Marhaba! Billions around the world look for ways to cool down on a hot summer day, and for the next few months we need easy recipes for dishes, appetizers, and drinks to help us cool down. In the past, I have shared how to prepare Yogurt Cucumber Dip and Fattet Djej with Yogurt. Both recipes are excellent and easy to prepare on a hot summer’s day. Today, I want to teach you how to prepare a fruit salad (سلطة الفاكهة) the Lebanese way! It’s pretty easy and requires about 15 minutes to prepare. Please note that I have translated the entire recipe to Arabic! I am sure this helps with your learning, especially in such a fun and easy way!
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Ingredients:
- 5 apples- could be different types
- 6 kiwis
- 4 oranges
- 4 mangoes
- 6 bananas
- 20 strawberries
- 6 peaches
- 20 grapes-could be red or green
- 3 tablespoons of honey
- ½ cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
- A handful of roasted and peeled almonds (depending on your taste)
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Directions:
- Cut apples, kiwis, oranges, mangoes, bananas, strawberries, and peaches into small chunks and add them to one big bowl
- Add grapes to bowl containing all remaining fruits
- Stir all cut fruits in the bowl and then add the freshly squeezed orange juice
- Leave the chunks of fruit to marinate the orange juice for 5 minutes
- Add honey
سلطة الفاكهة
المكونات
خمس(5) تفاحات – ممكن من انواع مختلف
ست (6) كيوي
أربع (4) برتقال
أربع (4) مانغو
ست (6) موز
عشرون (20) حبة فراولة
ست (6) خوخ
عشرون (20) حبة عنب – ممكن أحمر أو أخضر
ثلاث (3) ملاعق من العسل
نصف كوب من عصير البرتقال الطازج
حفنة من اللوز المقشور والمحمص
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طريقة التحضير
قطّعوا التفاح, والكيوي, والبرتقال, والمانغو, والموز, والفراولة, والخوخ الى قطع صغيرة وامزجوها بوعاء كبير
أضيفوا العنب على وعاء الفاكهة
امزجوا الفاكهة بالوعاء وأضيفوا عصير البرتقال الطازج
اتركوا الفاكهة في الوعاء ليتخمّر مع عصير البرتقال لخمس دقائق
أضيفوا العسل
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In Lebanon, we add ashta (قشطة), clotted cream prepared with orange blossom water and rose water, on top of this fruit salad. Ashta is used in many Arabic desserts as a filling and in many others as a topping. We also drizzle honey on top of the ashta and some freshly ground pistachio powder and roasted almonds.
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For now take care and stay tuned for upcoming posts!
Happy Learning!
Have a nice day!!
نهاركم سعيد
Sahtein!!!
صَحتين
