Ananas Curry

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Ananas Curry is a sweet and sour curry recipe made from chopped ananas or pineapples. The tempering of hing, mustard seeds, curry leaves and addition of tangy tamarind water and grated coconut adds to the flavour of this South Indian vegetable delicacy.

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Preparation Time: 15 Cooking Time: 30 Total Time: 45 mins 5
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Ingredients

INGREDIENTS:
1 tin of canned crushed pineapple with its juice
1 tin of canned pineapple chunks, retain the juice.
1 cup thick of coconut milk
salt to taste
2 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson) and cumin seeds (jeera)
1 tsp tomato ketchup or 1/4 cup of tomato puree
1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi) , cumin seeds (jeera) powder and chilli powder
2 tbsp oil
2 big sized onions or 5 small sized, chopped
few curry leaves (kadi patta)
2 to 3 whole dry kashmiri red chillies
1 stick of cinnamon (dalchini)
cloves (laung / lavang)
1 whole garlic (lehsun), skin removed
2 tbsp ginger (adrak)
2 green chillies, chopped

GARNISH
finely chopped coriander (dhania) leaves

Method

Method,

Heat up oil( 1 tablespoon) in the pan and add 1 teaspoon of mustard and cumin seeds and let them splatter.
Saute all the ingredients in (a) till onions are caramelized or are golden brown.
Let the mixture cool down before blending into fine paste with 1/4 cup pineapple water and tomato paste/puree.
Heat up oil once more( 1 tablespoon) and add 1 teaspoon of mustard and cumin seeds and let them splatter but now pour the mixture entirely into the pan .
Also remaining pineapple water and crushed pineapple.
Once the mixture starts to simmer,add coconut milk and keep stirring for 5 minutes and add pineapple chunks.
Also add cumin,turmeric and chilli powder and salt.
Keep stirring gently so that pineapple chunks remain whole.
After 15 minutes of boiling or till the curry seems thicks and creamy,its time to be served with your favorite rice.