East Meets West Rojak (fruit Salad)

WaterMelon's Note:

I found this recipe on CyberKuali. It's very refreshing and delicious. The dressing is wonderful!!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 small jicama , peeled,quartered and thinly sliced (sengkuang)
• 1 -2 unripe green mango
• 1 small pineapple , peeled,quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 1 green apple , quartered,cored and thinly sliced
• 1 small guava , quartered and thinly sliced (preferably seedless)
• 1 star fruit , thinly sliced into stars
• 2 kiwi fruits , peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 pomegranate , peel and separate seeds

Dressing

• 3 tablespoons skinless peanuts , toasted and chopped
• 1 tablespoon sesame seed , toasted
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce (sweet)
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon freshly-squeezed lime juice
• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil or 1 tablespoon palm oil
• 3 tablespoons palm sugar , finely chopped (gula melaka)
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 birds eye chiles , finely chopped (cilipadi)

Directions:

1. Soak apple slices for five minutes in a solution of 1 tbsp lime juice mixed with 1 cup water.
2. Layer thinly-sliced fruit into a shallow glass dish, Or you may stack them in layers on individual plates/bowls.
3. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve (this can be done several hours ahead).
4. Toast peanuts and sesame seeds in 350F oven for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. To make dressing, combine all the dressing ingredients (apart from the peanuts and sesame seeds) in a small bowl, stirring well.
6. Add the sesame seeds and half the peanuts.
7. Serve in a bowl alongside the salad.
8. The remaining chopped peanuts should be offered as an additional garnish which guests can sprinkle on their salad.

Reviews

[scancan]

This is a gorgeous and delicious salad and just perfect for the fall season. We really enjoyed this.

[ellie_]

Delicious and we will be having variations of this salad often! I wasn't able to get all the fruit listed so I used 1 jicama, 2 mangos, 1 apple, 1 pineapple and 2 kiwies. For the dressing I also needed to change it around a bit by using all one kind of soy sauce (2 T) and 4 T of sugar (I don't know what palm sugar is). I also used milder chili peppers. This is a delicious tropical salad which wins rave reviews! We will be having this again soon! Thanks for sharing!