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Gnocchi in Creamy Cheese Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

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This is my first post o 2011...So i am posting a very special and unique Italian recipe today...Its " Gnocchi in creamy cheese sauce"...'Gnocchi ' are little dumplings made with either mashed potato and flour or semolina.They should be very light in texture and should not be overcooked.Ready made Gnocchis are easily available in stores but here i made them at home from scratch.Their combo with creamy cheese sauce is very tempting one.

INGREDIENTS:

For Gnocchi :

250 grams potato
1/4 tea spoon nutmeg powder
7 table spoon flour
3 tea spoon melted butter
salt

For Cream Cheese Sauce:

4-5 mushrooms finely chopped
1 table spoon plain flour
2 table spoon butter
1 onion finely chopped
1 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh cream
3 table spoon grated cheese
1 tablespoon chopped parsley or coriander leaves
1/2 tea spoon crushed pepper
salt

METHOD:

Boil water in a big vessel and boil the potatoes till tender. Do not overcook them. Let them cool a little and then peel them and grate them using a very fine grater.Then add flour, salt, nutmeg powder, melted butter and mix. Kneed the mixture to a dough.They dough should be kneaded very lightly and should not be sticky.Add little more flour if the dough is sticky. When the dough is ready to be rolled make Gnocchis.

Now to shape the dough into Gnocchis divide it into 4 parts. Take a part on a floured flat surface and roll it into a 10" long and 3/4" thick roll. Take care not to over handle it as Gnocchis can become hard.Cut the roll into 1" long piece. Repeat it with the remaining dough.

Now take each 1' piece and take a folk. Gently, but firmly, press each piece against the tines of a fork to make ridges on the back side.Press it so that it widens and then roll it to form like a empty roll. Repeat it with rest pieces.

Now boil 10 cups of water in a big thick bottomed vessel and add 1 tea spoon salt in it.Drop 13-15 pieces of Gnocchi in it.After 2-3 mins the Gnocchi will rise to surface of boiling water that means they are cooked. Remove them and drain and keep aside.Repeat with remaining Gnocchis.

To prepare the sauce,heat butter in a pan. Add onion and mushroom . Saute till light golden.Add flour and saute for 1-2 mins on low heat,do not brown.Add milk and keep on stirring so that lumps are not formed. Add cream and mix well. Let it boil. Add little water or milk if the sauce is too much thick.Add salt, pepper powder and cheese and cook till cheese melts. Finally add parsley and mix. Add cooked Gnocchi and toss for 1 min.Remove from fire.

Serve Hot.

Preparation Time: 25 mins

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Penne in Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

Pasta in roasted bell pepper sauce is one of the most famous pasta. The flavour of roasted peppers give it a nice flavour and taste. I have altered the traditional recipe with few changes.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups penne pasta
2 red bell peppers chopped roughly
1 medium sized carrot sliced
1 big size onion sliced
1 table spoon chopped garlic
1 tea spoon chopped green chillis
1 small onion diced
1/2 cup blanched sweet corns
1/2 cup chopped bell peppers
1/2 cup chopped baby corns
1 cup tomato puree
1 table spoon butter
1/4 cup pimento stuffed green olives
1 tea spoon Italian mixed herbs
1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
2 tea spoon chili flakes
1/4 tea spoon crushed peppercorns
2-3 table spoons olive oil
salt

METHOD:
Spread the chopped red bell peppers, carrots and sliced onion on a baking tray and sprinkle olive oil and little salt on them and bake them for 15 mins at 180 degrees.Cool them and then grind them using little water to fine paste.

Boil water in a big vessel and add little salt and oilive oil. Add the pasta and cook for 7-8 mins till its 'al dente'.Drain it and spinkle some olive oil and keep the cooked pasta aside.

Heat little olive oil in a pan and add chopped garlic and green chillis and saute for 2 mins. Then add diced onions and chopped bell peppers.Add the sweet corn kernels, tomato puree and mix it well.Add the roasted pepper sauce to it and cook for 2 mins.

Add salt, peppercorns, olives, and chili flakes.finally add grated cheese and cook till it melts in the sauce. Now add the cooked pasta, mixed herbs and toss for some time. finally add the butter and remove from flame.

Garnish with stuffed green olives and sprinkle little EVOO and serve hot.

