Dive into the pool of sweetness that comes along with the lip-smacking Pineapple Kesari with its shimmering golden yellow color and attractive crumbly texture with crunchy pineapple bites in between..
Take a few strands of saffron and soak it in a small cup of hot water and keep aside.
Peel off the skin from the pineapple and clean them well. Chop them into fine pieces and measure half a cup of chopped pineapple and keep it in a small bowl.
Place a thick bottomed wok in the stove and turn it on. When it is heated up tip in half a teaspoon of ghee and add half a cup of pineapple to it and stir in.
Tip in a pinch of salt and one or two drops of lemon to it and stir in. Then add a tablespoon of sugar and mix well.
Now add a little water and change the flame to low mode and pop the lid on and let it get cooked up for a while.
Just after two minutes open the lid and see that the pineapple chunks have softened. Take out the wok from the stove and keep aside.
Place a saucepan in the stove and tip in two tablespoons of ghee in it.
When it melts down, just add a cup of rava to it and start stirring.
Keep stirring in low flame continuously for three to five minutes approximately.
When it turns granular and aromatic, just transfer it to a bowl and place the pan again in the stove.
Tip in another tablespoon of ghee and roast the cashew nuts and raisins in low flame and when it starts turning golden brown immediately add two and a half cups of water and alter the flame to medium mode and let it boil for three minutes approximately.
When it comes to a boil just add the saffron water to it and you will see the water turning yellow. Now add the roasted rava to the saucepan while stirring gently with the other hand.
Let the whole process be done in medium flame and keep stirring until the rava gets cooked up completely.
After a while the rava will start to thicken and at this stage just blend in the measured quantity of sugar and stir well.
The sugar will start to melt and the rava will get loosened slightly.
Keep stirring for a while until the sugar blends completely with the rava.
Here you add the remaining ghee and keep stirring. Within minutes the sweetened rava will gather like a whole mass.
This is the stage where you have to add the sauteed pineapple chunks.
Blend them well for a few minutes until it turns aromatic and at last add the roasted dry fruits and simmer.
Turn off the stove after five minutes approximately and transfer it to a serving bowl and serve hot, warm or chill depending upon your choice and preference along with a savoury like vada or pakora.
Serving Size 100 g
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