Fruit Cocktail

பழரசம் (Mixed Fruit Juice / Palarasam)

Fruit Cocktail is also called as mixed fruit juice in southern part of Tamil Nadu, a very famous drink in summer days. I used 5 different fruits but you can use more or less based on availability. Banana is must and mango gives best flavor. Since Mango is available during summer months, this juice is also mostly available and famous during summer months.

Ingredients for Fruit Cocktail

Small bannana – 4 – 5
Mango Fruit – 1
Apple – 1/2
Grapes – 1 big bunch
Dates – 10
Water – 1 cup
Nannari syrup – 1/4 cup
Sugar crystals (Kalkandu) – 1/4 cup

Directions

Remove the skin of banana, apple, mango.
Chop the mango and apple into small pieces.
Smash the banana with masher in a mixing bowl.
Add mango and apple pieces one by one, then smash.
Clean the grapes and divide into two portions.
Take the half of the grapes and sugar crystals into blender and make juice.
Also chop the other half of the grapes and smash.
Chop the dates and add this to the mixer.
Pour nannari syrup and water.
Give a good mix to this fruit cocktail.
Refrigerate this for one hour and serve chill.

Notes

You can choose whatever fruit you want but don’t add sour taste fruit as it will spoil the taste of fruit cocktail.
Banana is must in this recipe, if you are adding big banana add 2 – 3.
Jackfruit give good taste to the fruit cocktail.