Ananas menaskai recipe | How to make pineapple menaskai | Pineapple gojju | Pineapple sweet curry
By Latha on February 27th, 2018
Ananas menaskai or pineapple curry recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This menaskai is prepared using pineapple, red chili, sesame seeds, jaggery, coconut and few other spices. Pineapple menaskai or pineapple gojju is a very tasty curry. This is an Udupi style sweet and sour gravy and goes well with rice or chapathi.
Menaskai is a very popular sweet, spicy and sour gravy prepared across Udupi-Mangalore or Karavali region of Karnataka. I have used pineapple or ananas in this recipe. Menaskai can be prepared using other vegetables like bitter gourd, capsicum, raw mango etc., You can find capsicum menaskai recipe here.
Pineapple has several health benefits. Pineapple supports Immune system. It is good for bone strength, eye health and digestion. I prefer eating pineapple as a fruit. But when you have excess Pineapple you can try various recipes like pineapple juice, pineapple palya, pineapple payasa etc.,
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I have made a video on this menaskai recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 small sized pineapple
- 1 green chili (optional)
- A pinch of turmeric powder
- 2 big lemon sized jaggery
- Salt as per your taste
Ingredients required for grinding:
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 6 - 8 red chilies
- 1/4 tsp fenugreek or methi seeds
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1/2 tsp cooking oil
Ingredients required for tempering:
- 1 red chili
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions for making pineapple menaskai:
- Take a small sized well ripened Pineapple (ananas) and wash it thoroughly.
- Cut the ends and peel the Pineapple.
- Now cut Pineapple (ananas) into vertical pieces and remove the middle hard part. Refer the picture below.
- Chop the vertical pieces of Pineapple (ananas) into small tiny pieces.
- Next transfer the chopped pineapple into a pressure cooker. Add in turmeric powder, 1 lemon sized jaggery, salt and 1 slit green chili. Add in required water and cook it until pineapple turns soft.
- Meanwhile take a frying pan and dry roast the sesame seeds until they start popping. But take care not to burn them.
- Next add in 1/2 tsp of oil and fry urad dal, coriander seeds, red chillies and methi seeds. Once done take it out and keep it aside.
- Wait until fried ingredients are cool and transfer them into a mixie jar. add in grated coconut and grind everything into a fine paste by adding required water.
- Once the pineapple is cooked and soft, add this ground masala.
- Add in required water. Menaskai shall have thick gravy. Adjust salt level.
- Also add in required jaggery and adjust the sweet level. This gravy or curry should be sweet and sour. Taste test it. The amount of jaggery depends on the sweetness of the pineapple.
- Mix everything well and boil it for 2 minutes.
- Temper it with oil, red chili, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Serve it with rice or chapati.
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