ROJAK

THE FUTURE OF BUAH

ROJAK BUAH… EAT FIRST, THINK LATER…

NUTRITION
FACTS… The rojak buah is
an alternative
1 SERVING = 250 g
dessert to
chocolate and ice
Calories 150
Sodium 0 mg cream that can
Total Fat 0g
Potassium 0 mg
be just as
Saturated 0g addictive but
Total Carbs
0 g Polyunsaturated with a plus point
0g
Dietary Fiber
of giving the
0 g Monounsaturated extra needed
0g This delicious fruit and vegetable
Sugars 0g roughage to its dish, tossed in a spicy sweet
Trans
0g
patrons. shrimp paste with crushed
peanuts, can be served as a
Source: snack or as an exotic salad.
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 A BRIEF STORY
ABOUT
ROJAK…
This popular Malaysian fruit salad is
often sold from mobile stalls parked by
roadsides. Although it is a fruit salad,
rojak is tossed in a pungent sauce
made of fermented shrimp paste and
red chillies or bird’s eye chillies. Salty,
sweet, sour and some times hot , rojak
can be tossed up with any combination
of fruits such as green mango ,pickled
papaya or ¾ ripe papaya, guava,
jicama and the common cucumber.
The standard offering is made with DO IT YOURSELF...
cucumber, fresh ripe pineapple,
Recipe By Florence Tan
jicama/sengkuang and green mango
tossed with the rojak sauce and topped
with sesame seeds and a generous
INGREDIENTS:
amount of toasted peanuts. At times
STEPS:
blanch beansprouts or sweet potato
• 1 tbsp chilli paste
leaves can be found. Due to the use of
• 1 tbsp thick tamarind paste 1. For a thick tamarind paste, soak 2-3 tsp
a combination of tropical fruits and
• 1 tbsp belacan (dried shrimp paste) tamarind pulp with 3-4 tbsp of hot water
vegetables that goes into the mixing and mix thoroughly with fingers. Strain
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
bowl, the term ‘rojak’ has a meaning of and discard seeds.
• 3 tbsp palm sugar or dark brown
sugar 2. In a hot dry pan, crumble and toast the
• 2-3 tsp sugar dried shrimp paste for 1-2 minutes.
• ½ cup water 3. In a small saucepan, add chilli paste,
tamarind paste, belacan, oyster sauce,
• 1 cucumber, peeled, halved and cut
brown sugar, water and stir to mix
into wedges
thoroughly.
• 2 cups green apples, peeled, diced 4. Cook over a low heat until the brown
• 2 cups fresh pineapples, diced sugar dissolves and the sauce thickens
• 1 cup guava, peeled and diced slightly.
• 1 cup slightly unripe mango, diced 5. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
• 1 cup jicama, diced 6. Place all sliced fruits in a salad bowl.
• 1 cup pears, peeled and diced 7. Stir in sauce, sugar, crushed peanuts
• 1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds and sesame seeds.
• 4 tbsp roasted peanuts, coarsely
crushed