Thai PineApple FriedRice

At last i am here with my AFAM for pineapple. I ever thought i could make it this time. This is my very first entry for the AFAM. Juicy pineapples who doesn’t love them. This yellow tropical fuit some say it signifies new begining, a great source of vitamn C. This is one fruit i love , like anything from this gojju, raita and now this is also on the list pineapple fried rice.

Everytime i went out to eat with my colleagues being a vegetarian i was always left with little choice. Once during our regular seminars we had to lunch in a Thai restuarant, hmm looking at the menu i scrolled a few pages then i was only left with the dessert which very inviting. My colleagues suggested collegues and helped me to instruct the waiter to prepare vegetarian pineapple fried rice which was had a very nice aroma with the fried onions, from that day onwards i just loved this fried rice. Maheswari from Beyond the Usual is hosting this event.

 All you need

1 pineapple

Rice – 1 cup (used basmati)

Ghee/oil – 1 tbsp

spring onions – 3 stems

garlic pods – 4

green chillies – 2

cashews – 20-25

raisins – 2 tbsp

peas – 1 cup

soy sauce – 1 tbsp

carrot grated – 1 cup

sambhar powder – 2tsp

fresh coriander

salt and sugar to taste

Lets start

• soak rice for half an hour and pressure cook.

• remove pulp from half of the pineapple and reserve the pulp for rice

• cut pineapple to small chunks to one cup

• Fry garlic, chillies and onions until translucent

• Add cashews, carrot, peas , sambhar powder and soy sauce fry for a minute

• Add rice, pineapple, raisins and fry on high flame, at this time add some yellow color sugar and salt if required

• Garnish with coriander and spring onions

Recipesource: Thaifood.About.com