Africantropicalfruitsalad Recipes

TROPICAL FRUIT SALAD

You don't need a long list of ingredients to toss together this refreshing medley. A wonderful dressing made with pineapple yogurt coats the appealing assortment of fresh and canned fruit. -Nancy Stinson, Texarkana, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Lunch

Time 15m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Tropical Fruit Salad image

Steps:

Drain fruit salad, reserving 1/4 cup juice (discard remaining juice or save for another use). In a bowl, combine yogurt, honey and reserved juice. Fold in fruit salad, apple, strawberries and grapes. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 143 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 23mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

Ingredients

2 cans (8-1/4 ounces each) tropical fruit salad
1/2 cup pineapple or vanilla yogurt
1 teaspoon honey
1 small apple, chopped
1/2 cup halved fresh strawberries
1/2 cup halved green grapes

AFRICAN FRUIT SALAD

ZWT7, Africa. "A wide variety of tropical fruits, both native and non-native, are cultivated in Africa. In Western Africa, the closest thing to a dessert course is the "after-chop" and a popular "after-chop" is fruit salad. In Eastern Africa, Swahili people make a Saladi ya Matunda for dessert (See note at bottom of recipe). One interesting thing about the African fruit salad is the use of the avocado. A perfectly fine fruit salad can be made from just three or four of the ingredients listed below. A fruit salad makes a fine dessert course for an African-style dinner." Modified from, www.congocookbook.com.

Provided by UmmBinat

Categories Dessert

Time 12m

Yield 1 fruit salad, 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

African Fruit Salad image

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4.2, Sodium 0.3, Carbohydrate 1.4, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 0.4, Protein 0.2

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)

WEST AFRICAN TROPICAL FRUIT SALAD

Make and share this West African Tropical Fruit Salad recipe from Food.com.

Provided by echo echo

Categories Mango

Time 1h10m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

West African Tropical Fruit Salad image

Steps:

Combine fruits in a bowl.
Combine lime juice and brown sugar and add to fruits; toss to coat.
Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
Sprinkle with coconut.

Ingredients

4 cups 1/2 inch cubed fresh pineapple or 4 cups canned pineapple
2 medium oranges, peeled and divided into sections
2 medium mangoes, peeled and diced
2 bananas, cut in 1/2 inch slices
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, toasted