Pineapples and Ghee

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

Ghee kera is a hot caramelized banana dish that my mother would excitedly prepare to eat with roti on mornings when the fruit bowl bananas had one too many spots. While I, too, am a fan of dessert for breakfast on occasion, I’ll be honest, I never really liked how mushy and cloyingly sweet ghee kera is. Another of my mother’s sweet treats I grew up on: pineapple supreme, a creamy, simple cold dessert of pineapple, sweetened whipped cream, and crunchy chopped nuts. Now, that’s a dessert I’d