Pineapple Pappada Chammanthi
A sweet, spicy, tangy Kerala side dish with pineapple, coconut, tamarind, and fried pappadams.
Servings: 3 people
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Ingredients
- 4 –5 pappadams
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 7 –8 shallots
- 4 –5 dry red chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ inch ginger chopped
- 1 cup pineapple chopped
- ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup coconut pieces
- 1/2 lemon-sized tamarind piece
Instructions
- Fry pappadams and set aside.
- In 1 tbsp oil, sauté chana dal, shallots, red chillies.
- Add curry leaves, ginger, then pineapple.
- Add chilli powder, salt. Cook briefly.
- Switch off, add coconut pieces, cool.
- Grind with tamarind to a coarse paste.
- Mix with broken pappadams. Serve with rice and ghee.