ITALIAN PASTA

                                                           ITALIAN PASTA

Fresh vegetables and whole grain pasta with savory tomato sauce and creamy cheese makes a colourful pasta dish.                                                                                                                                            
INGREDIENTS:1 cup penne boiled
                          1/2 green capsicum chopped
                          3-4 french beans blanched
                          1 medium carrot blanched
                          4-5 black olives
                          10 small cherry tomato blanched
                           Thousand island dressing
                           salt to taste
METHOD:         Place the penne into a large bowl. Add french beans,carrots, black olives and toss.Then add the thousand island dressing and mix it well.Serve hot.

Bread Medu Vada

                          Bread Medu Vada is an indian snack.I have bread in my kitchen and i

                          tried this new recipe.It is easy and simple vada made with bread. No need

                          of soaking dals. No need to grind. It is Bread Medu Vada.

                                                                                                                                                       

INGREDIENTS:7 bread slices

                          1/2 cup Yoghurt

                          Baking soda a pinch

                          salt to taste

                          1 tsp ginger finely chopped

                          Green chili finely chopped

                           Coriander leaves

                           1/2 onion finely chopped

                           Curry Leaves

                           1cup peanuts

METHOD1.Cut the egdes of the bread slices and cut each slices into four pieces.Place them

                      into a deep bowl. 

                 2.Add curd to the bowl.Mix well and mash the bread with your hands.

                 3.Add baking soda,ginger,chillies,coriander leaves,onion,peanuts and curryleaves.   

                 4.Mix well to form a dough.Dampen your palm and roll each portion in round shape

                    balls.

                 .5.Flatten it and make a hole in centre of each round portion like medu vada.

                 6.Heat sufficient oil in a kadhai.Deep fry each vada on low heat till it is golden brown.

                    and drain it.

                 7.Serve hot with chutney or sauce.

                 

                 

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Vegetable Manchurian

      Vegetable Manchurian is an chinese dish.This dish is really easy to make.When u eat this deep fried vegetable balls in soya sauce based gravy u love to enjoy eating it "The yummy Food".                             

                                                                                                                                                        

INGREDIENTS: For Vegetable Balls

                           2 cups finely chopped cabbage

                          1/4cup grated carrot

                          finely chopped spring onion

                          3 tbsp corn flour

                          1 tbsp plain flour

                          2 tsp finely chopped garlic

                          1 tsp chopped green chili

                          Salt and black pepper to taste

                          oil for frying

                                                                                                                                                        

                         For Manchurian Sauce

                         2 tbsp oil

                         2 tsp finely chopped garlic

                         2 tsp finely  choped  ginger

                         1 tbsp chopped spring onions

                         1 tbsp chopped  capsicum

                         2 tsp dark soy sauce

                         2 tbsp cornflour dissolve in one cup of water

                         2 pinches of sugar

                         Salt to taste 

METHOD:Mix maida,cornflour,chopped vegetable,green chili,red chili sauce ,salt garlic and coriander leaves.Mix well and make balls out of mixture.Heat the oil add garlic,green chili,onion.Mix cornflour ,water,soy sauce for gravy.Add vegetables to pan and fry.Add cornflour mixture to the pan and mix.Add sugar,chili sauce, vinegar,salt,water,green chili.Boil the gravy.Add the fry manchurian balls and mix well and cook well for some time.Now serve hot.

Masala Bhat

Masala Bhat is an Maharashtrian Dish. In this recipe the rice is assorted with vegetables.            

                                                                                                                                                                   INGREDIENTS:10/2cup basmati rice                                                                

                            Salt to taste

                            8 to 10 tindli

                            6 to  7 dry red chili

                            2 to 3  tbsp coriander seeds

                            1/2 cup dry coconut grated

                            1 teaspoon cumin seed  

                            4 tbsp oil

                            5 to 6 cloves

                            2 to 3 green cardamom

                            2 Bay leaves

                            1 teaspoon turmeric powder

                            10 cashewnuts roasted

                            1/4 bunch of coriander leaves

                            2 tablespoon coconut scraped

                            Brinjal cubed 3 to 4 medium

                            Carrots cubed 2 to 4 medium                                                      

                                       

