Quick Pineapple Pachadi Recipe
Ingredients
- Pineapple- 3 slices chopped cubes 1 cup
- Fresh grated coconut- 1/2 cup
- Whisked yogurt or thick buttermilk- 1/4 cup
- Green chillies- 1 nos.
- Cumin seeds- 3/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking oil- 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Split blackgram lentils- 1/2 tsp
- Broken red chillies- 3 nos.
- Curry leaves- Few
Instructions
Method
- Chop pineapple slices in to medium sized dices. Put them in a pan adding turmeric powder and a cup of water. Let it cook till soft in medium flame.
- As it is cooking, in a mixer add coconut, cumin seeds and green chilly. Grind this to fine puree along with little water.
- Include minced coconut puree, salt to the cooked pineapple and let it boil for a minute or two. Switch off the flame and add whisked yogurt.
- Heat a seasoning pan adding oil, mustard seeds, split blackgram lentils, broken red chillies and curry leaves. When the mustard splutter pour the seasoning over pachadi.
- Comforting rice side dish pineapple pachadi is ready to serve with steamed rice.
Notes
- Choose the pineapple that is sour and sweet in taste.
- Do not overcook pineapple. It should not be mushy. If you cook halfway with little crunchiness retained, it tastes good.
- Use fresh yogurt which is not sour for better taste.
- Adjust green chilly as per your preferences.