Pineapple Kesari - Pineapple Rava Kesari - Traditional Festival Recipe

Pineapple kesari is one of the tasty and mouthwatering sweet recipes which will be loved by people of all ages. My mom makes this during my birthday and now I continue this for my kids birthday. Try this yummy pineapple kesari for any festivals and enjoy.

Ingredients for making Pineapple Kesari

Rava - 1/2 cup
Pineapple - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts - 6
Dried grapes - 6
Saffron a pinch
Warm Milk -  1/2 cup
Cardomom powder - 3 tsp
yellow food color - a pinch

Procedure for making Pineapple Rava Kesari

1. Roast the cashewnuts and dried grapes in 1 tsp of ghee and keep aside.

2. Soak the saffron in 1 tsp of warm milk.

3. Roast the rava in ghee till it becomes light brown or till you get a good aroma. Transfer this in a bowl.

4. Boil 1 cups of water, add 1/2 cup of boiled milk. Add this to the roasted rava and stir well without forming any lumps. Leave this for 5 minutes and then keep this on flame.

5. Chop the pineapple to fine pieces and mash it well. You can add little boiling water for mashing or just use a mixie and run a second.

6. Add the above pineapple mixture to the kesari tava and then sugar and yellow food colorr. You will get a watery consistency. Stir well to avoid lumps

7. Next add the remaining ghee, cardamom powder, roasted nuts & soaked saffron.