ROJAK BUAH

I with my two friends called on the parents of one of our students who has not been attending school regularly. We were worried about his performance for his Malay language paper and wanted to have a talk with the boy's parents to advise them to make sure that he attends school since he will be sitting for his examination next week.

While we were there, the boy's mum served us Rojak Buah or Fruit Salad which she made. It was delicious. I did not ask her for the recipe since the rojak sauce made by my friend Kamariah tastes equally good.

For overseas visitors, you can try make the rojak on your own. The recipe is for Nyonya style Rojak Buah.

RECIPE FOR ROJAK BUAH

Fruits used:
Pineapple
Green Mango or semi ripe mango
Jicama/Sengkuang
Cucumber
Guava


Sauce Ingredients:
1 anchovies stock cube(dissolve with a bit of water)
1 in roasted shrimp paste
2 ½ tbsp thick soy sauce
½ cup sugar or brown sugar
250gm palm sugar/gula melaka
2 red chilies(if want more spicy can add bird’s eye chilies)
2 tbsp tamarind juice
2 tbsp calamansi lime juice/or normal lime juice
½ cup roasted groundnuts(grind to a paste)
1 ¼ cups fried plain flour
1 tbsp sesame seeds (roasted)
Salt to taste

Toppings
1 cup roasted groundnuts /peanuts (ground coarsely)

Directions
Pound red chilies and roasted shrimp paste .Keep aside.In low heat, mix in 1 cup water with palm sugar.Let it cook until palm sugar melts.In between add in the sugar/brown sugar.Once the syrup thicken slightly, close fire. Slowly add in the palm sugar syrup into the fried plain flour. Stir quickly until the syrup is mixed well with the flour.Sieve the mixture.Add in soy sauce, pounded chili and shrimp paste , grounded peanuts, tamarind juice, lime juice , anchovies mixture and salt to taste . Give a good stir and finally add in sesame seeds .Stir again.

To serve:
In a bowl , add in cut fruits and vegetable, add in the sauce and give it a stir so that the sauce is well combine with all the ingredients, garnish with a generous amount of coarsely pounded peanuts or roasted groundnuts.

Source: http://malaysiandelicacies.blogspot.com/2008/08/rojak-buah-nyonya.html