Pineapple Pachadi | Kerala dishes
pineapple pachadi recipe | Pineapple in spicy coconut and yoghurt curry
Servings: 4 people
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Ingredients
- 1/2 medium sized pineapple - finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp chilli powder
- 2.5 tbsp jaggery
- 1/2 cup curd
to grind
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1 no green chilli
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 cup curd
tempering
- 2 no red chilli
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
Instructions
- Chop the pineapple to small pieces. Cook the pineapple with a pinch of salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and jaggery. Sprinkle water in between. Close the vessel and cook.
- Meanwhile Grind coconut, cumin seeds and mustard seeds and half of curd to a fine paste and keep it ready.
- Once pineapple is cooked. i.e., it becomes soft and mashable. Add the ground coconut paste. Cook until raw smell goes off. Stir occasionally.
- Now add remaining curd,mix well and cook for a min in simmer until it blends well. Do not boil after adding curd as it tends to curdle and spoil the texture of the curry.
- Season with mustard seeds,red chilli and curry leaves spluttered in coconut oil. Add it to the pachadi.