Pineapple Pachadi
Pineapple Pachadi is a delicious Kerala-style side dish made with fresh pineapple, coconut, green chilli and yogurt. It is a beautiful combination of sweet, tangy and mildly spicy flavours, with a creamy texture from the freshly ground coconut and yogurt.
Equipment
- 1 Pan
- 1 Mixie
Ingredients
- 3/4 no Pineapple
- 1/4 no Pineapple to grind
- 1/2 tbsp Jaggery
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- As req Salt
- 1 Cup Curd Whisked well
To grind
- 1/4 no Coconut
- 3 no chillies Green Chillies
- 1/2 tsp Mustard
To temper
- 2 tsp Coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard
- few Curry leaves
- 2 no Red chillies
Instructions
- Heat coconut oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add curry leaves.
- Chop 3/4th of Pineapple to small cubes. Add the chopped pineapple pieces and sauté briefly.
- Add jaggery, turmeric powder and salt.
- Pour in some water and cook until the pineapple becomes soft and tender.
- Take the remaining pineapple pieces and grind them into a smooth paste. Keep this pineapple puree aside.
- Grind fresh coconut, mustard seeds and green chilli with a little water to make a smooth paste.
- Once the pineapple is cooked, add the ground pineapple puree and coconut paste to the pan.
- Mix everything well and allow it to cook until the raw smell of the coconut paste disappears.
- Finally, whisk the curd well and add it to the pan. Mix gently until everything is well combined.
- Avoid boiling the pachadi after adding the curd.
- The gentle heat is enough to bring everything together while keeping the pachadi creamy and smooth.
- Your delicious Pineapple Pachadi is ready to serve.
- It makes a wonderful accompaniment for rice and is especially perfect as part of a traditional Kerala-style Sadya.