Spiced fruits in a yoghurt cream

Cook, eat and celebrate your own connections with trees: Apple, Pear, Lychee,

Cinnamon, Cloves, Mango, Pomegranate, Papaya, Orange.

Ingredients

- 4 portions of prepared fruits such as apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, pineapple,

mango, lychee, papaya, orange, grape, pomegranate, melon.

- Flaked almonds, toasted, to serve.

Syrup:

- 80g jaggery (which can be made from the sap of the date palm) or 3-4 tbsp soft

brown sugar to taste

- 400ml cold water

- 3 green cardamom pods, lightly pounded to open

- 2 brown cardamom pods, lightly pounded to open

- 3 inch cinnamon stick

- 3 cloves

- 1 inch fresh ginger

- 2-3 drops rose essence

- 2-3 black peppercorns

Instructions:

• Place all the ingredients for the syrup in a small saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar completely dissolves. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes

or until thickened and syrupy. Pour straight over the prepared fruit.

• Garnish with the nuts and serve with sweetened yoghurt cream.

Recipe written by members of the Awaz Utaoh Group