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  • Pineapple Smoothie

    by Maria on August 21, 2007

    Pineapple Smoothie

    I got a small surprise from my Appa last time when we went to India. He gave me a small present, two cookery books. It was a very pleasant surprise, especially since it was from my Appa. Appa is a kind of person who doesn’t believe in giving as well as receiving any gifts. Though its a small present, I treasure it very much, since things like this happen only once in a bluemoon :). Ok, now coming to the two books, one is a kutti book which has only soft drink recipes. Those are very simple recipes, which can be made easily with standard ingredients which can be found in any kitchen. Other book has a variety of Kerala recipes.

    Today I tried one of the soft drink recipes in the kutti book, Pineapple Smoothie and here is the recipe.

    1. Fresh or tinned pineapple with its juice – 570 gm
    2. Fresh nutmeg/cinnamon gratings – 1/2 teaspoon
    3. Honey – 2 tbsp
    4. Chilled milk – 1/2 cup
      Chilled yogurt – 1 cup
    5. Extra honey & nutmeg/cinnamon – to drizzle

    Chop the pineapple into small pieces. Process pineapple with its juice,cinnamon, honey an milk in a blender until the mixture becomes smooth.Add yogurt and process for 5-10 seconds. Pour into serving glasses. Drizzle honey and sprinkle cinnamon over the smoothie. Serve immediately.

    Note: Though the original recipe calls for 2 tbsp of honey, you can reduce it to 1 or even 1/2 tbsp.

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    • http://kitchenmishmash.blogspot.com Mishmash!

      Maria, that was quite a touching gesture from your Appa….when the kids re away, especially after marriage.and when the parents learn about our new found interests and passions, the way they respond sometimes surprise us !

      :)

      Shn

    • http://zaiqa.net/ Mona

      Pineapple’s my fav !!! i love it :-) Will definetely try this out Maria, looks superbly delicious :-)

    • Emi

      aahhhh…sounds so refreshing!!!!!
      got to try this.
      hw have u been?

    • http://www.rvkitchentreats.blogspot.com rv

      Hi Maria:) smoothie looks great and so do the other dishes:) ….I have a prize for you, please do not forget to colect it from my site :) check it out…

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Mona & Emi – Please try it out and let me know whether you guys like it.

      Rv- Thanks a lot for nominating me for the award :)

      Shn- its very true that parents surprise us at times, and that too beyond our imagination :)

    • Rachel

      that looks yumm..bet it tastes as good…I like the way you use the phrase “kutti book”

    • juby

      hey maria…I love all ur recipes..i tried couple of them…it was all yummy thanks for the recipes…
      but I have one tip for this pineapple smoothie..if u are using fresh pineapple…it will turn bitter once u blend it with milk…so better if u use canned pineapple or cook the fresh pineapple for couple of minutes and cool and blend ….enjoy

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Thanks Rachel :)

      Juby, very happy to hear that you liked the recipes in my blog :)and thanks for your tip, I will try it next time.

    • Leena chechi

      Maria, Do you know how to make parippu boli? Let me know if you have the recipe.

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Hi Leena chechy

      I haven’t made boli yet. There is a recipe for boli in annita’s blog. You can see it here:

      http://deepann.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/boli-my-entry-for-jfi4-flour/

    • veena

      agree. totally with Mishmash.
      n maria, am going to try this recipe today :)
      hope u r doing fine.

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Veena

        Thanks for dropping in. Did you try out the smoothie? hope you liked it :)

        Please do try out other dishes as well.

        Cheers
        Maria

    • Suzette Morris

      Hi Mariachi…this recipe sounds yummy…..

      Please confirm…’chilled yogurt’…is this natural (plain) yogurt or flavoured (sweet) yogurt???

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Suzi dear

        I used plain natural yogurt, I think its ok to use flavored yogurt also if it compliments the pineapple flavor.

        Hope you’ll like it :)

        Take care dear…

        Maria

    • MERLIN JAMES

      Your recipes r simply mouth waterrrrrrring….
      Why don’t u add some home made wine recipes, I am sure u will be having a treasure chest of wine recipes….. yummmy …..

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Merlin

        Thank you :)

        Please do check out my new post, it’s a wine recipe :)

        Hope you’ll like it.

        Cheers
        Maria

    • salam

      Dear Maria

      I want to clear one doubt that once i made fruit salad, i put fruits(Apple, grape, banana and pineapple) condensed milk, milk and ice cream. But the taste was bitter. why it is like that ? somebody told me it is because the pineapple and the milk it will not add together, is it right?

      Waiting your reply,

      salam

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Salam,

        I havent tried fruit salad yet, so I’m not sure about the process. However I’ve come across some fruit salad recipes and in that they usually put the fruits in sugar syrup and the custard is usually poured on top of that. May be you can try soaking the fruits in sugar syrup next time.

        For this smoothie recipe, I didnt have any bitter taste, though I’ve used pineapple & milk.

        Hope this helps….

        Cheers
        Maria

    • Biny

      hai Maria…i got your site from one of my cousins….
      i’m just a strater(in cooking) and i’m loving it…..
      got to try this one today…
      do post more healthy recepies for me.thanks

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Biny,

        Welcome to MariasMenu! Great to know that you like this space. Please convey my special thanks to your cousin.

        Btw, did you try this? Hope you liked it.

        Please check out the healthy recipes tab on the right side, you can see the healthy recipes there.

        Cheers
        Maria

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