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Veg Pizza With Mexican Ranchero Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Mexican Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

Some days back i was in mood to make pizza with some spicy sauce so thought of using mexican ranchero sauce which i had liked once and the pizza turned out very tasty.There are many slight variations of ranchero sauce but i like this recipe.The smoky flavour of ranchelo sauce gave it a very nice and unique taste.As usual i also used fried garlic, italian herbs and chilli flakes in the pizza base dough and which also contributed in enhancing its taste and flavour.It was a thin crust pizza.

INGREDIENTS:

For Pizza Crust:

I used same base which i had used for bechamel sauce mushroom pizza

For Ranchero Sauce:

2-3 ripe tomatoes
7-8 long red chillis(less spicy ones)
1 table spoon chopped garlic
2 tea spoons worcestershire sauce
1 tea spoon demerara sugar ( brown sugar)
salt

For Pizza Topping:

1-2 cups grated mozerella cheese
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup sliced bellpeppers(yellow,red and green)
3/4 cup babycorns
1/4 cup sliced onion
1 table spoon sundried tomatoes
mixed italian herbs
chilli flakes
salt
olive oil

METHOD:

For ranchero sauce first dry roast the tomatoes in pan for 10-12 mins till you get a smoky smell and few black burnt spots on them.Keep stirring them while roasting, then remove them and similarly dry roast red chillis for 5-6 mins till they get little black spots.

Cool the tomatoes and peel them, remove their seeds and blend them with roasted red chillis,brown sugar,garlic,worcestershire sauce and salt to get a smooth sauce.No need to add water.Ranchelo sauce is ready.You can store this for up to 15 days in refrigerator.

Now for pizza make the pizza dough ready as given here.Make ball and roll it into a pizza base of 4-5 mm thick.Grease the pizza pan and put it in it.With a folk prick the base at some places.

Drizzle 2-3 tea spoon of olive oil on it and spread it.Then apply generous amount of ranchero sauce.Arrange the topping.Sprinkle little salt,italian herbs and chilli flakes .finally sprinkle the grated mozerella cheese on it.

Bake it at 220 degrees for 20-25 mins or till the edges turn golden brown.Sprnkle little seasoning and serve hot.

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Mushroom Lasagna...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

Lasagna or Lasagne is a form of pasta in sheets made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese and meat or vege sauces.I mostly prefer baked pasta with cheese over simple pasta.I have always made this lasagne with ready made lasagne pasta sheets, but i came across this recipe of making pasta sheets at home so i decided to give a try and they were as tasty as readymade sheets.This lasagna pasta is very easy to prepare along with sheets.

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup white sauce(bechamel sauce)
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated ricotta cheese
1 tea spoon chopped parsley

For lasagna Sheets:

1 cup all purpose flour(or wheat flour)
1 table spoon olive oil
milk
salt

For Mushroom Sauce:

2 cups chopped mushrooms
1 cup capsicum sliced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 table spoon garlic chopped
2 fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
1 tea spoon chilli sauce
1 tea spoon butter
1 tea spoon oregeno
1 tea spoon chilli flakes
pepper powder
olive oil
salt

METHOD:

Kned the flour using milk and rest of the ingredients.Do not add water just milk to kned it.Now keep it aside for 30 mins.

Roll out thin sheets from it.Heat 1 litre water in a big vessel.When it starts boiling add little oil and salt.Put one sheet carefully in boling water and let it get cooked for few mins.When its rises on top fully and becomes bit transparent its done.It will take 2-3 mins.

Repeat the same with the remaining sheets.Cook one sheet at a time as they can stick to each other if more then one are put together.When each sheet is cooked remove it and directly put it in cold water.

Now for the mushroom sauce, i had made a very simple one.Heat olive oil in a pan and add butter in it.Saute chopped garlic till it turns light brown.Now add hand torn basil leaves, adding them at this stage give nice aroma to it.

Add the chopped onion and saute till it gets translucent.Add the sliced capsicum and saute it for 2 mins.Now add the mushroom pieces and add salt and let it get cooked.Now add chilli sauce,pepper powder and tomato ketchup.Mix it well and add chilli flakes and oregeno and remove from flame.

Now Heat white sauce for some time and add ricotta cheese in it.Now the lasagna must be arranged.Take a baking pan or bread loaf pan and grease it with butter.Keep one pasta sheet and spread a layer of mushroom sauce on it.Keep the second pasta sheet on it and spread layer of mushroom sauce again.Repeat it till all the sheets and the mushroom sauce gets over.I had just made 5 sheets and little sauce as it was my first attempt to make pasta sheet at home so my lasagna is not as thick as normal one.

