Pajeree is a spicy, sour and sweet taste of pineapple in thick gravy sauce which is just superb when eaten with crispy salted fish, freshly fried from the frying-pan. Well, do try this on a not so busy day.
Ingredients:
1 pineapple, cut in slices
1 coconut- half for the santan and the other half to be make into fried, shredded coconut
1 packet meat curry powder
1 tablespoon jintan mainis (aniseed)
1 inch cinnamon
3 pips garlics
100 gm small shollots to be grinded
5 shallots for fring
1/2 inch ginger
10 dried chillies soaked and claen
1 tablespoon sugar
salt to taste
2 fresh chillies
Method:
Grind the dried chillies and the spices, garlic and small onions. Add in the first coconut milk and the fried coconut and the curry powder. Mix well.
In a sauce pan, fry the shallots for a minute and add the ground ingredients and continue to fry till dry and fragrant. Add in the rest of the coconut milk and the pineapple.. Simmer over low heat until the pineapple is cooked and the gravy thicken. Put in the sugar, salt, cloves and the fresh chillies. Continue to simmer for further 5 minutes. Remove and serve.
