Warm Dry Fruit And Nut Salad

A very nice simple and healthy addition to any type of meal is dry fruit salad. There are many versions to this dry fruit salad and they are common in the middle eastern cuisine. The salad can be made either by soaking the nuts preferably for a few hours or over night. These soaked nuts and dry fruits are toasted and served. It can be served warm as a side dish to add a sweet and nutty taste to our meal or can be served as a dessert with yogurt, whipped cream, ice cream or cottage cheese. The aroma emitted from this blend of fruits and nuts made the whole house smell very aromatic. A must try recipe and one of my favorite salad.

Gadgets:

Bowls

Measuring Cups and Spoons

Colander

Spatula

Kettle

Ingredients:

Raw Cashew nut - 1/4 cup

Raw Almonds - 1/4 cup

Raw Walnut - 1/4 cup
Raw Pistachios - 1/4 cup
Pine Nuts - 3 tbsp

Raisins - 3 tbsp

Apricot - 1/4 cup whole chopped into cubes

Dates - 8 chopped

Honey - 1 tbsp

Lemon Juice - a dash

Salt - a pinch

Rose Water or Saffron in water or orange blossom water - 1 tsp

Water - enough to soak the nuts and fruits

Preparation:

1. Boil water in the kettle. Soak the nuts in warm water for 30 minutes or until the skin of the almonds peals easily.

2. Heat the ghee and toss in the fruit and nut mixture to warm them up. Add a dash of lemon juice and mix. Then drizzle 1 tbsp of honey and remove from heat.

3. Drizzle rosewater or orange blossom water or saffron soaked water. Give it a toss and serve them warm.