Upwas or Fasting Fruit Chaat

Ideal for Ekadashi or Mahashivaratri.

  • FRUITS (ANY 5-6)
  • 1 ripe but firm yellow banana peeled and sliced
  • 6-7 grapes red or purple sliced in half
  • 1/2 cup pineapple peeled cored and diced into half inch pieces
  • 1 Gala or Red Delicious apple diced into half inch pieces with skin
  • 1 ripe but firm pear diced into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds shelled
  • 1 Nagpur orange peeled and segmented
  • 1/2 cup sweet potato boiled and peeled (optional)
  • FOR MIXING
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • I tsp lime juice
  • ¼ tsp pepper freshly cracked
  • ½ tsp chaat masala
  • ¼ tsp sendha salt (rock salt)
  • ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
  • 6 to 7 young fresh mint leaves pudina finely chopped
  • Few sprigs of mint to garnish

METHOD

Combine the orange and lime juice with spices. Toss all the fruit in it.

Refrigerate 20 minutes. Garnish with fresh mint leaves. Eat immediately