Pakistani Spiced Fruit Salad / Fruit Chaat

Happy Ramadan! May the blessings of this most awaited month reach you and your family, and may it prove to be the best Ramadan yet!

This Ramadan, I hope and plan on sharing some of our family favorite recipes.  For our family, we only indulge in the traditional Pakistani deep-fried goodies on our first fast, and on the weekends (if we’re home).  A typical weekday Iftar (fast breaking meal) for our family includes dates, water, and a bowl of lightly spiced fruit salad (the recipe for which I’ll be sharing today).

Fruit Chaat is a staple in every Pakistani home in Ramadan.  Every family serves their fruit chaat with their own spin, and this is mine.  I always add the following to my fruit chaat, with any additional fruit just adding more pizzaz: bananas, apples or pears, oranges or mandarins, and grapes.  I tend to leave out melon of any kind because I find that it leaves too much liquid behind, and I feel like the flavors just don’t mesh well together.

This recipe can be used as a guide or base from which you can add or take out whatever you like.  Let’s get creative!

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Fruit Chaat

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine Pakistani

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 2 cups peeled and sliced bananas
• 1 ½ cups peeled and diced apples
• 1 cup halved grapes
• 1 cup peeled and diced peaches or nectarines
• ¾ cup hulled and diced strawberries
• ½ cup peeled and diced oranges or mandarins
• 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons chaat masala

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, gently mix all fruit together.
2. Sprinkle sugar and chaat masala over the fruit, and gently toss to coat evenly.

Recipe Notes

Measurements are in actual measuring spoons/cups and not eating utensils.