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Pineapple Curry

Sri Lankan style sweet and spicy pineapple curry with coconut milk
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium Pineapple Semi ripe / Green
  • 1 medium Red Onion
  • 1 tsp Maldive fish
  • 2 inches piece of Pandan leaves
  • 1 inch stalk of lemongrass split in two halves
  • 4 or 5 curry leaves
  • 2 inch piece of Sri Lankan cinnamon
  • 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 4 cloves
  • 4 green chilies sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 inch ginger minced
  • 2 tbsp Coconut oil
Special Curry Seasoning blend
  • 3 tbsp Red curry powder
  • 2 tsp yellow curry powder
  • ¼ tsp black cumin seeds toasted and ground
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 tsp Sea salt or taste
To make the Sauce
  • 1 cup thick coconut milk

Equipment

  • 1 Clay Curry Pot

Method
 

  1. Remove the head, peel including eyes of the pineapple. Core and cube it into one-inch cubes.
  2. Mix up the curry powders, salt, nutmeg, and black cumin powder
  3. Coat the pineapple pieces with curry powder. Set aside for 10 minutes to marinade.
  4. Heat oil in a clay pot on medium high and add onions, ginger garlic, and green chili. Cook for few seconds until onions become translucent.
  5. Add cinnamon, lemongrass, cardamom, maldive fish, curry leaves and fenugreek seeds. sauté for a few more seconds.
  6. add pineapple pieces and sauté for five minutes continuously turning.
  7. add coconut milk, pandan leaves and cook covered until pineapple pieces are soft and fall apart tender.
  8. Taste and adjust the salt and spice level to your taste. (Add teaspoon more cayenne pepper if you would like it spicier)
  9. Cook on low until sauce very thick and just coating the pieces of pineapple pieces

Notes

Serving tips, 
This sweet and spicy wonderfully fragrant sauce is perfect as a dipping sauce for chips and bread, as a dressing for sandwiches and to make curry pizzas. It is wonderful in rice and curry meals as well.