Fruits Chaat

Fruits are a must in ramadan. It helps you to retain the moisture in our body during the whole day during fasting when it is required the most. Research prove that if you eat four to five slices of fruits daily in your diet than you will remain fit and active in future. Not only that, but if you eat fruit just before meal it will help you to eat less quantity of food that help you to take less calories. So what we do is that try to intake lots of fruits during Iftar which help us to reduce snack intake.

The best way to increase fruit intake is to include one fruit salad in our Iftar dishes; whether in custard, in honey dressing, Fruit Chaat or just add any juices to the fruits. I bet you can't stop munching them..

Fruit Chaats are common in Pakistan and north-India; though gaining its own relevance in south-india too.

Ingredients:


Any Fruit of your choice:


I used:

Apple
Pears
Watermelon
Pomegranate/Anar
Banana
Dried Figs
Oranges
Grapes
Plums
Almonds/any other nuts


To Season:



Chaat Masala/ Shan Fruit Chaat -to taste ( I used 2 tsp for this bowl of fruits)
Lime Juice 1 tbsp
Pomegranate Juice 1/4 cup (optional) **
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix everything together except Dried Figs. Check the taste or smell and then adjust the taste. Garnish with figs . Figs are added at last as it may get soaked in juices or other fruits and lose its texture.Some add sugar to it too... You can do your own variations..

**You can add any fresh juices to it like watermelon juice, orange juice, pomegranate or so on..