Nanas Lemak (Pineapple in Coconut Cream)

Hi everybody, How have you all been doing ? Me, Oh! no don't ask :)), Hoping to get alright soon, so why am I sitting and posting a recipe you wonder don't you ? well, don't as this was in my draft from a Long time, as it is Tuesday today and I don't like to miss Priya and aipi's Bookmarked recipes event and of course Hearth and soul I just thought I will pin a few words and post the already keyed in recipe :)).
I got this recipe from a book called Malaysian food, I had written in my little (rather big) book, thank god! for that, half the time I don't even know where I have written them.
Let me not go into that right now, I love these Asian delights with different spices and pastes and try out these different Ingredients.
When I discovered this supermarket was selling Thai Spices I was quite thrilled, Now I always pick up a pack to make my own paste, somethings which I don't get I use dried Ingredients.
Coming to the recipe Nana means Pineapple and Lemak means cream (here it is coconut cream). Actually it turned so well, and my family and friends who visited me also liked the different taste given to pineapple, you must try out and tell me, if you like it too.
I love Pineapple this is favourite fruit, I love juice, cake, Gojju, Rasam etc.., I haven't posted my Gojju and cake recipes still I will try to do it soon.

NANAS LEMAK (PINEAPPLE IN COCONUT CREAM)

INGREDIENTS:
1 Small pineapple (around 2 cups of chopped Pineapple pieces)
2 tbsp of Oil
1 and 1/2 cup of Coconut milk (I used ready Creamed coconut tin)
2 cups of water

SPICE TO PASTE

INGREDIENTS:
2 Red chillies
4 Green chillies
2 Lemon grass
6 to 7 Small Onions (or shallots if using may be 3 would be enough)
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1'' Galangal
1 tbsp of Kaffir lime powder
2 cloves of Garlic

METHOD:
Make a smooth paste of all the Ingredients under Spice to paste.
In a bowl cook chopped pineapple in enough water until soft.
Take a large wok, heat 2 to 3 tbsp of oil, add the smooth paste and fry for few minutes in a medium flame until the oil oozes out (I really did not do it till that, I am so impatient short of time, but did fry it for few minutes until I felt a lot of water content is draining out).
Now add the cooked pineapple pieces with the water (adjust water to make it a gravy) to the cooking gravy mix well add salt and allow it to boil, until all the raw smell disappears.
Now add the coconut milk, mix well and give it an other go for few minutes, in a low flame, stir in now and then, add required quantity of salt.
Mix well and put off the stove. make it into a Gravy consistency.
I garnished with coriander leaves, I do not know if they use coriander leaves.
I made chappatis to go with it and everybody loved it.

NOTES: Galangal looks more like Ginger, remove the skin. Slit open the first skin of the Lemon Grass and use the tender stem of that. I did not have Kaffir Lime Leaves so used the Dried ones.

This Pineapple curry goes to Aipi and Priya's Bookmarked Recipes and Hearth and soul too.,...

Comments

Jayasri Ravi

February 25, 2011 at 5:31 pm

Thanks everybody, Hi aipi and priya, I always try to participate in your event, and T & T as I cook from other blogs, thanks everybody for such lovely compliments, I love to share it Hearth and soul, I wouldn't miss that either, Hi priya, I haven't tried making fried rice, with them I did see it your blog but, I need not to do when H is not around, he doesn't like sweetness in his spicy food (may be I should say he doesn't like fruits in spicy food).
Oh! please do tell me how it turned out, hope you like it, adjust the spices as your like it as tastes differ right ?

J L Health 918-836-0565

February 23, 2011 at 10:07 pm

Anything with pineapple is great with me so I'm really looking forward to making this!

Thanks for sharing at the hearth and soul hop.

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

February 23, 2011 at 4:54 pm

wow, that looks so appetizing. Can I make it without kaffir lime leaves or galangal? Please let me know what I can substitute those with.

Tina

February 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm

creamy dish..

Tina

February 23, 2011 at 2:20 pm

creamy and delicious....

Worlds Best Information

February 23, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Nice stuff...actually I don't like taste of Pineapple much but I think with coconut cream it BETTER...I have to try this for and let you know what happen.

Chitra

February 23, 2011 at 11:22 am

Nice post , new to me. Love tat black bowl 🙂

Rekha shoban

February 23, 2011 at 11:11 am

creamy curry!!!interesting recipe!

LG

February 23, 2011 at 9:00 am

Pineapple curry looks yummy, creamy and delish.

Priya

February 23, 2011 at 8:37 am

Apart from pineapple fried rice, i never tried anything with pineapple,this dish looks absolutely marvellous..

jayasree

February 23, 2011 at 7:32 am

The curry looks creamy and delicious.

Shanthi

February 23, 2011 at 5:34 am

Love this recipe and weee don't get thai spices here. Searching for it

Butterpoweredbike

February 23, 2011 at 4:17 am

I can tell just by looking at these pictures and the recipe that this must smell divine. What a treat! Thanks for sharing with the Hearth and Soul hop!!!!

aipi

February 23, 2011 at 1:28 am

I am a big pineapple fan too and this recipe sounds heavenly to me..loved all the flavors going in there..very fresh n delicious!

Thanks a lot for linking this to bookmark event 🙂

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