Poached Pears with Star Anise and Ginger

About Poached Pears with Star Anise and Ginger

Ingredients

• Medium pears 3
• Star anise (phoolchakri) 2
• Ginger, cut into thin strips 1 inch
• Lemon juice 1 tbsp
• Sugar ½ cup
• Cinnamon (dalchini) 1 inch

How to Make Poached Pears with Star Anise and Ginger (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Peel pears and rub them with some lemon juice. Halve them and remove seeds. Cut off a thin slice at the base to make it flat so that they can be placed vertically in a pan.
2. Heat 1½ cups water in a non-stick pan on high heat. Add sugar, remaining lemon juice, ginger, cinnamon and star anise and cook stirring continuously till you get a syrup.
3. Add pears, reduce heat and cook for 10-12 minutes.
4. Transfer into serving plates and serve drizzled with remaining syrup.

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Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

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Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps