Asian Salad Recipes - Vietnamese Tropical Fruit Salad (Hua Qua Tron) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 small pineapple, peeled, cored and cubed

• 1 ripe mango, peeled, sliced from stone and roughly chopped

• 2 large bananas, cut into thin rounds

• 10 lychees, outer shells and stones removed, then quartered

• 1 orange, peeled, broken into segments and roughly chopped

For the dressing:

• 600ml (1 pint) water

• 6 tablespoons sugar

• 2 tablespoons finely chopped ginger

• 2 pieces of star anise

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 1 clove

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 10 mint leaves, finely chopped

Serves 4

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Method

1. First make the dressing: heat the water and dissolve the sugar, then add all the other ingredients except the lemon juice and mint. Stir well and leave to cool.

2. Arrange the fruit in a serving bowl. Add the lemon juice and chopped mint to the dressing. Stir well, add to the salad and mix well.

3. Chill in the fridge before serving.