Microwave Pineapple Kesari : Guest Post by Premalatha Aravindhan

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of a blogger friend whose blog  goes by the name of Prema’s Thaligai, it speaks a million words.. I am floored by the sheer length and breadth of Prema's blog - a very popular one indeed, and her dishes and pictures just speak to you- be it the icing that she uses for her cakes or the traditional recipes that she dishes out with amazing regularity, I am sure you will agree as I do, that its indeed a feast to the eyes. Happy to present Prema as our guest blogger on this monthly featured guest blogger series, and I am sure that her recipe for me - Microwave Pineapple Kesari - will sweep you off your feet with its visual and aesthetic delight. Thank you Prema, for taking off time and presenting this lovely recipe !

 Without much ado, lets proceed to hear Prema, in her own words.....

" Hi everyone. My name is Premalatha Aravindhan from Prema's Thaligai and I’m the baker, recipe developer and photographer for my blog -  a little bit of everything. My home town is Thanjavur,tamilnadu, India.Currently living in Singapore.I have done Master in Computer Applications. At present, I'm a home maker and a proud mom On my blog I mostly share Indian traditional recipes n baked goods.I love baking  and try to surprise my family with different treats. When my  blogger friend Kalyani asked me to be her guest I agreed instantly. I love her blog, her easy and yummy recipes."

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Today I’m going to share with you an easy Recipe - Pineapple Kesari – Microwave  Method : How to Prepare Pineapple Kesari in Microwave:

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Rava/semolina
• 1 cup + 2 teaspoon Sugar
• ½ cup Pine apple
• 4 teaspoon + 1 teaspoon Ghee
• A drop Pineapple essence(optional)
• 1 and  ½ cup Water
• 5-10 Roasted Cashew nuts.

Method:

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Chop the pineapple into small pieces and keep aside.Add water in a oven safe bowl and dissolve  1 cup sugar in it.Reserve 2 teaspoon sugar for later use and keep it in oven for 2 minutes.Stir between at every 30 minutes.

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Take another oven safe bowl,add 4 teaspoon ghee and semolina,mix well.

Keep it in oven for 1 minute,stir in every 30 seconds.Take care that it should not burn at the bottom.

In a oven safe bowl add the chopped pineapple chunks, pineapple essence and reserved sugar.Pineapple essence will give nice flavour and colour,so if you want to add go ahead ,otherwise skip it.

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Don’t add water,just keep it in oven for 1 min / till the pineapple become soft .Stir in between at every 30 seconds.

Add boiled pineapple,roasted semolina with sugar water and mix well.Add the reserved 1 teaspoon ghee and mix well.

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Keep it in oven for 2 mins,stir in between at every 30 seconds.Add the roasted cashew nuts finally and serve hot.Here is the yummy Pineapple Kesari is ready to serve.

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