Thai-Inspired Fruit Salad

This is a unique fruit salad with a tart, creamy dressing with coconut, lemon, and ginger, and candied cashews with mint, cayenne, and cumin.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 ½ cups raw cashews
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon crushed dried mint
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 7 lemons, juiced
• 0.5 cup white sugar, or more to taste
• 0.5 (15 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, finely chopped, or more to taste
• 6 cups watermelon, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 3 cups cantaloupe, cut into bite-size pieces
• 4 kiwi fruits, sliced
• 1 apple, diced
• 0.5 cup raisins
• 0.5 cup shredded coconut

Steps

1. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Cook and stir butter, cashews, 3/4 cup sugar, dried mint, cayenne pepper, cumin, and coriander in a skillet over medium-low heat until sugar has dissolved and cashews are browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
3. Spread cashews over the prepared baking sheet to cool.
4. Place lemon juice and 1/2 cup sugar in a blender. Blend until sugar is dissolved. Add coconut milk and ginger; blend until smooth.
5. Combine watermelon, cantaloupe, kiwi, apple, raisins, and shredded coconut in a large bowl
6. Pour coconut mixture over fruit and gently toss to coat.
7. Sprinkle cooled cashews over fruit salad.