Pineapple Kheer/ Ananas Payasam

Pineapple or ananas is a tasty fruit goes well in juice, sweets and also curries.  My mother prepared it in summer holidays for us and we liked it.  It tastes good with sweet & tangy flavor. Hence sharing this simple recipe with you.

Check here for the recipes of Fresh Pineapple Juice/ Ananas Juice, Pineapple Coconut Chutney, PineappleSheera/ Pineapple Semolina Halwa..

Ingredients:

Pineapple pieces – 1 cup (finely chopped)

Thick coconut milk – 1 cup

Jaggery/ Sugar - ¾ cup, adjust according to taste and sweetness of pineapple

Rice flour/ Corn flour – 1 tsp (optional)

Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp

Method:

• Peel off pineapple & chop it very fine.
• Cook the pineapple pieces with little water or thin coconut milk. Check here for the process of extracting coconut milk.
• Add sugar/ jaggery when pineapple is cooked. Boil well.
• If you like thicker kheer, add 1 tsp corn/rice flour with little cold water and mix without lumps and add to the boiling kheer.
• Add thick coconut milk at the end, bring to a boil. Sprinkle cardamom powder. Switch off the stove.

Serve hot or cold payasam/ kheer.