This refreshing, soupy fruit salad is a standard food for breaking the fast during Ramadan. After breaking my fast with a date, I would dip my spoon into this chaat. Served in large crystal bowls at Eid parties, slightly spicy fruit chaat is a refreshing antidote to all the cakes and creamy sugar desserts.
Makes 6 to 8 servings
1 pear
1 apple
3 bananas
2 plums
10 to 15 red grapes
1/2 mango
1 orange
1 guava
1/2 pomegranate
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon chaat masala (or 2 tablespoons if you want it spicy)**
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup orange juice
Slice the fruit into small wedges. Quarter the grapes. Add sugar, chaat masala and salt. Add the orange juice. Mix.
**Chaat masala is a mixture of spices — dried mango powder, cumin, coriander and black pepper — that is used in many South Asian snacks. It is available at South Asian markets.
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