Grilled Pineapple

Grilled Pineapple

My today's recipe is extremely simple. It hardly takes just 10 to 15 minutes to prepare. It is so easy and so exotic that you will be left wondering.

We are in a fast food generation. No one is having any time. Instant gratification is needed. So one day I had some unexpected guests and being winter season they expressed desire to have something light, hot and sweet.

I asked for 5-10 minutes and checked what is all available. Fruits, sweets and ice-cream were there but expectations were for  hot and sweet. I had a can of pineapple also available at that time but again it was not a hot material to delight guests.So I was thinking of what will make pineapple wear different taste. I realized cinnamon goes very well with pineapple;honey will make it bit sweet and lemon will make it tangy. I just placed the slice on the grill marinated with honey, cinnamon powder and little bit of olive oil. I mixed all these ingredients and and then dipped pineapple slice in this mixture and then grilled it. 

This gave it a smoky flavour. It got grill lines, hot, sweet and tangy giving my guests out of the world experience 

Preparation Time :  5 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Ingredients  : 

• Pineapple slice 8 to 10 (fresh or Canned)
• Honey 1 Tablespoon
• Lemon juice 1 Tablespoon 
• Cinnamon powder 1/2 Teaspoon
• Olive oil 1 Teaspoon
• Few mint leaves for garnishing 

Procedure  :  

• Take all the ingredients

• In a bowl take Honey, oil, lemon juice and cinnamon powder mix it well

• Dip pineapple slice in the mixture

• Heat a grill pan

• place pineapple slice on grill pan

• Caramelise it for 3 to 4 minute or till it get nice grill marks as shown in picture

• Cook it from both side
• Repeat the step with rest of the pineapple slice 

• Serve it garnish with mint leaves and enjoy

Tip :

• Better to use a fresh one 

Pineapple and Sweet Corn Rice

Pineapple and Sweet Corn Rice

Rice is all time favourite. We can do lot of innovation while preparing rice.  Pineapple and Sweet Corn Rice is a very easy and tasty fried rice which can be even made by left over boiled rice also.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Ingredients :

Ingredients

•  1 Bowl boiled rice
• 1/2 teaspoon cummin seeds
•  1 Onion chopped
•  1 Cup boiled sweet corn
•  1 Red capsicum deiced
•  1/2 Cup Canned pineapple tit bits
• 1 Table spoon chopped mint leaves
•  1 Green chilly chopped
• Salt according to taste
• 1 Teaspoon fried rice Masala (Ching's)
• 1 Tablespoon oil for cooking

Procedure

•  Cook the Rice with enough water and salt to taste, making sure that the rice is not over cooked. keep aside. You can even use left over rice also
• Heat the oil in pan and add the cummin seeds, Then add the chopped onion and saute it for 2 minute.
• Now add red capsicum, sweet corn, mint leaves, green chilly, fried rice masala and salt saute all togeather for 2 - 3 minutes
• Now add pineapple tit bits and cooked rice and mix well
• Rice is ready serve it hot with curd. 
  

Tips : You can use the left over rice also. You can add other vegetables like beans , capsicum, baby corn even few dry fruits . A nice tiffin option for our kids..