Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Pasta

Ingredients:
3 cup penne rigatoni pasta- whole wheat or multi grain will be good.
2 cup of pasta sauce (any flavour)
1 large green capsicum - cut in long slices
1 large onion - sliced
1/2 cup artichoke(frozen or canned
1 clove of garlic - chopped
1 tsp red chili flakes
1/2 tbsp dried herbs(Italian herb mix)
1/2 cup of chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup grated cheese (Amul cheese taste good)
2 tbsp olive oil

1) Boil water in big vessel- add salt and pasta, mix it well. Boil the pasta for 9 to 11 minutes. Drain it and keep aside.
2) Heat olive oil in a pan. Add onion and garlic, fry it till become brown, add cut capsicum, artichoke. cook it for 5 to 6 minutes on medium flame.
3) Add pasta sauce, Italian herbs mix and red chili flakes. Cook the sauce for 4 to 5 minutes.
4) Finally add pasta in the sauce, mix it.
5) Put the pasta in a pan, add grated cheese on top of it.
6) Garnish with fresh basil.

Daikon leaves sabji

Easy to make, low calories and healthy.

Ingredients:
1 bunch of daikon leaves.
4 tbsp gram flour (besan)
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tbsp red chili powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
salt
2 tbsp oil

1) Chop daikon leaves finely and wash it.
2) Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, add mustard seeds- let it crack.
3) Add chopped daikon leaves and all powder masalas with salt. Mix it.
4) Sprinkle gram flour on top of that. Do not mix it.
5) Cover the pan, let it cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
6) Tasty sabji is ready, serve with roti.