Pineapple Pulissery is a South Indian dish made with diced pineapple, coconut, green chilies, cumin seeds, curry leaves, yogurt, and seasoning. To make it, pineapple is cooked with turmeric, curry leaves, and water until tender. Meanwhile, coconut, green chilies, cumin seeds, and curry leaves are ground to a paste. The paste is added to the pineapple and cooked briefly. Yogurt is then stirred in and the mixture is removed from heat. For seasoning, mustard seeds, red chilies, and curry leaves are sautéed in oil and poured over the pulissery before serving with rice.
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Pineapple pulissery
1. Pineapple Pulissery
Ingredients
To Cook Pineapple
300 gms Pineapple , Diced
Pinch Turmeric powder
A sprig of Curry leaves
100 ml Water
Salt to taste
To Grind
½ Coconut, grated
5 gms Green chilies
5 gms Cumin seeds
1A sprig of Curry leaves
Little Water to blend
Other ingredients
100 ml Yogurt
For seasoning
10 ml Vegetable oil
3 gms Black Mustard seeds
2 nos Whole dry red chili
A sprig of Curry leaves
Chef Ashokkumar
2. Procedure
In a pan combine pineapple with the ingredients mentioned above "to cook
pineapple ' and cook covered till its done and tender .
In a blender, grind the above mentioned ingredients "to grind".
Add the ground coconut mixture to the cooked pineapple , combine well and cook
for few minutes till the raw taste of coconut is gone .
Remove the pineapple mixture from the heat and immediately add yogurt to it,
combine well.
Taste and add more salt if needed.
Don't heat it after adding yogurt.
For making seasoning
Heat a small pan, add oil, let it turn hot.
Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Add dry red chilies and curry leaves, saute for 2 to 3 seconds.
Pour this seasoning over the pineapple pulissery and cover the pan with its lid to
lock the aroma of the seasoning.
Serve it along with steamed rice.
Options:
You could replace pineapple with cucumber, mango, plantain, pumpkin etc.