The last layer must be a pasta sheet.Now spread the white sauce all over it evenly.On top of it spread grated mozarella cheese.Bake it at 220 degress for 20-25 mins or till the cheese melts and becomes brown.I like more melted and browned cheese so i had baked bit more than normal.

Cut it into pieces and garnish with fresh parsley and serve hot.

NOTE:You can even use egg instead of milk in pasta sheet flour.

You can use wheat flour instead of all purpose flour to make more healthy pasta.

Preparation Time:40 mins

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Baked Layered Macaroni With Veges And Sauces...!!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

I was bored trying the same pastas with normal sauces, so i decided to try something interesting.I had seen in many recipes that after cooking pasta sometimes its baked with cheese, so i decided to try something similar.So i prepared this layered and baked macaroni.But i tried to make it more innovative so i used two sauces in between the layers of macaroni pasta along with veges and cheese.I made marinara sauce and bechamel sauce , and used it in layers between.I baked it with cheese and it tasted awesome.It got over in no time.Give it a try once, i am damn sure you will like it.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups macaroni pasta(or any other pasta)

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 cup sliced onions

2 cup sliced capsicum

1 cup grated mozerella cheese

1/4 cup bread crumbs

2 tea spoon chilli flakes

2 tea spoon mixed herbs

butter

Sauces:

For Marinara Sauce:

5-6 garlic cloves chopped

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 n 1/2 cup tomato puree

2-3 fresh basil leaves

1 tea spoon kashmiri chilli powder

1/4 tea spoon pepper powder

1/2 tea spoon oregeno

salt

olive oil

Bechamel Sauce(you can refer its recipe here)

METHOD:

Heat enough water and when its starts boiling add salt and oil.Then add macaroni to it and cook it till done.Drain the water and pass running cold water through it.Spread on a plate and keep aside.

To make marinara sauce. First heat butter in a pan.Saute garlic pieces in it till light brown.Then add chopped onion and saute till almost cooked.Now add hand torn fresh basil leaves and saute for 1 min.Add tomato puree and mix.Add salt,chilli powder and pepper powder.When it starts boiling add oregeno and remove from flame.

Heat a pan and add 1 table spoon butter.Add the sliced onions and saute till they are soft.Now add sliced capsicum and saute till it gets cooked and onions become brown.Now ad sliced mushrooms and saute for a min.Add salt and close and cook for 2 mins.Keep it aside.

Now take a baking dish and grease it.Spread a layer of half qunatity of cooked macaroni evenly.Spread all the tossed veges all over evenly on it.Spread enough marinara sauce so that it covers all the veges well.Spinkle some chilli flakes and mixed herbs.I have shown a pic below of half spread marinara sauce.

Now spread layer on remaining macaroni on it evenly.Pour the prepared bechamel sauce all over it as shown below.

Now spinkle bread crumbs and grated cheese on it as seen below.

Bake it at 180 deg for 20 mins or till all the cheese melts and turns slight brown.Cut in pieces and serve hot.

NOTE: You can even add one egg white in bechamel sauce .When cooked remove from flame add egg white and whisk countinously, do not allow to form lumps.Again cook it for 1 min stirring countinously.

Preparation Time : 35 mins

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Garlic Flavoured Mushroom Pizza with Bechamel Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

I like baking pizza sometimes and that day i was in mood of baking some different pizza. I wanted to make something different from the normal tomato sauce or marinara sauce pizza...so i decided to make white sauce also called as bechamel sauce pizza with the veges i had at home. I also decided to give the plain base some flavour, as i was bored from the normal plain base. So i added some crisp fried garlic and chilli flakes and herbs to the base.So this is how this pizza was made and it tasted damn yummy, base had a nice flavour....i just loved it...:-))

INGREDIENTS:

For Pizza Crust:

1 n 1/2 cup all purpose flour

2 tea spoon chopped garlic

1 tea spoon chilli flakes(paprika)

2 tea spoons mixed herbs

2 tea spoon active dry yeast

1 tea spoon sugar

1 table spoon olive oil

salt

For Toppings:

1 n 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1 cup chopped capsicum

1 cup caramalized onions

1 cup grated mozerella cheese

olive oil

chilli flakes

oregeno

For Bechamel Sauce:

2 table spoon butter

1 table spoon chopped garlic

2 cups whole milk

2 table spoon cornflour

1/2 tea spoon pepper powder

1 tea spoon chilli flakes

2 fresh basil leaves

1/4 tea spoon nutmeg powder

salt

METHOD:

Take 1/4 cup warm water and add sugar to it .Add yeast in it and cover and keep for 10 mins.Heat little oil in a pan nad saute the garlic till light brown in it. Cool it.Take flour in a bowl, add salt,chilli flakes and mixed herbs. Add the yeast mixture and kned it into a soft dough. Then apply olive oil and kned again for 2 mins. Keep covered for 1 hour. It will rise and become double.Knock it and remove all the air in it and again cover and keep for more 1 hour.

