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Saudi Fruit Cocktail

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    1

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Red Sea Cookbook: Over 100 family recipes and stories from Saudi Arabia

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

  • About

During the summer of 2007, I felt very homesick as I was desperately missing this juice during my first British heatwave. One day, on my usual random window-shopping spree (yes, window shopping is therapy for me), I found my favourite Saudi-made (Al-Marai brand) fruit cocktail in the chilled aisle of a tiny, cramped Arab grocery store. I literally screamed with joy, as if I had won the lottery. I spent a good 5 minutes staring at it with my eyes flooded with tears and memories running wild