Cardamom-Flavored Fruit Salad (Salatat Al-Fawaakih) Recipe

"From: Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East & North Africa-Arabian Gulf. This is the BEST fruit salad my husband or I have ever tried! It's easy, healthy, refreshing and WONDERFUL. You have to like cardamom to really appreciate it though. You may find yourself doubling the sauce in the future because you want to drink it up. I don't repeat very many recipes because there are too many new ones to try, but this one is repeated over and over during cantaloupe season. I'm sure it would work with other fruits as well, but I like this combo so much I haven't experimented."

Original is 7 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 medium cantaloupe, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (2 lbs)
2 medium seedless oranges (or 2 medium tangerines, peeled sectioned and sections cut in half)
2 medium apples, peeled cored and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (I use Fuji and don't always peel them)
1/2 cup seedless raisins (I use golden)
SAUCE

1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (or 1/4 cup orange juice)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (280.3 g)
Calories 381.1
Total Fat - 2.4 g
Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 22.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 87.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
Sugars - 13.1 g
Protein - 3.9 g
Calcium - 58.3 mg
Iron - 3.1 mg
Vitamin C - 75 mg
Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine honey, water and cardamom and bring to a boil, stirring a few times simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and cool completely.