Fruit Salad In Spiced Syrup

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 None vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
• 1 None cinnamon stick
• 6 None cardamom pods, slightly crushed
• 1 None pineapple, peeled, cored and cubed
• 1/2 None large papaya, peeled, seeded and cubed
• 1/2 None cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cubed
• 1/4 None small watermelon, peeled and cubed

1. Place 1 cup water and sugar in a small saucepan on low heat. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved.
2. Add the vanilla bean and seeds, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods. Bring to a boil without stirring. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 mins without stirring. Remove from heat and cool. Remove vanilla pod, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods.
3. Pour cooled syrup over fruit in a large shallow dish. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hr, stirring occasionally, before serving.

sugar, vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, pineapple, papaya, cantaloupe, watermelon

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/23468 (may not work)