Iss garmi ke mausam mein everything that is fruity is a saviour. Fruits are high in water content, which is exactly what your bodies need to keep it well hydrated. The fact that different varieties of fruits are found in abundance during this season adds to the advantage of including them in your daily diet in plenty.
However, eating just fruits gets repetitive after a while. So what can you do now? Experiment with various fruit or fruit chaat recipes. Simple! And fruit salad is one way you can introduce a tinge of excitement into your daily dose of fruit intake. Fruit chaats or fruit salads like custard fruit salad aren’t restricted to those with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Here are 10 yummy fruit salad recipes for you to #BeALittleMore experimental with fruits and whip up some easy fruit delicacies right at home.
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1. Classic Fruit Salad
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 0
Ingredients
- 2 bananas (medium-sized)
- 2 ripe and sweet mangoes (medium to large)
- 1 papaya (small-sized)
- 2 to 3 chikoo (sapodilla)
- ⅓ cup chopped strawberries or 10 to 12 strawberries
- 3 to 4 figs (fresh)
- 1 small pomegranate
- 10 to 12 cashews (chopped)
- 10 to 12 almonds (chopped)
- 12 to 15 pistachios (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon honey or any other sweetener (optional)
- 5 to 6 mint leaves to garnish
Steps
- Chop all the fruits into bite-sized pieces, so that they all look uniform. Put them all in a bowl.
- Chop the nuts next and add them to the same bowl.
- Add honey or a sweetener of your choice.
- If you prefer, you may add a dash of orange or lemon juice to give it the distinct taste of a citrus salad.
- Mix all the ingredients and toss well.
- Serve it fresh.
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2. Fresh Fruit Salad With Ice Cream
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 0
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized mangoes
- 4 to 5 small to medium chikoo (sapodilla)
- 1 large banana
- 10 to 12 strawberries
- 1 dragon fruit (optional)
- 10 to 15 tablespoons of nuts like cashews, almonds & pistachios (chopped)
- Vanilla ice cream of a proportion of your choice
Steps
- For fruit salad with ice cream, chop the fruits after rinsing and peeling them. Take the chopped mixed fruits into a bowl.
- Add the chopped nuts to the same mixing bowl.
- Add dollops of ice cream to the chopped fruits and nuts.
- Garnish with chopped nuts and strawberries if you like and serve Fruit Salad with Ice Cream immediately.
3. Fruit Salad With Cream
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 0
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1 apple or pear
- ⅓ cup pomegranate arils
- ⅓ to ½ cup blueberries or strawberries or blackberries
- 1 dragon fruit (optional)
- 1 cup cold whipping cream or heavy cream
- ¼ cup honey/powdered sugar/maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract/rose water
Steps
- For making Fruit Salad with Cream, start off by chopping the fruits into uniform, bite-sizes
- Take the cream and your preferred choice of sweetener, and beat them well to get soft peaks
- Add the chopped fruits and cover them evenly with the cream.
- You can serve this immediately or refrigerate it for a couple of hours before serving.
- If you want, garnish with chopped fruits and nuts, or orange zest before serving.
- You can follow the same process for making Fruit Salad With Yoghurt, simply by replacing cream with yoghurt.
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4. Summer Fruit Salad
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh pineapple (chopped)
- 3 bananas (sliced)
- 2 oranges
- 2 cups strawberries (sliced)
- 3 kiwi fruit (peeled and diced)
- 1 cup seedless grapes
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
- ⅔ cup fresh orange juice
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon orange zest (grated)
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest (grated)
Steps
- Mix lemon juice, orange juice, orange zest, lemon zest, and brown sugar in a saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low after some time and put it on simmer for about 5 minutes or till it has slightly thickened.
- Add vanilla extract after removing the pan from the heat.
- Set aside to cool.
- Chop the fruits into equal, bite-sized pieces and place them in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the sauce over the fruit pieces after it has cooled down.
- Cover and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours and then serve.
