African Fruit Salad

Name: African Fruit Salad
Ingredients: avocado; banana; guava; mango; melon; papaya; peach; pear; pineapple; 1 lemon, juice of; fresh grated coconut or chopped roasted peanuts, to garnish; honey (optional) or sugar (optional)

12 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

avocado
banana
guava
mango
melon
papaya
peach
pear
pineapple
1 lemon, juice of
fresh grated coconut or chopped roasted peanuts, to garnish
honey (optional) or sugar (optional)

Directions

1

If using canned fruits: drain and save the liquid. Peel and remove seeds from the fresh fruit as necessary, cut fruit into bite-sized pieces.
2

Combine all fruit in a glass bowl. Add the lemon juice, some of the liquid from the canned fruits or honey/sugar. Stir gently. There should only be enough liquid to coat the fruit; it does not have to be covered in liquid.
3

Cover the fruit salad and allow it to stand at room temperature for a half hour before serving. The fruit salad may be refrigerated after it has stood up to an hour. It should be eaten the same day it is made.
4

Garnish with freshly grated coconut or chopped roasted peanuts right before serving.
5

NOTE: Eastern Africa's Saladi Ya Matunda is made without the lemon juice, coconut or peanuts; it substitutes sugar/honey for the liquid from the canned fruits.