Sunday, December 6, 2009

Pineapple Kesari - Recipe of the week - 7th December


 
Pineapple Kesari, by Mahimaa Ramkumar from Indian Vegetarian Kitchen



Ingredients: 
  • Sooji/Rava/Semolina-1/2 cup
  • Sugar-1/2 cup
  • Water-1 cup
  • Ghee(clarified butter)-2 tbsp
  • Cardamom-1/4 tsp
  • Saffron-a few strands
  • Pineapple pieces chopped finely-1/4 cup
  • Milk-2 tbsp
  • Chopped nuts(almonds, cashews)-1 tbsp
  • Raisins-2 tsp
  • Food color(any color)-a pinch(pink used here)

 Method:

Soak saffron in warm milk. In a vessel, bring water and pineapple pieces to a boil. In a pan, melt butter and make ghee. Roast nuts and raisins in ghee and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Return the pan to stove. Roast rava on low flame for 5-6 minutes. Add cardamom, saffron-milk, boiling water(with pineapple pieces) and food color. Keep stirring while pouring hot water to avoid lumps. Cook for a minute. Add sugar. Stir well and cook for 2 minutes. Add half of the ghee+nuts mixture and mix well.Before serving kesari, top it off with remaining ghee and nuts.

Note: You may also add a few drops of pineapple essence to make it even tastier. Instead of adding pineapple, you can make plain kesari and add a few drops of almond essence.


Check out more recipes by Mahimaa on her blog "Indian Vegetarian Kitchen"

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