PINEAPPLE PUDDING RECIPE - EASY AND SIMPLE PUDDING RECIPE

EASY PINEAPPLE DESSERTS RECIPES

Pineapple desserts and pineapple recipes are loved by most of us. This juicy and tasty pineapple fruit adds a special flavor to any dishes. Especially sweets, cakes, pastries, and puddings. Whenever I get fresh pineapple, I often go for any simple sweets or desserts recipes with this yummy fruit. Yeah, this scrumptious pudding is so easy to make and is truly creamy and scrumptious. Pineapple, when added to pudding, imparts a refreshing feel and looks wow because of its golden texture. We all know that pineapple fruit is a very popular fruit which is used in many cuisines around the globe. Pineapple jam, pineapple pastry, upside down pineapple cake, pineapple pudding, pineapple payasam, pineapple salad, pineapple rasam etc are some of my favorite recipes with pineapple. Here i saute the finely chopped pineapple along with sugar until done. Cooking pineapple before adding to any desserts gives a fresh taste and fine texture. This sauteed pineapple is added as the base layer to my pudding and is topped with the milk and sugar mixture.  Finally, layer the remaining sauteed pineapple over this milk mixture. Garnishing is all upto our choice only. Here I decorate my pudding with some finely sliced almond and chopped dry fruits and cherries. That's all!!! so its very easy to make pudding recipe and is really mind-blowing. 

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INGREDIENTS

Freshly chopped Pineapple  - 2 cups

Milk    - 2 cups

Sugar - 5 tbsp + 4 tbsp (can use condensed milk instead)

Chinagrass / Agar agar -  6 gms

Yellow food color - 2 drops

Almond slices - for garnishing

Can use chopped cherries, dry fruits also.

PREPARATION

Watch the detailed video here 

• Heat a pan and saute the finely chopped pineapple along with 4 tbsp of sugar. Once it starts to boil, you can add a pinch of turmeric powder for a yellowish texture. Saute until the water in the pan dries out completely. When done, set aside.
• Now boil the milk in a pan. Meanwhile, boil the chinagrass along with half a cup of water over a medium-low flame until it melts to a clear liquid. 
• Once the milk starts to boil, add sugar or condensed milk. Combine very well and then add two drops of yellow food color to it. Cook over a low flame. Add the melted chinagrass to this milk mixture. Mix very well. Cook it for a minute and then remove from flame.  
• Now layer half of the sauteed pineapple in a pudding tray. Then pour the prepared hot milk mixture over it. Let it cool for 5 minutes and then layer the remaining sauteed pineapple.
• Keep refrigerated for 2 to 4 hours. Garnish with sliced almond, chopped dry fruits, and cherries. 
• Cut and serve chilled. 
• For a detailed video click here - Pineapple pudding

MALABAR SWEET - NEY VADA / TEA STALL SWEET NEYYVADA

NEYVADA / NEYYVADA 

A lovely sweet treat for all those sweet lovers. Yes, again am back with yet another tea stall sweet Neyvada. A Malabar sweet (Kerala recipes) which is popularly known as neyvada in the Malabar region with a crispy crust and softness inside. I searched google for a perfect recipe of neyy vada but it is surprising that am unable to find even a single recipe for neyy vada. Maybe it is known by some other names. But still, the name ney vada is very popular among Keralites especially those from the Malabar region. 

 This sweet is very similar to the Indian sweet Balushahi and Badusha (Diwali sweets recipes). The recipe is almost same as balushahi except for the addition of egg white and ghee. Bhalushahi and badusha are very famous sweets among South Indian sweets. While making any sweets, even though they are so simple to make, we should give much care while measuring the ingredients and while preparing the sugar syrup. Different sweets have different sugar syrup consistencies. So for neyvada / neyy vada we need one string consistency. As the name implies (neyy means ghee and vada mean ball-shaped dish), Neyy vada must be kneaded well with ghee and egg mixture without any exception.   This will be an easy sweet snack recipe if you follow the same measurements.  You can also try this quick sweet snacks for parties too. For sure, it will attract the crowd.

