Pineapple Kesari with dalia/broken wheat

Kesari is an Indian dessert, originated in South India. I had no idea about this before coming to blogging world. I posted plain kesari recipe before, this time I tried making kesari with pineapple. I love pineapple, specially love them in dessert. But I never made any dessert except bengali pineapple chutney, was looking for some dessert found this kesari recipe and I had no rawa/suji, by which Kesari is generally made, so thought to give it a try with dalia or broken wheat. I was pleasantly surprised with the result I got. Little tangy, little sweet together with the goodness of broken wheat, was a healthy filling dessert.

Ingredients :

Dalia/fine grain broken wheat : 1 cu[
Pineapple : 1 cup
Sugar : 2/3 cup
Orange or yellow food color : 5-6 drops
Ghee/clarified butter : 2 tblsp.
Cashew nuts : 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder : 1-2 tsp.
Slivered almonds/raisins : a handful

Method :

• Heat a pan, add dalia, fry for 2-3 minutes,then put in a pressure cooker, add double the amount of water and cook for 1 whistle. Evaporate all the moisture and keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a pan, add cashew nuts, stir-fry until they turn light brown, add pineapple, cooked dalia. Mix well. Add sugar, food color and keep stirring for 1-2 minute. Then add about 1 cup water.
• Cook continuously(or it will be lumpy) until all water evaporates. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle cardamom powder, mix and you are done. 
• Decorate with slivered almonds or raisins.

Chandrani(my younger sister) of Cuisine delights has shared few awards with me, she never forgets to share her awards with me. She has posted lots of mouth watering recipes in her blog, and has receive lots of love and support from blogging world. I'm very happy for her. We share the same hobby of trying out new recipes, so friends keep visiting her blog and give her loads of support.

I'm sharing these awards with few of my blogger friends...

Premalatha of Prema's Thaligai

Radhika of Tickling Palattes

Kankana of Sunshine & Smile

Kalpana Sareesh of Life with Spices

Priti of Indian Khana

Raks of Rak's Kitchen

Pratibha of The Chef and Her Kitchen

Akila of Torview

Vardhini of Zesty Palette

Priyanka of Asan Khana

Other Dessert with fruits & vegetables :
Pineapple Pudding
Bengali Aam Kheer(mango in thickened milk)
Stewed Pumpkin in Coconut Cream

Mango Coconut BurfiSending this kesari and above archived posts to

Celebrate Sweets : Fruits & Vegetables @ Rak's Kitchen this month, started by Nivedita's Kitchen

 

Sending this kesari and Tomato Rice to

Flavours of South India @ Simply.Food 

Also to Foods for Fasting (Vrat ka Khaana) @ Sizzling Tastebuds
 

And to Radhika's "Diwali Special Event-Sweets & Savories"