Tadke wala pasta (pasta with tempering)

A great combination of Indian and Italian spices .......

Yummy pasta with vegetables........

Everyone can enjoy this colorful and healthy pasta...........

Ingredients

2 cups of boiled Tricolor Pasta (or you can use any type of pasta)
1 Green bell pepper chopped into cubes or sliced
1 Red bell pepper chopped into cubes or sliced
1 onion chopped into cubes or slices
( you can add more vegetables like broccoli, corns , peas , beans etc)

1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp Curry Masala powder
1 tsp salt
1 -2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 1/2 tsp italain herbs or as required   (Garlic, red pepper flakes ,  mixed herbs)

1 tsp lemon juice 

Some finely chopped cilantro 

Method

Heat oil in a wok or pan or kadai

When oil is hot add 1 tsp mustard seeds. When it start cracking add curry masala powder . Stir it for few seconds . Add onion , green bell peppers and red bell peppers . Cook it for 2-3 minutes on medium gas or until it become tender ( vegetables should be crispy )

Add pasta and mix well . Add salt n black pepper , all Italian herbs and mix well . Cover it with lid and cook it for 2 minutes on medium high gas (you can add cheese also at this stage for enhancing the flavor). 

Turn off the gas . Add lemon juice and cilantro and mix well . Cover with lid .

After 2 minutes open and serve hot 

If you want to eat cold then when pasta comes in room temperature then put it in freez and enjoy colorful pasta 

* I am using Madras curry  masala ... You can use any curry masala like pavbhaji or chole

* spices can adjust as per your taste 

Mango- Avocado salad

Mango Avocado salad is healthy and delicious with simple , sweet and sour dressing.

Ingredients

1 -2 Mango

1 Avocado

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro 

1 tbsp finely chopped mint 

Method

Cut mango and avocado into small pieces 

Dressing

Take a bowl add oil , salt , pepper , juice , cilantro , mint and mix well . 

Add dressing into chopped mango n avocado 

Mix well

Salad is ready to serve 

Tip

You can adjust dressing as per your taste

You can add more fruits like pomegranate , banana etc

You can also use parsley 

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Sunflower pizza

Vegetarian Sunflower pizza without yeast recipe

Ingredients
For dough 

2 cup Maida / All purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp warm milk  or as required
2 tbsp butter (melted)
2 tbsp olive oil


For stuffing
1/2 cup finely sliced red bell pepper 

1/2 cup finely sliced yellow bell pepper 

1/2 cup finely sliced  green bell pepper 

1/2 cup finely sliced onion

1 cup pizza sauce 

1 tsp salt

2 tsp Italian herbs  or as required

2 tsp oregano or as required
1 tsp chili flakes or as required
Mozzarella cheese as required

Oil to brush

Method :-

In a bowl
Sieve the flour, add baking powder, sugar and salt. Mix well. Then add butter and oil and mix together.
Now add the milk gradually while kneading the dough . Knead the dough for 4-5 minutes or  until it become soft and nice.
Touch a bit of oil with your fingers and apply all over the dough.

Cover the dough and Keep it aside for an hour .

Take another bowl or plate or tray . Add all sliced vegetables , add salt, oregano, Italian herbs and chili flakes. Mix well.

Now take the dough , knead it for few seconds.

Now roll the dough with the rolling pin on the wooden board into a round shape circle to 1/4 inch thickness.

Now preheat the oven to 400 F

Now take baking tray and line it with Foil paper / parchment paper.
Transfer the rolled dough carefully to the prepared tray ( I forget to transfer the dough in this step  :( )

Now make circle in center of pizza and slits in the center by using pizza cutter as shown.
Cut 8 equal triangle (like we cut a pizza) in inner circle.

Apply a generous amount of pizza sauce on all around the outer circle border as shown in pic

Now top with veggie filling on tomato sauce and garnish with mozeralla cheese as shown in pic

Take each cut triangle from the inner circle and fold it over the arrange vegetables and tuck the tip of triangle into outer border. Follow and do the same procedure with every triangle to get a sunflower shape.

Brush the dough with oil/ milk/butter

Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until it get brown in color.

Veggie sunflower pizza is ready to eat. Transfer it into serving plate.


Tips:-

1) Kneading dough is important step. More kneading gives soft dough
2) You can add more vegetables like olives, spinach etc.
3) Also can add Tofu, paneer etc.
4) Adjust the italian herbs as per your taste
5) Oven timing can be different just keep eye on the pizza after 20 minutes.

