1. Heat oil in a pan/skillet on a medium flame.
2. Add cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon stick. Fry for 15-20 seconds.
3. Add half the portion of chopped onions and fry until golden brown.
4. Add a pinch of turmeric powder.
5. Add green chillies and pineapple pieces.
6. Fry it for 30-40 seconds.
7. Now add the pineapple juice and mix well.
8. After 30 seconds, add garam masala and salt.
9. Mix it and the sauce is ready.
10. Now add rice and mix it with the sauce on a low flame ensuring that rice does not stick to the pan.
11. Also take care not to break the rice while mixing. Remove it from flame.

Optional:

1. In another kadai, add 1/4 cup of oil.
2. After 1 minute add the other portion of onion and fry it until golden brown.
3. Add it to the pineapple rice and mix it well. You can keep a part of it for garnishing.
4. Fried onions gives a great flavour to the rice.
5. Garnish it with cilantro leaves and badam slices.

Tips:

1. Cut pineapple into small cubes (2 x 2 cm). Smaller the better as it blends well with the rice.
2. You can even replace the whole garam masala with 1/2 tsp each of urad dal and channa dal. It gives a different flavour altogether.
3. Use home made pineapple juice.

Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life