To make the sauce heat a vessel, add butter to it. Now add chopped garlic and fry till it becomes light brown. Add basil leaves torn in hand and saute for 1 min. Now add the cornflour and saute it on low flame for 1-2 mins till raw smell goes. Now add milk to it and stir for 2-3 mins till it becomes quite thick like sauce. Now add chilli flakes, pepper powder and nutmeg powder.When thickened enough remove from flame and keep.

Make a ball of the doubled dough and roll it into a pizza.Do not make it too thick or too thin. It should be as thick as 4-5mm. Now take a fork and prick the base at some places.Now apply olive oil on it.Spread the bechamel sauce evenly on the whole base.Now spread the toppings on it.Spinkle little pepper powder, salt , oregeno and chilli flakes. Finaly spinkle the grated mozerella cheese on it.

Preheat a oven/microwave for 5 mins at 180 deg.Bake it for 20-25 mins at 200 degs Sprinkle some seasonings and serve hot.

NOTE: To make carmalized onions, saute sliced onion with butter till golden and add some salt and pinch of sugar.

Preparation Time: 25 mins.

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Shell Pasta With Tomato Cheese Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

This sun on 25th oct was the world pasta day. So i decided to make some kind of pasta with cheese. I had this shell pasta at home so decided to make this tomato cheese sauce and mix with it.They tasted good, cheese gave the sauce nice richness and taste.I had flavoured the sauce with garlic and herbs to enhance its taste.

INGREDIETNS:

100 gms shell pasta

1 cup tomato puree

1/2 cup tomato ketchup

3/4 cup grated mozerella cheese

7-8 garlic cloves chopped

1 big onion chopped finely

1 table spoon chilli flakes

1 table spoon italian herbs

3-4 fresh basil leaves

1/2 tea spoon white pepper

extra virgin olive oil

salt

METHOD:

Boil 1 litre of water and when its starts boling add some salt and 1 table spoon of oil.Then add the pasta and let them get cooked. When they are done and enough soft, remove them from flame. Drain all the water and keep them under running cold water.Keep them aside.

Now tak a pan and heat olive oil in it.Add Garlic and saute till golden brown. Now, add Onions and fry till they become translucent.Add hand torn fresh basil and saute for 1 min. Now, add Tomato Puree, Tomato Ketchup and Salt and cook until the sauce becomes thick. To this add white pepper powder,oregeno and chilli flakes. Finely add cheese and mix well.

Now to this sauce add the cooked pasta and some more fresh basil leaves.Mix well.Serve hot.

Preparation Time : 20 mins

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Veggie Supreme Pizza...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

Pizza is a world popular dish of Italian origin, made with an oven-baked, flat, generally round bread that is often covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and cheese. Other toppings are added according to region, culture, or personal preference. I like to make different pizzas at home. You get pizza base outside, but i prefer to make pizza base at home as it turns very tasty.The pizza sauce also i prefer home made rather then using ketchup as it enhances the taste of pizza more. This veg pizza is the most common pizza which i make .

INGREDIENTS:

For Base:

1 n 1/2 cup maida(all purpose flour)

1 tea spoon active dry yeast

1 tea spoon sugar

salt

3 table spoon olive oil

For Toppings:

5-6 babycorns sliced vertically

2 green bellpepper chopped horizontaly in rings

7-8 mushrooms sliced

1 small onion sliced in rings

1/2 cup sun dried cherry tomatoes

4-5 olives

1 n 1/2 cup grated mozerella cheese

For Sauce:

1 onion chopped finely

8-10 garlic cloves chopped

1 cup tomato puree

1 cup tomato concasse

1/2 tea spoon fresh pepper

1/2 tea spoon chilli flakes (or chilli powder)

4-5 fresh basil leaves

2-3 fresh oregeno leaves

1/2 tea spoon dry oregeno

pinch of sugar

salt

olive oil

For Seasoning:

1 tea spoon dry oregeno

1 tea spoon chilli flakes

salt

METHOD:

In about 1/4 cup of warm water, add sugar and salt.Add the yeast, slightly give a shake to the bowl and leave it for about 5-8mins. By this time the yeast becomes active and you can see a kind of froth.

