Pineapple - Cucumber Pulissery
Pineapple - Cucumber Pulissery is a traditional kerala side dish which is made with pineapple and cucumber in a coconut yogurt based sauce. It is the best side dish for rice.
Ingredients
- Pineapple pieces : 1 cup
- Malabar cucumber [vellarikka] pieces : 1 cup
- Curd : 2 cup
- Grated coconut : 1 cup
- Green chillies : 5 nos
- Mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds : ½ tsp
- Turmeric : ½ tsp
- Salt : as reqd
- Sugar : as reqd
For seasoning :
- Coconut oil : 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- Curry leaves : few
- Red chillies : 3 nos
Instructions
- Take pineapple and cucumber in a heavy bottomed vessel and add ½ cup water. Cook with closed lid until the pieces are cooked.
- Meanwhile grind grated coconut, cumin seeds and mustard seeds in thick curd, into thick, fine paste. Do not add water.
- When pineapple and cucumber pieces are cooked add salt, sugar, turmeric powder and slit green chillies.
- Boil for 1 - 2 minutes.
- Add coconut-curd paste to this and stir in low fire. Do not let bubble.
- Stir until the raw taste of coconut & curd is removed and the gravy is about to boil.
- Remove from fire. Splutter mustard and other ingredients for seasoning. Pour on the gravy.
- Serve with rice, idli, sevai. Etc.
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