Mangalore Special: How to make Pineapple Menaskai

Food blogger Vishaka Rautela shares a traditional Mangalorean recipe.

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If you're looking for something that's sour, sweet and spicy, you must try the Mangalorean Pineapple Menaskai.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

1 cubed pineapple (without the core)
1 lemon size tamarind ball soaked in water
1/4 cup jaggery
7 to 8 dried bedki chillies
2 tsp urad dal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3 tsp black sesame seeds
1/2 cup freshly grated coconut

For tempering

Oil
5-6 curry leaves
1/2 tsp urad dal
2 to 3 dry red chillies

Method

Cut pineapple into cubes and half cook along with tamarind water and jaggery.
Roast red chillies, urad dal, mustard and dry grind them in the mixer
Roast black sesame seeds lightly. Add to the chilli mix and grind well.
Add some water and grind this masala with coconut to a fine paste.
Add the ground masala to the pineapple. Adjust consistency by adding water.
Boil on low flame for about 5 to 10 minutes till the the raw coconut smell is gone and is pineapple is soft.
Add salt as required.
Temper with curry leaves, urad dal and red chillies.
Serve hot with rice.

Photo: Vishaka Rautela

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