PAJERI NANAS

This dish has a aroma and unique taste of its own.


PAJERI NANAS

Ingredients:
300 grms sweet fresh pineapple pieces cut into small chunks
3 shallots sliced
2 pips garlic chopped
2 green chillies sliced into two
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs of meat curry powder mix with water to make into a paste.
1 tbs finely grated ginger
1 ½ tbs of kerisik ( fried coconut paste)
2 cups of thin coconut milk
Salt to taste

To Season;
2 tsp oil
3 star anise
3 cardamom pods
2 inch cinnamon sticks
½ tsp of aniseeds

Little brown sugar

Method:
Heat the oil in a cooking pot. Add in the spices to season.
Let them splutter, add in the sliced shallots, garlic, curry leaves
and grated ginger. Sauté until they are aromatic.

Add in the curry paste, stir vigorously, let it cook for 5 minutes.
Add little water if needed.
Now add in the pineapple, green chillies and the coconut milk.
Stir , cover and cook for about 10 minutes, until the pineapple softness.

When the pineapple is soft add in the kerisik, the brown sugar.
Stir until it dissolves, cover and let it simmer until the curry thickens
on low heat. Remove and serve with ghee rice or white rice.

To Make Coconut Paste:
Take about 5 tbs of desiccated coconut.
Fry it on low heat stirring from time to time.
The coconut will become dark brown in colour.
Transfer the coconut to a mortar.
Take a pestle and grind the the kerisik till it becomes
a smooth paste.