Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa

Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa. .pineapple Chunks and some Pineapple Puree to get rich and tastier Kesari. To make this Sooji rava kesari more healthier I have not added any color, Instead I have. used Saffron strands. You can make this kesari more richer by replacing half portion of water with milk.

Halwa or kesari which is a pudding like dessert made from sooji (rava) is very popular in India during any festive occasions. in. Pineapple sheera recipe or pineapple kesari is an halwa made with semolina, sugar, ghee, cashews, raisins and pineapple chunks. There are a few different ways pineapple kesari can be made, sharing the easiest one. You can cook Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa

1. Prepare 1/2 kg of sooji/rava. (Serves 6-8 people).
2. You need 5-8 tbsp of ghee.
3. You need 2 cups of chopped nuts & dry fruits.
4. Prepare A few of crushed cardamoms.
5. You need 2-3 cups of finely chopped pineapple.
6. Prepare 4-6 cups of sugar.
7. Prepare 3 tbsp of sunflower oil.
8. It's 3 cups of water.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of yellow food colour /Kesar powder.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Pineapple liquid essence.
11. You need 2 tsp of cardamom powder (optional).

If you do not like pineapple chunks and want the halwa to be more fruit. Each spoonful of pineapple kesari delights and surprises you with wonderful tiny, bite sized Pineapple, a golden yellow juicy fruit covered with soft cactus like skin and spiky, prickly leaves on top is a all Rava gets cooked and forms a lump, at this stage add sugar. Pineapple Rava Kesari is a delicious sooji (semolina) halwa packed with the goodness of pineapple. Adding pineapple in suji halwa makes it all the way more tasty and tempting.

Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa instructions

1. Dry roast the rava on a medium flame until it becomes hot to touch..
2. Remove the rava from pan. Add 1 & 1/2 cups ghee and let it melt..
3. Add the roasted rava into the pan with ghee. Ghee will get absorbed into the rava quickly..
4. Roast on medium flame till rava turns brown..
5. Add the chopped pineapple and mix well..
6. Bring to boil 3 cups of water. Add to it 1/2 tsp yellow food colour/ kesar powder and 1 tsp pineapple essence..
7. The water is then added to the rava. Once mixed well let all the water evaporate. Stir continuously on low flame or the rava forms clumps..
8. Add the sugar and mix well. Sugar will release water by itself. Wait for it to get absorbed into the rava. The more sugar you add the better will be the consistency of Kesari..
9. Roast the nuts, dry fruits & cardamom in a tbsp ghee for 2 mins..
10. Add the fried dry fruits to the Kesari. Add the remaining ghee and give a good mix on low flame. Can add the cardamom powder now as well (optional).
11. Garnish with chopped pistachios and raisins. Serve hot with a scoop of chocolate/vanilla icecream..

Pineapple Halwa is one of the most delicious, fruity Indian desserts I have ever tried. Rawa Kesari Or Kesari Bath Or Pineapple Sheera - is the first dish (other one is filter coffee, off course) that I had learned to make after moving to Bangalore almost a decade back. Living out of a suitcase, erratic work schedules and frequent travel plans means surviving on bare minimal resources. Pineapple Kesari (pineapple suji ka halwa) is commonly served in marriages. It is a classic sweet dish prepared with rava and pineapple.