Pineapple Menaskai

Pineapple Menaskai - Nisha Baliga Shenoy 

Ingredients:

1 Medium sized Pineapple
1 tbsp Coriander seeds
1 tbsp urad dal
1 tsp methi seeds
1 tbsp Jaggery pd
2 tbsp coconut grated
2 tsp white sesame seeds (Til)
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp oil
20 Red dry chillies
some curryleaves
salt to taste

Remove the skin from pineapple and chopped it into small cubes.
Heat oil in a pan and fry , coriander, urad, methi, Til, chillies separately .keep aside.
Cook the pineapple cubes in a vessel till done by adding enuf water.
Grind together coconutand the fried items with little water to a smooth masala.
In a pan heat oil, add mustard, when it crackles, add, curry leaves and the ground masala.
Add salt to taste and jaggery, and add enuf water to make it a gravy.
let it boil. Now add the cooked pineapple and mix well .
Bring this to a boil and cook for 2- 5 minutes on low flame stirring.
Turn off the gas when the gravy thicken.
This is served as side dish and is a Saatwik dish.

                              
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