Pineapple Pudding (Cornmeal Pineapple Pudding)

This past times sun was Rakshabandhan, I decided to celebrate the occasion past times making something sweetness that my kids would swallow together with is salubrious to boot. Rakshabandhan is an Indian festival where every sis ties a thread bracelet on her brother's wrist together with asks for his protection. There is a whole tale behind the get-go of this tradition.

Anyways, this is a really elementary together with piece of cake dessert to make. Sooji/Cream of wheat or wheat farina is unremarkably used inwards the training of this dish, merely since I avoid gluten, I wanted to larn inwards gluten-free.Hence,I decided to utilisation cornmeal. Why cornmeal??? Because from sense I know that when I substituted cornmeal for cream of wheat inwards upma, it comes out really good, thus why non inwards the pineapple pudding??? It comes out super-yum! Now I pick out a delicious dessert too!

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Yellow cornmeal: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 cup
Water: ii cups
Pineapple pieces: 1/2 cup( I used 1 loving cup every bit I wanted to complete the pineapple I had!)
Ghee( clarified butter): 1/4cup
Saffron: 3-4 strands( optional)
Cardamom powder: 1/8 tsp ( freshly crushed from 2-3 cardamom pods.
Cashew halves: 1 tsp( optional,for garnishing)
Sliced almond: 1 tsp( optional, for garnishing)
Raisins: 1 tsp ( optional, for garnishing).

Method:

In a saucepan, rut ii cups water, saccharide together with convey it to a boil. Add the bite-sized pineapple pieces to it together with simmer for 5-8 mins. Add inwards the saffron strands together with cardamom powder.Keep aside.

In a thick- bottom pan, dry out roast the cornmeal until slightly aromatic on depression flame( usually around4-5 minutes). Make certain yous don't burn downward it. Keep aside inwards a bowl/ plate.

In the same higher upwards pan, rut the ghee( clarified butter) together with stone oil . Roast the almond slices, cashew halves together with raisins 1 afterwards the other. Remove from the pan together with continue aside inwards a plate.

Now add together dorsum the dry out roasted cornmeal together with mix good inwards the ghee for 1-2 minutes on depression flame.Add inwards the hot water-sugar-pineapple mixture slowly, mixing the cornmeal each fourth dimension yous cry the water. Make certain that it is smoothen together with in that place are no lumps.Reduce the open fire to the lowest possible, encompass together with allow it create for 3-5 minutes stirring inwards betwixt until done. Add inwards 3/4 of the nuts together with raisins together with mix well.

Reserve the residue for garnishing earlier serving.

Serve hot.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

You could brand the higher upwards dish amongst sooji/ cream of wheat/semolina/ farina.

You could utilisation canned pineapple instead of fresh. I prefer using the fresh ones.

Tip for salubrious living:

Ghee( clarified butter) has been used for fourth dimension immemorial inwards Indian cooking. But inwards recent years in that place had been a greater hesitancy inwards using ghee for cooking for fright of fatty accumulation. Ghee inwards moderation is genuinely skilful for the body. It provides the trunk amongst skilful fats that is much needed for the performance of the trunk cells similar those of the nervous system.

References:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/doctors-bust-medical-myths-and-lies?page=13
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=newtip&dbid=9
http://www.yogajournal.com/health/56
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/15-amazing-benefits-of-ghee.html

Food for thought:

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