the hot sunny days, people prefer to have chilled Fruit Shake or the cold Fruit Smoothie which is healthy and refreshing. For all the folks who like to have Lassi, here’s the twist. You can make Fruit Lassi and have it after your meal. The Pineapple Juice, Watermelon Juice, and Guava Juice are some of the juices which you can make from healthy fruits. Even you can make squashes from lemon and pineapple for your morning breakfast. The other interesting dish which you can make from fresh juicy fruits is the Yogurt based Fruit Raita flavoured with spices.

Loaded with flavours, colours, taste and nutrient values, salads are the perfect meal partner which you can prepare in just a go of minute. All you have to do is chop the ingredient and assemble in the bowl of salad. Season with your choice spice and drizzle your favourite dressing. Salads not only taste delicious but they are also good for your stomach. They are light to have and yet makes you feel like a having a heavy food. There are other various types of salad which you might like to try apart from the fruit salad. The most common among all the salad is the tasty Russian Salad which you can make at home easily. You must try these different salads with a variety of salad dressing like Honey-Yogurt, Honey-Lime Vinaigrette, or Cannoli Cream. You can enjoy eating scrumptious salad with the drizzle of mustard dressing as well.

Any season, anytime, any day, a fruit dish keeps you fit!
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