Panchamirtha Fruity Nuts Salad

U often get bored with even ur Fav Dessert, if it is served too frequently. Try this Dessert for a change - a Fruit Salad with IceCream this Weekend.I tweaked an old recipe by adding new ingredients and the traditional taste of it still remains (Panchamirtham taste). Panchamirtham is a 'Five Fruit Healthy Mixed Sweet' which has been served traditionally in TamilNadu Temples and  as famous as 'Tirupathy Laddu' here in TamilNadu. This recipe of mine got published in Khanakhazana.com nearly 4 years ago. U can try 'Panchamirtha' Halwa, Burfi, Juice, Smoothie, Jam, Jam Tarts,Cake,etc with the 'Five Fruit Mix' mentioned in this recipe. This will get u more interested in Cooking or make cooking fun. Enjoy Cooking!. Enjoy Food!. Enjoy Delicious Life!. BonAppetit!.

Panchamirtha Fruity Nuts Salad - Tastefully, Traditionally and FruitfullyYours

Ingredients:
ripe banana - 1 no (1 cm sized cubs)
seedless grapes - 1 bunch (cut into halves)
ripe (firm) mango - 1 no (1 cm sized cubes)
jack fruit - 10 no.s (cut into 1 cm pieces)
apple - 1 no (1 cm cubed pieces)
ghee - 1 tbsp
honey - 2 tbsp
jaggery - 3-4 tbsp (crushed)
for garnishing:
cleaned raisins - 10 nos
dates - 2 no.s (chopped)
cherry - 3 no.s (chopped)
cashews - 10 no.s(crushed)

Directions
1.Clean and cut the first five fruits , add honey . Mix well and keep aside.
2.Take a pan and heat ghee. Add crushed cashews and raisins then add jaggery. Heat till the jaggery melts and then add the fruit mixture.Mix or saute this for 1 - 2 mins.Turn off the heat. Don't forget that this needs a min or 2  stirring only( after adding the fruits-just b4 it starts to melt).
3.Garnish with chopped cherries and dates.
4.Tasty Panchamirtha Fruit Salad is ready to be served.

Tips:
This can be served as a dessert with your choice of IceCreams - 1 tbsp added and few scoops of icecreams like vanilla or butterscotch on top (with usual icecream toppings or caramalized cashews and nuts) per serving head.

Brinjal - Fruity Salad

Brinjals roasted in little oil with pepper and salt mixed with grated coconut,apple,pomegranate,grapes,dates and raisins. U can do this with 2 mins coconut or olive oil-roasted potato cubes or Chopped French-fries or Caramelized Potato Wedges.U can pack it for Lunch w/o adding the sliced Apple and grated coconut on top of Noodles.Tasty salad to try at home.

Brinjal-Fruity Salad - Brinjals oil- sauteed with pepper,salt and lemon juice mixed with fruits

Ingredients
    2 brinjals - sliced into pieces
    1 apple - peeled and sliced fine
    a handful of pomegranate seeds(optional)
    10 grapes,seedless - cut into halves
    5 dates -chopped fine
    10 raisins - chopped fine
    1 tsp white pepper powder
    1/4 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp lemon juice
    1 or 2 tbsp grated coconut
    2 tsp pure coconut or olive oil

Directions

    1.Slice brinjals,apple,grapes and dates.Keep it aside.
    2.Mix the sliced Brinjals with 1/4 tsp white pepper powder and salt.Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan.
    3.Add sliced brinjals and oil-roast it for 2 mins till it is 3/4th done.Turn off the flame.keep it aside.Add lemon juice and mix it well.
    4.Take a Salad bowl.Add apple slices,pomegranate, grapes,dates,raisins and grated Coconut.Mix it well.
    5.Toss it well.
    6.Serve it with Orange Lassi (an Ideal Combo) and Garlic Bread or Ur choice of Sandwich or Pasta .

U might also like:

* Coleslaw
* Baked Beans Veg-Salad
* Pomegranate Greens Salad
* White Chickpeas Sundal Salad
* Ladiesfinger Onion Salad
* Mungdal Tuna Salad
* Corn Veg .Salad
* French Fries Veg Salad in Garlic Sauce
*  Panchamirtha Fruity Nuts Salad