Pineapple fried rice

When I lived in Chennai, I used to love the Thai food restaurant - Benjarong. I am not sure if the restaurant is still around, but the taste and the presentation of their pineapple fried rice is something that I remember fondly. A mildly spiced rice served in the shell of a pineapple - this is how the dish was brought to the table at the restaurant. I've tried to recreate this dish (not the presentation part of it, though) from memory and I think I've come fairly close to the original.


What you need:
Rice - 1 cup, cooked and
 cooled (I used regular raw rice, cooked with 2.5 cups of water)
Oil - 2 tbsp.
Green chilli - 3 or 4, slit lengthwise
Garlic - 3 cloves, chopped
Ginger - a one inch piece, julienned
Onion - 1, chopped fine
Carrot - 1, chopped fine
Pineapple - 3/4 cup
Green onion - 3, chopped fine
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp.
Red chilli sauce - 1 tbsp.
Salt
Cashew & Groundnuts

Heat oil in a pan. Add the chillies, ginger and garlic. Saute for a minute. Add cashew, groundnuts and saute till reddish. Stir in the chopped onion and carrot. Saute over a medium flame until the carrots are cooked, yet crunchy. Now add the pineapple and heat till they start to brown slightly. Stir in the sauces. Increase the flame to high and quickly stir everything together. Add the chopped green onion. Stir to combine. Lower the heat and add the cooked, cooled rice and salt. Mix everything together.
Serve hot.

This is my first post for Week 2 of BM#78 under the theme Oceanic Cuisine - dishes from countries that are bordered by two or more oceans.
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Pineapple delight

BM # 73 Week 4
Theme : Festival Recipes - Valentines Day
Recipe : Pineapple Delight

Yesterday, the daughter came back home, raving about a dessert that she had eaten at a friend's house. She had liked it so much that she had asked her friend's mom how it was made. So, today, she gave me instructions on how to make it and then proceeded to do it herself. I am not sure what the 'official' name of this dessert is but since the fact that it can be put together by a child is a source of delight to me and because Pineapple is one of the ingredients, I've decided to call it Pineapple Delight.



What you need :
Whipped cream - 1 small tub ( I make whipped cream at home with 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and 5 tsp of sugar. In this recipe, however, you can leave out the sugar)
Condensed milk - 1 tin
Pineapple chunks - 1 tin

If you are making whipped cream from scratch, make sure to buy heavy whipping cream and whip it till stiff peaks form.
In a large container, mix together the drained pineapple chunks and the condensed milk. Fold the whipped cream into this.
This can be served at room temperature, but I feel that it tastes even better chilled.

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