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Kerala · Lunch

Pulissery with Pineapple

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 131. Pulissery with Pineapple recipe

⏱️10 minPrep
🔥8 minCook
🕒18 minTotal
🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Pulissery with Pineapple

  1. Prepare pineapple (5 mins, no heat): Cut fresh pineapple into small cubes (about 1.5cm). Remove all core fibers. Measure exactly 400g.
  2. Prepare coconut paste (2 mins, no heat): Grind coconut, cumin seeds, green chilies with 50ml water to smooth paste. Visual: paste should be creamy, no visible grit.
  3. Mix yogurt (1 min, no heat): Whisk yogurt with 100ml water, turmeric, salt until smooth.
  4. Combine (3 mins, low heat 130°C): Add coconut paste to cooked pineapple, stir well. Slowly pour yogurt mixture while stirring constantly. Heat gently, do NOT boil. Visual: sauce turns creamy, color becomes pale yellow.
  5. Temper (1 min, high heat 180°C): Heat coconut oil, add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds. Crackle well. Visual: seeds pop and darken.
  6. Add tempering (2 mins, no heat): Add curry leaves and shallots to hot tempering, fry 10 seconds. Pour over pulissery. Stir gently. Visual: creamy sauce with golden tempering oil.

📖 Cultural notes

Pulissery with Pineapple combines the fruit's tropical sweetness with Kerala's coconut-yogurt tradition for festive lunch occasions. ---

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