Receta Fruit Rojak
Fruit Rojak or Mixed Fruits With Sweet Sauce is a popular salad in Malaysia. It's typically served as a snack or appetizer. To make this delicious snack you will need the sweet sauce, which consists of shrimp paste, palm sugar, sesame seeds, and chili. Then mix and toss some of the sauce with different types of fruits, vegetables, and plenty of chopped peanuts.
Fruit Rojak
Ingredients
Rojak Sauce
- 1 Tub (180 grams or about 7 Tbsp) Shrimp Paste/Har Koh/Hae Ko
- 50 grams Palm Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Sweet Sauce/Tim Cheong
- 1 tsp Roasted Shrimp Paste/Belacan
- 1 ½ Tbsp Sriracha or Chili Sauce
- 1 ½ Tbsp Roasted Sesame Seeds
- 1 ½ Cups Roasted Peanuts, chopped or pounded
- 1 Pack (10 pieces/90 grams) Tofu Puff, grilled, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 Guava, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 Cucumbers, peeled & cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 Medium Jicama/Yam Bean, peeled & cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 Small Pineapple, peeled & cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 Green Mango, peeled & cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 Water Apple/Jambu Air, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 Small Under ripe Papaya, peeled, seeded & cut into bite-size pieces
Method
Make the Rojak sauce: Place all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan, except the sesame seeds. Simmer the sauce over low heat until the palm sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and mix in the sesame seeds. Let the sauce cool completely.
To make the Fruit Rojak: Place some sauce (about 3 Tbsp) in a mixing bowl. Then add some chopped peanuts, follow by a portion of guava, cucumber, jicama, pineapple, green mango, jambu air, papaya and tofu puffs. Mix all the ingredients until well combine and top with extra chopped peanuts.
Serves 4