How to Make Delicious Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa

Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa.

You can cook Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa

1. You need 1/2 kg of sooji/rava. (Serves 6-8 people).
2. It's 5-8 tbsp of ghee.
3. You need 2 cups of chopped nuts & dry fruits.
4. Prepare A few of crushed cardamoms.
5. Prepare 2-3 cups of finely chopped pineapple.
6. It's 4-6 cups of sugar.
7. Prepare 3 tbsp of sunflower oil.
8. It's 3 cups of water.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of yellow food colour /Kesar powder.
10. It's 1 tsp of Pineapple liquid essence.
11. It's 2 tsp of cardamom powder (optional).

Pineapple Rava Kesari/ Pineapple Sooji Halwa instructions

1. Dry roast the rava on a medium flame until it becomes hot to touch..
2. Remove the rava from pan. Add 1 & 1/2 cups ghee and let it melt..
3. Add the roasted rava into the pan with ghee. Ghee will get absorbed into the rava quickly..
4. Roast on medium flame till rava turns brown..
5. Add the chopped pineapple and mix well..
6. Bring to boil 3 cups of water. Add to it 1/2 tsp yellow food colour/ kesar powder and 1 tsp pineapple essence..
7. The water is then added to the rava. Once mixed well let all the water evaporate. Stir continuously on low flame or the rava forms clumps..
8. Add the sugar and mix well. Sugar will release water by itself. Wait for it to get absorbed into the rava. The more sugar you add the better will be the consistency of Kesari..
9. Roast the nuts, dry fruits & cardamom in a tbsp ghee for 2 mins..
10. Add the fried dry fruits to the Kesari. Add the remaining ghee and give a good mix on low flame. Can add the cardamom powder now as well (optional).
11. Garnish with chopped pistachios and raisins. Serve hot with a scoop of chocolate/vanilla icecream..