Rojak is a traditional fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Rojak includes fruits, fried tofu, bean sprouts, prawn, cucumber and anything you want to add in. When you eat it the taste should be sour, tangy, sweet, crunchy. Many people like to eat it as an appetizer while other prefer it as a side dish like salad or even after your food as well. Other day, I felt like having one but none of the food court near to my home serves it.So thought of making something similar to it with my taste buds. This is my first try with homemade rojak.
Rojak Recipe
Ingredients
Cucumber-1/4 cup
Apple- 1 diced
Raw Mango-1/4 cup
Pineapple-1/4 cup
Strawberry/ Kiwi(optional)-1/4 cup
Tamarind paste- 2 tbsp
Lime-1/4 tsp
Palm sugar – I took brown sugar- 1-2 tsp
Salt
Red chilli paste-1/4 tsp
Fried Bread crumbs
Roasted crushed peanut
Method
In a salad bowl take red chilli paste, tamarind paste, salt, sugar, lemon and mix hem well until sugar is dissolved.
Add cucumber, apple, raw mango, pineapple, strawberry, kiwi.
Mix everything well.
Just before you are serving add fried bread crumbs for that crunchiness.
Garnish with roasted crushed peanut.
Enjoy your homemade rojak !!
This is really a nice platter. Very good for health buff and wants to diet. Ive never tried this before when O was in Malaysia and even in SG or even in Indonesia
I think I will like this Malay dish, though I may not put too much chili powder. I will try to look for this when I get to visit Malaysia or Singapore in the future.
Looks yum! I've never tried it in all the times I've been to Malaysia or SG, so I'd definitely try it out on my own.
That looks and sounds absolutely delicious – very limited carbs too – will definitely be trying this! Sim x
It looks and taste delicious. Cool dish to try!
This looks like something I would love. I like it when fruits and vegetables are mixed together and I love the sweet and tangy taste. Plus, there's a crunch in this dish, so that makes it yummy.
Thanks for sharing. This is a great recipe.
First time to hear about Rojak. Looking at the ingredients I can say its rich and taste and flavor.
So this is what Rojak looks like. Seems a nice dish to try. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
That's an interesting take on one of my local faves – looks healthier too I must say!
Interesting salad! I'd like to make one while my daughter is watching, one way of teaching her about fruits and how to eat fruits. -KarenT
You make me want to eat rojak. I like the Penang style fruits rojak, its very appetizing.
Oooh I'm from Singapore. Love rojak! 🙂 We have it with an ingredient termed 'prawn paste' or something usually.
looks so nice and yummy!!! Next time i can make for my own!!! thanks for sharing the recipe!!
nice i miss rojak a lot especially the kind that you are making, not easy to find here so i better copy your recipe
That’s so easy to do, yummy and healthy too 🙂