Here is my another recipe for the sweet Neyvada - Neyvada recipe using whole egg

INGREDIENTS

All purpose flour / maida - 2 cups (1 cup = 250 ml)

Baking powder    - 1 Tsp

Baking soda   - a pinch, less than quarter tsp

Butter    - 1 tbsp, softened

Ghee     - quarter a cup, softened (can add little more

Yogurt    - 3 tbsp

Sugar     - 2 tbsp

Egg  white    - 1

Oil       - for deep frying

FOR SUGAR SYRUP

Sugar      - 2 cups

Water     - 1 cup

Lemon juice  - 1 tbsp

Cardamom -  2 nos

PREPARATION

please watch the video below 

• Sieve together All-purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda. This is very important. (you must add baking powder and baking soda (a pinch) in this recipe.)
• Mix the flour well with a spoon and add softened butter. Mix it well with your fingers.
• To this, add the melted ghee and mix it well LIKE BREAD CRUMBS. The ghee must be mixed well with the flour. Be careful - DO NOT KNEAD NOW but mix well with fingers to form fine breadcrumbs. Set aside. 
• Now whisk egg white, curd, and sugar until well combined in another bowl..  Add this egg mixture little by little to the flour mixture and KNEAD WELL to form a  soft dough. The dough must be kneaded very well. When done, set aside for HALF AN HOUR, must be COVERED. Do not skip this step.
• So meanwhile make the sugar syrup. Heat sugar and water in a pan. Let it boil and form one string consistency. Add lemon juice and cardamom powder. Mix well and off the flame.
• After half an hour - Make small balls with this soft dough. DO NOT KNEAD at this stage, but roll to form SMALL BALLS within your palms. Slowly FLATTEN and make HOLE in the middle.
• Heat a pan with oil for deep frying. I PREFER NON STICK PAN than a normal wok. Once hot, add the vada and then make the FLAME  MEDIUM LOW. This step is very important else results in an inner uncooked neyy vadas.
• Flip and Fry on a MEDIUM LOW FLAME UNTIL GOLDEN. Do not fry in high heat. Fry in batches.
•  When done, DRAIN to a plate and immediately put them in warm SUGAR SYRUP FOR 5 MINUTES  or until the next batch is ready. (you can heat the sugar syrup for a minute if it is cooled)
• Then TRANSFER it to the plate and set aside to cool down and serve. 
• Can be refrigerated for 2-3 days. 
• You can check my other recipe for Neyvada with whole egg - Neyvada recipe with egg

BANANA BALLS / EASY SWEET SNACKS RECIPES

RIPE BANANA RECIPES

Use up your ripe bananas brilliantly. Here is a yummy treat which is very easy to make. Making banana bread, banana muffins, banana cake, banana loaf cake are some of the common recipes for using up over ripe bananas. But we must be little creative to impress our kids. And here is a very easy and simple ripe banana recipe. In Malabar region, this snack is popularly known as Cherupazham porichath or Nulliyittappam. So viewers, do try this banana fritters easy recipe to savor along with a nice cup of tea. I bet, this is one of the best evening snack recipes to feed a crowd.  Let's see how to make this yummy sweet snack. 

INGREDIENTS

Ripe Mysore banana / Ladyfinger banana - 4 nos, ripe

Sugar     - quarter a cup

Scraped coconut / desiccated coconut  - half a cup

All purpose flour/maida - 1 cup

Baking powder - half tsp

Salt - a pinch, to balance the taste

PREPARATION

Please click on the below video showing how to make banana balls

• Peel the banana, slice it and add them to the blender. Blend it well until smooth without adding water.
• Transfer it to a bowl. 
• To the same blender, add coconut and sugar. Coarse grind it and mix it with ground banana.
• Mix them together until well combined. Add salt.
• Now add the  All purpose flour to this mixture little by little and combine well.
• Finally, add baking powder and mix well.
• So the batter is ready. 
• The batter must be thick. Do not add water.
• Heat oil for deep frying.
• You have to slide the batter into the hot oil using a small spoon. So first dip the spoon in the hot oil (so that you can slide the batter to the oil easily) and scoop little batter using this spoon.
• Slide it to the oil. 
• Fry the balls over a medium flame. 
• Flip when one side is done. Cook until the balls turn golden.
• When done, transfer it to a plate.
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