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    Pineapple Halwa (Pineapple Sheera, Kesari)

    Published: Mar 8, 2016 · Last Modified: Aug 23, 2022 by Kanan Patel / 2 Comments

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    Pineapple halwa recipe - a sweet or dessert made from semolina, sugar, clarified butter and pineapple (pieces and puree).

    In northern parts of India, it is called halwa. While in the western part of India, it is called pineapple sheera. While in south India, it is called pineapple kesari. Different names, same method and taste.

    Pineapple halwa in a bowl garnished with pineapple pieces and cashew.

    The basic sooji halwa aka sheera is the most popular sweet recipe in India. Today I am sharing the variation of it using pineapple in it. Most of the ingredients and procedure will be same as basic sheera recipe. Only addition is the pineapple and saffron.

    Ingredient Notes:

    • Sooji (Semolina or rava): There are two kinds of sooji available in the market. One is coarse verity and second is fine. For making pineapple halwa or sheera, I prefer to use fine semolina. But if you have coarse one available in your pantry, no worries use that.
    • Ghee (Clarified butter): This is essential to make rich and perfect textured pineapple sheera. Please do not reduce the amount of ghee used here.
    • Pineapple: For making this halwa, it is used two ways. Chopped pineapple provides some texture and you will have juicy bites here and there. While pineapple puree adds its flavor to the halwa.
      • Always use ripe and sweet pineapple. Taste your pineapple first and accordingly adjust the sugar quantity. Mine was really sweet and juicy. So I have used ½ cup of sugar which gives perfect sweetness.
    • Sugar: White sugar is used here.
    • Saffron: it gives nice bright yellow color to the halwa. Along with saffron, pineapple puree also plays a role in getting a nice color. Instead of saffron, you can use a few drops of yellow or orange food color.

    Step By Step Photo Instructions:

    1) Take water in a saucepan and let it come to a simmer on medium heat.

    2) On another stove, take ghee, semolina and saffron in a pan on medium-low heat.

    water is simmering and ghee, sooji in a pan

    3) Start roasting the sooji with stirring constantly. As it gets heated up, ghee will starts to melt down.

    4) Keep roasting and stirring till it gets a slight brown color or you will smell the toasty, nutty aroma of roasted sooji. You will also notice that ghee will starts to ooze out and the mixture will be bubbly, airy and very light. It will take about 7-8 minutes of roasting.

    roasting semolina

    5) Now add chopped and pureed pineapple.

    6) Mix well and continue cooking with stirring.

    adding pineapple cubes and puree

    7) After a few minutes, it will become thick.

    8) Now add simmering, hot water and while adding water, keep stirring with a spatula. Be careful, it may splutter a lot.

    adding water and cooking

    9) cook with stirring constantly for about 2 minutes. All the water will be absorbed by the sooji.

    10) Now add sugar and mix.

    adding sugar

    11) As sugar melts, the mixture will again become runny.

    12) Keep stirring and cooking until it gets thick and leaves the sides of the pan. Also, ghee will starts to ooze out from the sides.

    cooking till halwa consistency

    13) Turn off the stove and add chopped cashew nuts.

    14) Mix well.

    adding cashew nuts to pineapple kesari

    Pineapple halwa or pineapple kesari is ready to serve.

    Serving suggestion: Serve this pineapple sheera warm or chilled as a dessert.

    Pineapple sheera served in a bowl.

    Check out other halwa (sheera) recipes
    Mango halwa  //  Banana sheera  //  Aate ka halwa  // Badam halwa

    Did you try this pineapple halwa recipe? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a review in the comment section below.

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    Pineapple Halwa (Pineapple Sheera, Kesari)

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    Pineapple halwa recipe - The simple old sooji halwa (sheera) is flavored with pineapple. It is also called pineapple sheera or pineapple kesari.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Indian
    Calories: 412kcal
    Servings 3
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • ¼ cup Pineapple chopped into small pieces
    • ½ cup Pineapple puree
    • ¼ cup Ghee (clarified butter)
    • ½ cup Sooji (rava or semolina) (fine verity)
    • few strands Saffron
    • 1 cup Water
    • ½ cup White granulated sugar
    • 4-5 Cashew nuts chopped

    Instructions 

    • Take water in a saucepan and let it come to a simmer on medium heat.
    • On another stove, take ghee, semolina and saffron in a pan on medium-low heat.
    • Start roasting the sooji with stirring constantly.
    • Keep roasting and stirring till it gets a slight brown color or you will smell the toasty, nutty aroma of roasted sooji. You will also notice that ghee will starts to ooze out and the mixture will be bubbly, airy and very light. It will take about 7-8 minutes of roasting.
    • Now add chopped and pureed pineapple. Mix well and continue cooking with stirring.
    • After a few minutes, it will become thick.
    • Now add simmering, hot water and while adding water, keep stirring with a spatula. Be careful, it may splutter a lot.
    • cook with stirring constantly for about 2 minutes. All the water will be absorbed by the sooji.
    • Now add sugar and mix.
    • Keep stirring and cooking until it gets thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
    • Also, ghee will starts to ooze out from the sides.
    • Turn off the stove
    • add chopped cashew nuts. Mix well.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 59.9g | Protein: 4.2g | Fat: 18.7g | Saturated Fat: 10.9g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 37.5g | Vitamin A: 550IU | Vitamin C: 27.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1.4mg
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    1. Nirav

      March 09, 2016 at 11:26 am

      Looks yummy. is pineapple pure available in market or you do it in grinder at home? just curious.

      will try it soon

      thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipes5 stars

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      • Kanan

        March 09, 2016 at 12:35 pm

        I have just pureed fresh pineapple pieces in blender.

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