Pineapple Gojju / Menaskai/ Pachadi

It's a blog hop day. This is my third time in this series. I had to blog hop Rinku's Kitchen Treats. Rinku is from Kerala and has an enchanting collection of recipes. It was a pleasure going through her space. It's filled with colorful images of the dishes. It's a feast to eyes. Picking what to cook was a challenge in itself. After shortlisting 5 or so, I wanted to try something authentic Kerala cuisine. But one of my favorite pineapple gojju made the cut. My mom makes this often using mangoes/ pineapples during festivals and it's gone in jiffy. This is commonly made during festivals and weddings in B'lore. I did not make much changes to her recipe since I wanted to see how it turns out. Note to self - should sometime post our konkani style recipe too. Below recipe turned almost close to taste as we do it. Do try out this simple recipe.

Serves: 4 | Prep Time: 10 min. | Cooking Time: 20 ~ 30 min.

Ingredients:

Pineapple pieces - 2 cups

Tamarind - 1/2 tsp. extract

Chili powder - 2 tsp.

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.

Jaggery - 2 tbsp full

Grated Coconut - 1 cup

Green Chilies - 2

Oil - 1 tsp.

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.

Red chilies - 2

Curry leaves - 7 to 10 leaves

Salt to taste

 Method of Preparation:

~ Grind coconut and green chilies to make a fine paste.

~ In a heavy bottomed pan, add tamarind extract with half a cup of water and bring it to boil.

~ Add chili powder, pineapple pieces and salt. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Cover and cook for another 2 min.

~ Now add coconut paste, jaggery and continue to cook until it masala thickens. Once done remove from heat, prepare the seasoning and pour it on top & close the lid.

~ For seasoning, heat oil in a small pan, add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add red chilies and curry leaves.

~ Note that if you let it sit for some hours and reheat to serve, it tastes even better, since the fruit pulls in all the spices.

 This is off to Radhika's Blog Hopping event

And to Nayna's Flavours of South India

 to MMK series Vrat ka Khana by Kalyani

Update: Sending this to Richa's F for Fruit Curries event via Charitha.