 METHOD: Soak rice in water for thirty minutes.Drain and set aside.Soak the brinjal cubes in salt water.Cut tendli into four pieces length wise.Roast whole red chili,coriander seeds,grated dry cocount and cumin seperately.and then grind into fine paste.with a little water.Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cardamom, bay leaves and stir fry for few seconds.Add vegetables and turmeric powder cook further for two to three minutes.Add rice and mix gently.Add three cups of boiling water.Season with salt.Cook on high heat for five minutes stirring frequently.Bring to boil and then reduce heat and continue to cook until rice is done and all the water is absorbed.Remove from heat.and serve hot with roasted cashewnuts,chopped coriander leaves

and scraped coconut.

                           

                                       

Strawberry Short Cake Parfaits (Mini Triffles)

 

These creamy and smoothy parfaits taste as they good as they look.U can eat strawberry parfaits as a Dessert. Here's comes the recpie:

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup fresh stawberries

1/4cup white sugar

1(3.4oz) instant vanilla puddings

Pound cake

Fresh whipped cream

METHOD: Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut into the pieces and add in the sugar.Stir to coat the berries. Let stir for 30 to 20 minutes.While they are macerating perparing instant pudding.To assemble the mini triffles place a slice of pound cake in bottom of glass,put a spoonful of pudding on the top of the cake.Next place spoonful of macerated stawberries and finished layered with whipped cream.Repeat using another round of pound cake ,another spoonful of pudding,another spoonful of stawberries and finally top with nice rosegette of whipped cream on top.Repeat until u run out of ingredients.Store in refrigerator. Serve chilled and enjoy"''

Rava Dosa

Rava dosa is an south indian dish.It is thin and crispy like flat bread.Rava dosa are fast to make and they can be served in breakfast and u can eat it as a snack. Sambhar is  spicy lentil (Tuvar Dal).with is made with variety of vegetables u can put in it. One can say that  Every south indian dish is yummmy and it is incomplete without sambhar.So here ur  recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup sooji

1/2 cup rice flour

1/2 teaspoon jeera

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon hara dhaniya

2 green chili chopped

2 cups of water

METHOD:

1. Mix all two flours.Make a thin batter using a little water at a time.and see any lumps don't come inside the batter.

2. Now u can add all other ingredients to the batter including cumin seeds,cilantro,green chili. u can mix it well Leave the batter for 30 minutes.

3. Heat the Dosa pan on the medium.Ucan check if the dosa pan is hot u can put few drops of water. If the water drops sizzle.It means the dosa pan is hot.

4. Now u add few drops of oil on dosa pan.Pour the batter with (karchi) over the dosa pan in circular motion so that batter can cover the  whole Dosa pan.

5. U even don't try to spread the batter otherwise the shape of the dosa will not come.

6. Now u can again put some oil  around dosa.(1teaspoon oil)

7. See from the (karchi) that dosa have become golden brown from down.

8. Now u can turn the dosa that it become golden brown from other sides.(let dosa cook for1 minute.)

9. Now u can serve dosa with yummy sambhar, chutneys.

10. Enjoy the taste of Rava Dosa.          

                  

Karela with Stuffed Oats (Bitter Gourd)

karela with stuffed oats: I knew that many people didn't like this vegetable due to its bitterness.I request everybody to try this recipe .So please give this a try and let me know ur views.This go well with Indian chapati or parantha.

INGREDIENTS:

5-10 bittergourd

1 medium sliced onion

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp oil

1 tsp salt

7 big tablespoon oats

1 tsp(amchur powder)

1 tbsp(corriander powder)

1 tsp (red chili powder)

5 tsp water

1 tsp(turmericpowder)

METHOD:

Peel off bitter gourd skin and remove the seeds from inside.Cut the bittergourd into halves if they are big in size.Rub the bittergourd from outside and inside with the salt.and rest for an hour atleast.This will remove bitterness from bittergourd.Then take a bowl add all spices. mix it. Then put olive oil in a pan put turmeric powder,cumin powder,7cups oats. Then roast it Put some water in it. For ur taste u can add tamarind paste.Then put oats inside karela.Now put the karela in the oven.for 10 minutes. Then they are ready.Serve hot once bittergourd turns soft and oil separates.