Pineapple kesari is a variation of the regular kesari or kesari bath, a popular sweet dish in southern parts of India. Pineapple kesari is part of the south Indian marriage tiffin along with poori, pongal, vada, idly, sambar and chutney. OMG! while I list these marriage menu items, my heart pounds to have one wedding meal. Quickly wishing for someone in my family or friends circle to get married ! This dish takes quite few ingredients and it turns out really well. Always wanted to make pineapple kesari but would not have pineapple in hand or the yellow food color. This time i did not have the yellow food color but pineapple and the organic brown sugar gave some suttle brownish color to the dish. The taste was amazing and you would drool for it :) Ingredients: 1 cup semolina/rava/sooji 2 cups of sugar 3/4 cup of chopped pineapple 1 cup of clarified butter/ghee 1 tsp cardamom powder 12-15 cashews 8 raisins 3 cups of water a pinch of yellow food color (optional) 3 almond...