Pineapple Sheera Recipe | Pineapple Kesari Recipe | Pineapple Halwa

Pineapple Sheera Recipe | Pineapple Kesari Recipe | Pineapple Halwa | Startup Cooking

March 09, 2021

PINEAPPLE SHEERA RECIPE | PINEAPPLE KESARI RECIPE | PINEAPPLE HALWA | STARTUP COOKING

Sheera is an Indian dessert similar to pudding. It is usually prepared with sooji, ghee and sugar. It's a very simple dessert but delicious in taste.

Pineapple sheera is just a twist to the regular version adding a cup of pineapple chunks, you may use pineapple puree also. Pineapple sheera is very popular dessert in South India in the name of Pineapple Kesari, usually made on auspicious occasions and festivals. This mouth watering dessert is cooked with pineapple, rava, water, saffron, ghee, cashews and cardamom powder. This recipe is easy to prepare and made under 30 minutes.

Some people, milk is used instead of water to cook sheera for rich flavor, but there are chances for milk to curdle due to the sourness of pineapple. I recommend to use the water to cook pineapple.

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Pineapple sheera also called as pineapple halwa in Maharashtra, pineapple kesari in Tamil Nadu, pineapple kesari bath in Karnataka. For better results, I highly recommend to use the fresh pineapple for this recipe, you can add pineapple chunks or pineapple puree and add a pinch of saffron for natural kesar color. Do not add food color.

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RECIPE FOR PINEAPPLE KESARI

Coarse : Dessert

Cuisine : Indian

Author : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Total Time : 30 min

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup ghee - splitted

1/2 cup rava or sooji or semolina

3 tbsp cashews

1.5 tbsp raisins

1 cup pineapple chunks - cut into small pieces

2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1/8 tsp saffron

1/8 tsp green cardamom powder

PROCEDURE

heat a tsp of ghee in a pan

add rava or sooji

fry on a low medium heat until it turns aromatic

transfer the roasted rava on to a plate and keep aside

heat a tbsp of ghee in the same pan

add cashews

fry on low flame until they turn golden brown

now add raisins and fry until they turn puff up

transfer the roasted cashews and raisins to a plate and keep aside

heat a tsp of ghee in the same pan

add pineapple chunks and saute for 3 minutes

add water, sugar and saffron

mix well

cover and boil for 3-4 minutes or until the pineapple softens

once the water starts to boil, add roasted rava and stir continuously without forming any lumps

cover and cook on low medium flame

once the rava is absorbed all the water, add remaining ghee and cardamom powder

mix well and cook for another 1-2 minute or until the ghee starts to release from the kesari

switch off the flame and then add roasted cashews and raisins

mix well

serve pineapple sheera or pineapple kesari hot or warm

NOTES

if you do not prefer pineapple chunks, then you can add pineapple puree
if you don't have saffron, add a pinch of yellow food color
roast the rava well in ghee or else there is a chances of getting lumps while making kesari