Pineapple Saar

Summer days bring in special fruits and vegetables. Saraswats freely use these in their cooking . Raw and ripe mangoes, pineapples, jack fruits , jack fruit seeds, all of these create some exotic vegetarian treats with names like Ambe sasam, annanas sasam, ambe-annanas sasam, ansa phansa chi bhaji,etc. The end result is a refreshing , tasty and exotic dish.
Pineapple saar is a thin, light curry that can be served as a soup or a side dish with meals. Perfect for a summer's day lunch get together.

1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice, 2 cups coconut milk, 2 tsp oil, 4-5 curry leaves, 1 pinch of asafoetida, 1 green chilli slit, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp finely grated ginger , 1 tbsp rice flour / cornflour, salt to taste.

Mix well the pineapple juice and coconut milk, make a paste with a tbsp of this mixture and rice flour / cornflour , add to the pineapple coconut mixture and mix well. Heat oil, add mustard seeds .when they splutter , add asafeotida, curry leaves, green chilli and ginger. Saute lightly , add the pineapple - coconut mixture and cook on slow heat till slightly thick. 
Serve as a soup or with rice.