Take flour in a bowl and add yeast mixture and kned into a dough using water, add little olive oil and kned more like chapati dough. Make a ball and close with a damp muslin cloth and keep covered for 1 hour.

The dough will become double in size.Apply a little more oil and kned the dough to remove excess air and keep covered again for 30 mins.Make two balls of the dough.Roll each ball into a round using a rolling pin. This makes two pizza bases of 6 inches.

To make pizza sauce, heat olive oil in a pan. Fry chopped garlic for 1-2 mins then add chopped onion and saute it till it becomes soft. Now add the tomato concasse and tomato puree. Stir and cook till it boils. Add salt, chilli flakes and sugar. Tear the fresh basil and oregeno leaves in hand and add to it.spirnkle pepper powder and dry oregeno and remove from flame.Let it cool a bit.

Now take the rolled pizza base.Spread a thick layer of prepared sauce on it. Add the mushrooms,bell pepper , onions and sundried tomatoes. Add babycorns and rest of the remaining topings . Add the quantity of topins according to your choice. sprinkle little salt on it. finally spread the grated cheese on it.

Preaheat a oven on 210 degrees and bake it for 25-20 mins. I used microwave to bake it so i preheated it and baked it in convection mode at 210 degrees for 20 mins.

For making seasoning mix chilli flakes, oregeno and salt and sprinkle on hot pizza.Serve by cutting into pieces.

NOTE:For more healthy pizza you can use 1/2 quantity on whole wheat flour and half quantity of maida.

You can add topings of your choice like sweet corns, eggplants etc

Makes 2 pizzas of 6 inches each

Preparation Time: 30 mins.

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Penne Alfredo(Pasta in White Sauce)...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

This is one more pasta dish which i had prepared some days back. White sauce has very much importance in continental dishes, its basic ingredient for dishes like au-gratin, lasagne, etc. Penne Alfredo is also the pasta made with white sauce. The pasta coated with white sauce , veggies and italian seasonings has awesome taste and flavour.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups boiled penne pasta

5-6 mushrooms sliced

1 green bellpepper chopped

3-4 babycorns chopped

4-5 florets of broccoli

1 table spoon sun dried tomatoes

10 garlic cloves finely chopped

2 tea spoon chilli flakes

1 tea spoon white pepper powder(or black pepper powder)

2 tea spoon oregeno

1 tea spoon thyme

2 cups milk

2 table spoon cornflour

2 table spoon butter

1/2 cup grated mozerella cheese

1 table spoon chopped parsley or cilantro

olive oil

salt

METHOD:

Heat a deep pan. Add butter and when it melts add the chopped garlic and fry till it becomes light brown and leaves aroma. Now once its done add the cornflour saute for 10-20 seconds on low flame, let it not turn brown.

Add milk and stir it continuously to avoid lumps.once the mixture starts thickening add oregano,thyme,salt,pepper powder and red chilli flakes.Add grated cheese.Remove from flame and keep this sauce aside. Add all the spices according to your taste.

Take another pan and add olive oil. Now add capsicum, broccoli, baby corns and saute for 2 mins. Add the mushroom pieces and cook till all the vegies are soft.

Now add the cooked white sauce in it and stir till it gets mixed with all the vegies. Stir in cooked pasta and saute for 2 mins till the sauce coats all the pasta well. Now saute on high flame with stirring countinously for 40 secs and remove from flame.

Garnish with parsley or cilantro and serve hot.

Preparation Time : 15 mins

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Pasta In Indian Style...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Pastas N Pizzas

Pasta is mostly cooked with italian seasonings or othere sauces. It is mostly less spicy unlike indian food. We can make pasta by adding indian spicies also. This indian style pasta will be loved by people who like spicy food.Even i love spicy food so decided to try pasta with indian spices and it worked.Its taste was very nice and spicy,it turned out more tasty then expected.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup pasta(any shape)

1 onion chopped

1 tomato chopped

4-5 table spoon tomato sauce

1/2 cup carrot chopped

1/2 cup capsicum chopped

1/2 cup cabbage chopped

1 tea spoon ginger finely chopped

1 tea spoon garlic finely chopped

1 tea spoon garam masala powder

1/2 maggi cube powder

1 tea spoon red chilli powder

2 table spoon butter

2 table spoon grated cheese

1/2 tea spoon dry oregeno leaves

1/2 tea spoon dry basil leaves

1/2 tea spoon chilli sauce

pinch of pepper powder

1/4 tea spoon sugar

salt

oil

METHOD:

Boil 4 cups of water and add salt & oil.Add pasta in it and cook till al dante 5-10 min. Drain the water in a sieve and pass it through running waters.

