Pineapple Kesari (Pineapple Sheera)

Name: Pineapple Kesari (Pineapple Sheera)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup semolina; 1/2 cup ghee; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup pineapple chunks; 1/4 cup pineapple pulp; 1/4 tsp saffron; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 2 tbsp cashew halves; 1 tbsp kismis

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Kesari is the South Indian version of Suji halva. Kesari or suji halva is a popular sweet which is offered as a prasad / naivedhyam for religious occasions as well as any special occasion. Pineapple Kesari is served as a dessert and is also served as a breakfast with poori.

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Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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#ga24
#sikkim
#pineapple
#challenge23
#cookpadindia

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Ingredients

25 minutes

4 persons

1 cupsemolina
1/2 cupghee
1/2 cupsugar
1/4 cuppineapple chunks
1/4 cuppineapple pulp
1/4 tspsaffron
1 tspcardamom powder
2 tbspcashew halves
1 tbspkismis

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Heat one tsp ghee and sauté pineapple chunks for a while. Further add two tbsp of sugar and mix. Now add two and half cups of water and saffron. Let it boil and cook for a while.
2

Now heat two tbsp ghee in a thick bottom pan. Fry cashew nuts and kismis turn by turn and keep aside.
3

Now in the same pan with ghee, add semolina and sauté well on a low flame.
4

Once its sauteed, add cooked pineapple with water. Mix well and then add pineapple pulp followed by sugar. Mix well and cook on a low flame for couple of minutes.
5

Add remaining ghee and cook till ghee separates and kesari leaves the sides of pan.
6

Finally add caramom powder, fried cashew nuts and kismis. Mix and turn off the heat.
7

Garnish with some pineapple chunks and almond pistachio slivers.
Note:
1. Sugar quantity can be adjusted as per the sweetness of pineapple.