5. Pina Colada Or Pineapple Salad
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 to ½ cups green grapes
- 1 to ½ cups red grapes
- 1 to ½ cups halved fresh strawberries
- 1 to ½ cups fresh blueberries
- ½ cup fresh raspberries
- ⅛ teaspoon coconut extract
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 can (8 ounces) pineapple chunks (drained)
- 1 can of frozen non-alcoholic pina colada mix
- ½ cup pineapple-orange juice
- ⅛ teaspoon almond extract
Steps
- Mix coconut extract, pineapple chunks, pina colada, pineapple-orange juice, and almond extract with sugar, and keep stirring until the latter has dissolved completely
- Cut all the fruits into bite-sized pieces and keep them in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the sauce over the fruits and toss well, so that the sauce coats the fruit pieces evenly.
- Cover and refrigerate the Pineapple Salad for 3 to 4 hours before serving. Garnish with chopped mint leaves and then serve, if you prefer it that way.
6. Melon-Berry Fruit Salad
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 cups cubed watermelon
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 2 oranges (medium)
- 1 cup fat-free vanilla Greek yoghurt
- ½ cup orange juice
- ½ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup sweetened shredded coconut (toasted)
Steps
- Whisk together yoghurt, along with orange juice and coconut milk to prepare the fruit salad dressing, and then refrigerate for a few hours.
- Cut the fruits into uniform, bite-sized portions and place them in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the dressing over the fruits and toss well to evenly coat the fruit pieces.
- Sprinkle with roasted shredded coconut and finally serve.
7. Minted Fruit Salad
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 teaspoons crystallised ginger (finely chopped)
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint leaves for garnish
Steps
- For this healthy fruit salad recipe, mix the apple juice, lemon juice, honey, and ginger into a saucepan, and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir for 2 minutes until the dressing has reduced to ¾ cup. Remove from the heat and let it cool.
- Cut the fruits into uniform, bite-sized pieces. Chop the mint.
- Pour the dressing over the fruit pieces and toss gently to cover all the fruit pieces evenly.
- It’s finally time to serve.
8. Honey-Lime Berry Salad
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh strawberries (halved)
- 3 medium (cubed)
- 3 cups fresh blueberries
- ¼ to ⅓ cup honey
- ⅓ cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint (chopped)
Steps
- Whisk honey, lime juice, and mint in a small bowl.
- Chop the fruits and place them in a large mixing bowl.
- Drizzle the fruits with the dressing and toss gently till the fruit pieces have been coated evenly with the dressing.
9. Tomato Watermelon Salad
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 10 cups watermelon (cubed)
- 2 pints pear tomatoes (halved)
- 1 medium red onion (chopped)
- ½ cup fresh basil (minced)
- ½ cup fresh parsley (minced)
- ¼ cup lime juice
Steps
- Cut and combine the onions, tomatoes, and watermelon in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix basil, parsley, and lime juice in a small bowl.
- Pour the lime juice mixture into the large bowl and toss gently to coat evenly.
- Refrigerate for a few hours before serving the Tomato Watermelon Salad.
10. Mixed Fruit Salad
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 large bananas (sliced)
- 2 cups watermelon (cubed)
- 2 cups pineapple chunks
- 1 pint of fresh blueberries
- 3 kiwis (peeled and sliced)
- 1 pint of fresh strawberries (halved)
- 6 ounces of cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar or any sweetener of your choice
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- ½ teaspoon grated lime zest
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream (whipped)
Steps
- Dip the banana pieces in lime juice and coat evenly.
- Place them in a serving bowl.
- Add layers of fruits one on top of the other.
- Beat cream cheese in another bowl until smooth. Add lime juice, lime zest, and sugar.
- Pour a small amount of whipped cream and blend well. Mix the rest of the whipped cream over the fruit layers.
- Refrigerate before serving it chilled.
Make some desi fruit chaat or explore the various recipes for fruit salad like custard fruit salad, there is no dwarf of ideas when it comes to experimenting with fruits. Are there any other easy fruit salad recipes that you’ve tried and would love to share here? Leave a comment in the section below.
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