In a frying pan take butter .Fry ginger and garlic pieces for 3-4 mins till they become light brown.Add onions and fry till golden yellow.

Now add chopped tomatoes & ketchup .Fry till butter comes out.

Now add garam masala,maggi cube powder & red chilly powder & salt as per taste. saute for a minute.Add chilli sauce.

Add capsicum, cabbage & carrot saute till they are cooked.Now add 1/2 cup of water and cook till gravy becomes thick.Add sugar.

Now add the boiled pasta and mix well with the gravy. Add oregano & basil leaves .spinkle pepper powder.Cook it for about 3-4 mins.

Lastly grate cheese over it & cook on slow flame for about 3
min.Keep frying pan covered for 2 min.

Serve hot.

NOTE: Even cooked pasta can be microwaved for 3 mins after grating cheese over it.

Preparation Time:15mins.

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Quick Bread Pizza...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Evening Snacks, Pastas N Pizzas, Quick Dishes

This is the most easiest bread pizza i have ever seen.Its crispy toasted bread and a spread of all veggies, cheese and tomato sauce.Its very simple to make and tasty pizza. If you don not have pizza base and you are in mood to eat a pizza. Just try this simple one.

INGREDIENTS:

3-4 sandwitch bread slices

1 cup chooped cabbage

1/2 cup capsicum chopped

1/2 cup tomato chopped

2 table spoon salter butter

3-4 table spoon tomato chilli sauce

1/2 cup grated chesse

pepper powder

salt

METHOD:

Mix all the vegetables together with a pinch of salt.Heat a pan with little butter. Toast the slices on both the sides till its crispy.

Now apply tomato chilli sauce on one side of the toasted slice.Add the mixed veges on it evenly all over. Sprinkle lot of grated cheese.

Keep it on a microwave plate n cook on 60% power for 40 secs and 80 secs on high ie 100% power. All the cheese gets melted.

Remove from microwave and spinkle some pepper powder. Top it with a tomato chilli sauce.

Serve Hot.

Preparation Time:7 mins

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Penne Arrabiataa...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas

'Penne Arrabiata' is a pasta cooked with cherry tomatoes and herbs. By seing the name of the recipe one will think that it is some very difficult recipe...but certainly not... its a very easy and quick recipe.Pasta is originally a dish from italian cuisine. I have used penne pasta in this recipe made from durum wheat flour, which is one of the traditional pastas of italy. I have used cherry tomatoes as i just love them, they are so cute, i cant resist myself to buy them when i see them in the grocery store.I have put a pic of them below:-) This pasta recipe is so simple yet it tastes very good.

INGREDIENTS:

200 grams Penne pasta

2 tomatoes

6-7 cherry tomatoes halved

7-8 garlic cloves finely chopped

2 tea spoon red chillis crushed

2 onions sliced

1/2 cup tomato puree

1/2 tea spoon oregano

1 tea spoon fresh basil

1 table spoon chopped parsley(or cilantro)

olive oil

salt

METHOD:

First the penne need to be cooked. Add 2 litres of water ina vessel , let it boil. When the water starts boiling add some salt and 1 tea spoon oil. now add the penne and let it cook on medium flame.

Cook the penne till al dante ( italian: meaning "to the tooth" means not too soft, just cooked).Now drain the water and keep it under running water so that it separates out.Now keep it aside.

Blanch tomatoes( not cherry tomatoes), peel, remove seeds and chop roughly. This is called tomato concasse.

Heat some olive oil in a pan. Add chopped garlic and saute till light brown.Then add red chilli flakes and countinue to saute for 40 secs. Now add the chopped onion and saute till they turn soft and translucent.Now add cherry tomatoes and saute for some time.

Add tomato concase to it . Add tomato puree and mix.Add salt and oregano and mix well.Cook for 3-4 mins till it gets a sauce consistency . Sauce for pasta is ready.

Take one more pan and heat little olive oil in it. Add the herbs and toss.Add the amount of penne required to serve and toss well. Now add the required amount of sauce and toss gently for some minutes.While tossing be carefull so that the penne do not break.

Garnish with parsley and serve hot...!!!

NOTE: Any type of penne pasta can be used.

Use of cherry tomatoes is not compulsory.

If olive oil not available use butter.

Serves:3-4

Preparation Time: 20 mins.

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