Rujak Serut (Sweet and Spicy Fruit Salad)

Good Morning Friends!

On Father’s Day my husband asked me to prepare this fruit salad that he fell in love a couple of weeks ago. He got a fresh pineapple and it was sitting on the kitchen counter for a whole week untouched as it was kind of hidden among peanut butter jars and I just kept forgetting about it, so off to the garbage bin in went lol

So for Father’s Day we went grocery shopping and grabbed ingredients to make this fruit salad, that to be honest I have never made myself before.

Browsed the net and learned a thing or two so here is my version 🙂 The taste as my title says, is sweet and spicy and also tangy.

This fruit salad is using green firm mangoes and pineapples by the way (hence about the pineapple mentioned), but since it’s my version, it’s rather different, but seriously good, if I may say so myself 😛

• 1 firm mango, that is just slightly yellow/ripening. You really want a firm one.
• 1 mango that is ripe but not soft to the touch (so yeah basically 2 firm mangoes but one is rather in the greenish side still)
• 1 small-medium can of pineapple chunks in pineapple juice
• 5 red bird eye chilies
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• 2 adult thumbs-size of tamarind, soaked in 1/2 c of hot boiling water, squeeze and discard seeds if any, reserve the tamarind water
• salt to taste
• 1 1/2 c cold water

• Grate the firm mango, set aside
• Cubed the other mango, place in a large bowl
• Pour pineapple chunk and its juice into the bowl
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients, adjust flavor (it should be spicy, a tad soury, and sweet)

Should you use cold water, you can serve them immediately, if not, best served slightly chilled, especially for Summer 😀 Soooo goood, take my word 😛 Serve it as is, to accompany your bbq and warm rice. The possibilities are endless 😀