Pineapple Kesari

Ingredients:
Pineapple - 3/4 cup
Sooji/Rava - 1cup
Sugar -1 1/4 cup
Water - 2 cups
Ghee - 3tbs
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp (Optional)
Cashew - few

Preparation:
Cut the pineapple into slices, remove the eyes and the center part and cut into small pieces. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan. Fry cashew nuts and keep aside. In the same pan fry Rava also,Boil water add pineapple pieces, you can add the colour now. When cooked, add the fried rava gradually stirring continuously, so that no lumps are formed. Mix thoroughly and continue to stir. Once rava is cooked add sugar,cardamom powder and remaining ghee and cook for sometime. When done remove from fire and garnish with fried cashewnuts.

Let it cool for sometime and serve.

Note: You can also use canned pineapple and the sugar syrup. If you are using the canned pineapple and the sugar syrup then you should reduce the sugar quantity.