Last week we are invited to a friend’s place for lunch and her mom made pineapple rasam . I tasted that for the first time , it tasted very different and nice and i loved the pineapple flavour in the rasam . I asked the recipe of pineapple rasam from my friend’s mom and i slightly altered it according to my taste and made it . Everyone enjoyed it and here comes the recipe of pineapple rasam.
All the pictures are taken in a hurry and i am not satisfied with the clicks this time.
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Preparation time :10 mins Cooking time :20 mins Serves: 3-4
INGREDIENTS:
PINEAPPLE CHUNKS | 1/2 CUP |
TOMATO | 2 |
GINGER | 1/2 INCH PIECE |
GREEN CHILLI | 1 |
SAMBHAR POWDER | 1 TSP |
SALT | AS NEEDED |
ASAFIDITA | A PINCH |
TOOD DAL | 2 TBLSP |
CURRY LEAVES | FEW |
CORIANDER LEAVES | FEW |
OIL | 1/4 TSP |
MUSTARD SEEDS | 1/4 TSP |
METHOD:
- Cut the tomatoes and half of the pineapple into fine pieces.
- In a kadai, add the tomatoes, pineapple pieces ,salt , sambhar powder and a cup of water .
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- Allow it to cook in a medium flame till the tomatoes and pineapple becomes soft .
- Grind 3 tblsp of pineapple along with ginger and green chilli into a fine paste.
- Add 2 cups of water to the toor dal .
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- Add the ground paste and toor dal water to the kadai.
- Keep the flame to medium low and switch off when it becomes frothy.
- Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
- Heat oil in a small pan and throw in the mustard seeds and when it splutters transfer it to the rasam.
- Serve with any dry curry.

If the pineapple is very sweet , you can add a tblsp of lemon juice after switching the flame (towards the end.)
hmm I feel the aroma and tempting rasam….
I never had pineapple rasam but was thinking abt it few days ago …looks so gud n nice clicks Jeyashri ..why you are not happy 🙂
I usually skip rasam when it comes to meals….this pineapple rasam looks too tempting and flavourful…I luv the serving bowl..this is the one u used for carrot kheer too…right?! 🙂
Love the pineapple flavor of the rasam. Yummy.
looks delicious and clicks are good..i love that cute jug with rasam..
interesting jeya!!looks yummy…will try it…
Love the tangy-ness and the mild flavour of pineapple in this rasam. Never tried in my kitchen so far though I have long time wish 🙂 Lovely pictures 🙂
Love this tangy and yummy rasam, must try your recipe next time ….
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Cute cup.Looks awesome the rasam.Feel like gluging it down.Me to have to try this.
I have to try this out .. looks so good.
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Vardhini
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I just love rasam..I m feeling like sipping the rasam right from that bowl/cup..:)
Love d flavor of pineapple though I do not like pineapple…love 2 have it with hot rice..
Looks delicious!
never tried this before….
rasam looks delicious dear 🙂
I have tasted this rasam before jeyashri but never made it myself..this looks so comforting. Loved your serving dish. And I liked the pictures.
Aromatic and perfect rasam. A favourite of mine Love the serving cup.
One of my fav, super delicious and inviting rasam,beautiful presentation dear..
Tangy & tempting!! I have plenty of pineapples at home bought from our farmhouse & bored of trying out sweet dishes from it..Next on my list is this delicious rasam!
Prathima Rao
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I too make Pineapple rasam often,ur version luks very nice…will try this next time.
Lovely Aromatic Rasam Jaishree …looks so delicious:)
Adding pneapple is an interesting twist- I bet it tasted delicious!
this is in my mind for a long time. now i got the recipe. bookmarked. thnx jey 🙂
Have been asking every other person if they know the recipe for this…got it finally…bookmarked…
very interesting and so innovative rasam !!
awesome …wanna try soon..:)
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mouth watering rasam……..
tempting rasam.
wow..that looks amazing and tempting…yum yum
looking very yummy 🙂
Hey Jayashri, I tried this recipe today. When i was getting back home from work, i looked up your blog and say pineapple rasam and since i have a pineapple at home, i decided to try it. It came out so well! Only thing was i added tamarind extract to your recipe. Yummy ! Thanks for sharing your recipe
@cornucopia, thanks for trying and nice addition of tamarind to this.
Hi Jeyashri…
I have been picking Pineapple v frequent.. This recipe will come v handy when I pick it next time.. I m just waiting to try it…..
Your rasmalai post is quite tempting me…..Nice clicks..
Cheers
Sandhya
Flavorful cup of rasam. Looks so mouthwatering… YUM!
Yummy yummy yummy… I love this tangy rasam:)
Reva
Delicious rasam 🙂
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Have never heard of pineapple rasam…. Will give it a try.
-Lavanya
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That's so cool..this idea of adding pineapple in rasam never occurred to me ever 🙂
Rasam can't get any better than this . I just finished a huge pineapple .. if only i had seen this earlier !!
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Never tried rasam with pineapple….looks yum…..
I love pineapple.. i've tried rasam before but never ground the pineapple and put it in. Must be even more flavorful this way.
So aromatic n flavorful! Lovely it looks!
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This is a sure try recipe. Nxt time I have pineapple in my house first thing I am going to make is this. Yummylicious! !