This yesteryear Dominicus was Rakshabandhan, I decided to celebrate the occasion yesteryear making something sweetness that my kids would consume in addition to is good for you lot to boot. Rakshabandhan is an Indian festival where every sis ties a thread bracelet on her brother's wrist in addition to asks for his protection. There is a whole tale behind the showtime of this tradition.
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Anyways, this is a really elementary in addition to like shooting fish in a barrel dessert to make. Sooji/Cream of wheat or wheat farina is usually used inwards the grooming of this dish, only 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, in addition to then why non inwards the pineapple pudding??? It comes out super-yum! Now I accept a delicious dessert too!
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Yellow cornmeal: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 cup
Water: ii cups
Pineapple pieces: 1/2 cup( I used i loving cup equally 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, oestrus ii cups water, saccharide in addition to choose it to a boil. Add the bite-sized pineapple pieces to it in addition to simmer for 5-8 mins. Add inwards the saffron strands in addition to 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 you lot don't john it. Keep aside inwards a bowl/ plate.
In the same inwards a higher house pan, oestrus the ghee( clarified butter) in addition to crude oil . Roast the almond slices, cashew halves in addition to raisins i afterwards the other. Remove from the pan in addition to happen aside inwards a plate.
Now add together dorsum the dry out roasted cornmeal in addition to 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 you lot cite the water. Make certain that it is polish in addition to at that spot are no lumps.Reduce the flaming to the lowest possible, embrace in addition to permit it laid for 3-5 minutes stirring inwards betwixt until done. Add inwards 3/4 of the nuts in addition to raisins in addition to mix well.
Reserve the balance for garnishing earlier serving.
Serve hot.
Enjoy!
Cooking made easy:
You could brand the inwards a higher house dish amongst sooji/ cream of wheat/semolina/ farina.
You could utilisation canned pineapple instead of fresh. I prefer using the fresh ones.
Tip for good for you lot living:
Ghee( clarified butter) has been used for fourth dimension immemorial inwards Indian cooking. But inwards recent years at that spot had been a greater hesitancy inwards using ghee for cooking for fearfulness of fatty accumulation. Ghee inwards moderation is genuinely skillful for the body. It provides the torso amongst skillful fats that is much needed for the performance of the torso 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:
Love is, inwards a higher house all, the gift of oneself. Jean Anouilh