Summer Fruit With Cardamom-Lime Syrup

• 1/2 cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 6 green cardamom pods, cracked
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 small watermelon, quartered and sliced into 1-inch-thick wedges
• 4 large mangoes, cut into 1-inch wedges and scored
• 1 tablespoon julienned fresh mint

1. Combine sugar, salt, and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Stir in cardamom pods and lime juice. Remove from heat; steep 30 minutes.
2. Pour mixture into a glass or plastic container; cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Strain cardamom pods from syrup, and discard pods.
3. Arrange watermelon and mango on a serving platter. Sprinkle with mint. Drizzle with about half of syrup, and serve with remaining syrup.

sugar, salt, green cardamom pods, lime juice, watermelon, mangoes, mint

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/summer-fruit-cardamom-lime-syrup (may not work)