Spinach dip with corn flour pancake

Different version of Sarson ka Saag & Makke ki Roti

Presenting the spinach dip with spicy cornflour pancake which is a is a twisted version of Sarson ka Saag & Makke ki Roti. Sarson ka Saag is very famous but a seasonal dish thus I have tried to provide the slightly different flavor which is available every time of the year but is equally tasty and delicious.  

Ingredients 

Spinach dip

A bunch of Spinach

1 cup Radish leaves

A bunch of Methi leaves

1 Green chili

A piece of small Ginger 

1 -2 Tomato

1 finely chopped Onion

1/2 tsp Red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp Oil/ butter/ghee

Salt to taste
1/4 cup cream 

Lemon juice

Corn flour pancake

3/4 cup corn flour

Around 3/4 cup water

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp Red chili powder

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp coriander powder
A pinch of Hing (Optional)
Salt  to taste

oil/ghee to make pancakes

Method 

Wash the spinach, radish green leaves and methi leaves gently.
Take a pan . Add half cup water in the pan and boil it. Add Spinach , methi and radish leaves.
Add roughly chopped green chili, ginger and tomato.
 Boil it for 3-4  minutes.
Turn off the gas.

Keep it aside for cool down.
Now Blend the mixture in a blender and make puree.

Heat oil in a pan. Add all spices except salt . Stir it for few seconds.
Add onion. Stir it for 1-2 minutes. Add puree cook it for 3-4 minutes . Add cream.
cook it for 2-3 minutes more.  Add salt . cook for 1-2 minutes more.
Turn off the gas. Add lemon juice , mix well and cover with lid.




       

Cornflour pancake


Take a bowl Add water , corn flour, spices, baking powder and mix well. Make batter. Batter consistency should like dosa batter

Heat a skillet or pan.
take a big Spoonful of batter and spread it in small size. Drop some oil and cook it on medium high gas for 2-3 minutes then flip with the help of spatula and cook it again for 3-4 minutes. Corn flour pan cake are ready

              

Tips :-
1) You can add other green leaves like kale, parsley etc.
2)  You can adjust spices as per your taste
3)  You can also add paneer for increase the taste.

Besan ke Shahi or Stuffed gatte with curry

Shahi or Stuffed Besan ke Gatte with curry is a very famous dish from Rajasthan, India.

This is also known as Govind Gatte .  Besan (Gram flour) ke Gatte stuffed with dry fruits dumpling in curd curry. It is Delicious and yummy dish which goes with, chapati, parantha and rice. 

Ingredients :-

For gatte

1 cup Besan (Gram flour or chickpea flour)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp red chili powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

3 table spoon oil

Water to knead the dough

4-5 chopped Almonds

4-5 chopped cashew

1 tbsp grated paneer

Curry

2 cup  blend Yougurt or curd

1 Medium size  tomato

1 Green chili

1/2 tbsp ginger paste

1 tsp cumin seed

Salt to taste

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp red chili powder

1/2 tsp turmeric power 

1/4 tsp Garam Masala powder

1 tsp Mango powder

A pinch of Asafoetida

1 tbsp oil

Some chopped cilantro for garnishing

Method :-

Take a bowl, Add besan, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and mix well. Add oil and mix well. Add enough water to make a dough. Knead well and  keep aside ( While kneading dough , grease your palm with the oil. Make sure to add water little by little).

Divide Gram flour into equal balls.

Take one ball and press it in the middle and fill some almonds, cashew and a bit paneer and cover it properly and roll it between palms (or you can give cylindrical shape).

 prepare all Gatte and keep aside.

Boil these stuffed Gatte in  2 1/2 cups of salted water for 10-15 minutes.

Don't discard this boiled water .

(In a original recipe after boiling, Gatte can be fried too.

But I am skipping this step).

        

For  Curry

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. When it cracks, then add red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder  and asafoetida. Stir few seconds. Add ginger paste. Stir few seconds more.

Make tomato and chili paste  . Add into pan. cook it  for 3-4 minutes on medium gas.

Now add Yogurt and stirring continuously.  cook it for 5-6 minutes. Add Salt and garam masala. 

Now add  1/2 cup boiled water (Which we used for boil gatte) and continue to cook until curry become thick.

Add mango powder. Mix the curry. Add Gatte and cook it for 2 minutes more. 

Turn off the gas.  cover with lid.

Garnish with cilantro.

Serve hot.