Pineapple Rava Kesari

Wish you all a very happy new year 2015.  New year, new beginning and new dreams, may all of that become sweeter than ever for you all.  

To make this new year a little more sweet and yummy I have made this Pineapple Rava Kesari.  A wonderful dessert that everyone would like to dig in.  Its so simple to make yet so delicious.  It sounds and looks so festive I must say.  This is the first time I have tried my hands on making this Kesari but it came out simply superb.  We all loved it to the core.  I would love to make it again and again.

Pineapple gives this kesari a unique flavour.  As I wanted a strong pineapple flavour I used pineapple essence but this is completely optional, even without the essence you will get the nice flavour of this kesari.  I used very little ghee but felt no compromise with the taste.  I strongly recommend to use less ghee as it is not needed to use more ghee as all the flavour will come from the pineapple but do not compromise with the sugar.  Use the exact amount of sugar that is given in the recipe.  I increased the amount of sugar little by little by checking its level during cooking and finally ended up using the amount I have given here in the recipe.  I added cashews also but you can skip this part or may add any dry fruits of your choice.

Now no more chitchat, I am leaving you here with this yummylicious dessert.  Try out and enjoy this new year.  Happy Cooking :)

Ingredients:

Rava/Sooji/Semolina	4 tbsp
Pineapple (chopped)	½ cup
Sugar	5 ½ tbsp
Cashews (chopped)	5-6
Cashews for decoration	2
Ghee	1 tbsp
Pineapple essence (optional)	¼ tsp
Yellow food color	1/8 tsp
Water	1 ¾ cup

Method:

• Take a sauce pan and boil together water and pineapple. Let the pineapple become soft.  Once softened, add sugar into it and boil for 2 minutes or till the sugar melt.  Remove it from the flame.
• Heat a heavy bottom non stick pan, add ghee and rava into it.  Fry rava till it gets light brown. Simmer the flame and add pineapple sugar mixture into fried rava little by little to avoid formation of lumps.  Add food color and mix well.  Add chopped cashews and mix again.  Keep stirring. Cover it and let cook for about 8-10 minutes on low flame.
• Remove from the stove and let it warm.
• Garnish with cashews and sprinkles. Serve warm.

Have a bite :)

Notes:

1. If during cooking the pineapple and rava together you find that some water is needed you can add a little bit of it, enough to cook the rava.
2. Dry fruits you can add according to your choice.
3. More ghee can be added if you like to.