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Tropical Fruit Salsa Recipe
Fruit can make for great salsa; and especially so when the fruit in question is of the tropical variety. Mango has become a particularly popular fruit for salsa, making a great ingredient for habanero-laced Caribbean style salsas. This tropical fruit salsa includes the ever popular mango as well as another popular tropical fruit: papaya.
The papaya plays a very important role in this salsa recipe, providing a cooling counterpoint to the heat of the jalapeno peppers and the tanginess of the mango and lime. It also makes this salsa a perfect accompaniment to grilled fish and meats as well as an ideal partner for tortilla chips, especially on a warm summer's day.
If you love mango and papaya, this is one tropical fruit salsa recipe you cannot afford to be without. The sweetness and juiciness of the fruit along with the bite of the peppers, onion, and cilantro is a combination, which simply cannot be beat.
Tropical Mango - Papaya Salsa
Ingredients -
1 cup papaya, peeled and diced
½ cup mango, peeled and diced
1 small white or red onion, diced
1 tbsp cilantro, minced
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno (or more, if you prefer a hotter salsa), diced
½ teaspoon salt
A pinch of sugar
Preparation:
Even with a comparatively large list of ingredients for a simple fruit salsa recipe, this salsa is a very easy one.
Peel and dice the mango and papaya (take care to scoop out the seeds from the papaya and to cut around the large seed in the mango).
Dice the onion, jalapeno and chop the cilantro.
Combine the fruit, peppers, onions, and cilantro in a bowl and add lime juice, salt and a pinch of sugar. Refrigerate for two to four hours before serving to allow the flavors to blend together.
As good as this tropical fruit salsa recipe is, do not make too much at once, since it does not keep well for more than a day or two - you will just have to make more once you have a hankering for this mouthwatering fruit salsa again.
