Pineapple Pachadi

Ingredients

• Pineapple – 1 Cup
• Green chilli (പച്ചമുളക്) – 2 Nos
• Ginger (ഇഞ്ചി) – 1 inch piece
• Water (വെള്ളം) – ¾ Cup
• Grated Coconut (തേങ്ങ ചിരണ്ടിയത്) – ½ Cup
• Dry red chillies (വറ്റൽമുളക്) – 2 Nos
• Curd (തൈര്) – ¾ Cup
• Coconut Oil (വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ) – 1 Table Spoon
• Mustard seeds (കടുക്) – 1 Tea Spoon
• Shallot (ചെറിയ ഉള്ളി) – 4 Nos
• Curry leaves (കറിവേപ്പില) – 1 Sprig
• Salt (ഉപ്പ്) – to taste

Method

1. Peel off pineapple skin and cut it into small pieces (1 cup).
2. Slice green chilli (length wise) and shallots.
3. Chop the ginger into small pieces.
4. Grind the grated coconut well into a paste.
5. Cook the pineapple pieces along with green chilli, ginger, salt and water in a covered cooking vessel.
6. When it is done, to this add the ground paste, mix it well and wait till it boils.
7. Remove from the flame, add curd to it and mix it well. Taste for salt.
8. Heat 1 table spoon coconut oil in a cooking pan and put mustard seeds. When it splutters, to this add broken dried red chillies, shallot & curry leaves and saute it.
9. Add this sauteed mix to the prepared pachadi and mix it.
10. Serve it as a side dish for rice.

Tips

If you want the curry to be sweeter, add little sugar also.