Pineapple Pachadi is a sweet side dish served with traditional Kerala sadya. In Thiruvananthapuram side, either pineapple pachadi or beetroot pachadi, or both, are served as a side dish for traditional sadya in marriage ceremonies and other engagements. In fact, pineapple pulissery is an integral part of the traditional sadya of South Kerala regions, served soon after payasams. Olan also serves as the side dish of Pulissery.
 
But in this article, I am not giving a recipe of Pachadi in Thiruvananthapuram style. It’s a recipe posted on Vanitha Magazine on September 1-14 2011 edition, and this pachadi is indeed colourful and sweet, and an excellent sweet side dish for rice. It’s definitely a new but easy dish to try. But diabetic patients, please avoid it. Also read: Pineapple – Pumpkin Pachadi.

Pineapple-Banana Pachadi recipe

 Ingredients for Pineapple-Banana Pachadi:

1. Fully ripened pineapple fruit – 1 big
2. Banana fruit (Nentra Pazham /Etha Pazham) – ½
3. Salt and water – As required
4. Chilli powder – 1 tsp
    Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
5. Cashew nuts – 25 g
    Sugar – ½ cup
6. White grapes – ¼ cup
7. Mustard – ½ tsp
    Coconut, grated and crushed – ¼ cup
8. Coconut oil – 2 tsp
9. Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
    Red chillies whole – 3
    Curry leaves – 2 stalks
10. Mustard, powdered – ¼ tsp

Method of preparation of Pineapple-Banana Pachadi:

1. Finely chop the pineapple into pieces after removing the skin.
2. Split the banana into 2 or 4 pieces, and cut them into small pieces.
3. Cook pineapple and banana pieces by adding enough water and salt along with ingredients no: 4.
4. When done, cook till the water content is almost absorbed. Add sugar and cashews, and mix well.
5. When the water content is fully absorbed, turn the flame off.
6. Crush ingredients  no: 7. Remove water content of grapes, and mix both these items with pachadi.
7. Sauté ingredients no: 9 in coconut oil and add to pachadi.
8. Also, mix mustard powder into the dish and mix the contents well. 
 
Archive: Vanitha magazine September 1-14 2011 edition
 

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