Pineapple n' grape Pachadi - A perfect sweet, spicy, salty and tangy kerala sidedish

Ingredients:
1 small pineapple chopped coarsely
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 cup coconut scraped
1 tsp turmeric
1tsp raw mustard seeds ground
1 tsp mustard seeds
3 dry red chillies
1 stem of curry leaves
1-2 tsp of jaggery or sugar
salt to taste
4-5 green chillies
1 cup of sour cream or curd
1 and a half cup of water
1 cup of black seedless grapes cut in half (optional)
Method;
Cook the pineapple with sour cream, water, salt and turmeric powder till soft, add the jaggery/sugar depending on your individual taste pallette. Grind the coconut with green chillies and add to the pineapple curry and add the chopped grapes and let it come to a boil. Garnish with spluttered mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves. Before serving as a side for rice, top it with raw ground mustard seeds.

CABBAGE PACHADI -

You'll need,

2 cups finely shredded cabbage,
1 tbs oil
2 dry red chillies
2 green chillies- slit
few curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1 tsp Jerra/ Cumin seeds,
1/2 inch grated ginger,
a pinch of turmeric,
salt to taste
asafoetida a pinch
2 cups of curd


Method:

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, chillies, turmeric, asafoetida, and curry leaves. After adding each ingredient give it time to release its flavour in the oil. Then add the shredded cabbage and let it cook with some salt till it wilts. Switch off the burner and add curd and stir it well. Serve as a quick side for any rice dish.