Pineapple pachadi tastes like an exotic dish full of flavor. Fruit curries like pachadi and pulisherri is an integral part of the traditional Kerala cuisine.Locally available fruits like pineapple, mango and sweet plantain are used to make some of these curries.Most of them are yogurt and coconut based curries and part of the traditional feast or Kerala Sadhya.This pineapple pachadi is a unique dish. It is a mouthwatering delicacy which is sweet and tart,a combo of pineapple, coconut and yogurt/curd. There are different versions in different regions like pineapple mathura pachadi and pineapple tenga aracha curry. Here is two other versions which tastes equally delicious.
Ingredients
Pineapple chopped- 2 cup
Yogurt- 1 1/2 cup
Coconut- 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp
Chilly powder-1/2 tsp
Green chilly -1
Sugar- 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
Curry leaves
Cook pineapple with turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and sugar and a 1 cup of water till pineapple is completely cooked and can be easily mashed up. Grind coconut and green chilly into a fine paste and mix in yogurt and blend. Add this mixture into the cooked pineapple. Cook in low heat for one minute or till the curry is warm. Do not allow to boil.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they splutter add one red chilly and curry leaves and pour this mixture and oil on the pineapple curry. Serve with rice.
Pineapple pachadi another version
Ingredients
Pineapple chopped - 2 cup
Coconut- 1/3 cup
Yogurt- 1 1/2 cup
cumin- 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1/3
Green chilly- 2 -3
Sugar- 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
Dry red chilly-1
Curry leaves
Cook pineapple along salt, green chilly and 1/3 cup of water.
Make a paste of coconut and cumin. Mix in yogurt into this paste.
Add this mixture to the cooked pineapple and stir till it is warmed up. Do not allow to boil.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they splutter add one red chilly and curry leaves and pour this mixture and oil on the pineapple curry. Serve with rice.
Check other pachadi recipes in this blog:
Vellarikka/Cucumber Pachadi
Thakkali/Tomato Pachadi
Mango/Mambazham Pachadi
Bottlegourd/Churaykka Pachadi
For pickled pineapple recipe check: Pineapple Achar/Pickle
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Hope you will all enjoy..
