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Baked, Italian

Baked Pasta with sauteed Vegetables

This is my version of baked veggie pasta. After a long struggle of about 2 years I finally arrived at this recipe and have been loving it ever since. Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 30 mins   Ingredients: Wheat pasta (penne/spiral/bow-tie) – 2 cups (I used spiral) Carrots – 1 cup (cut into […]

Chutneys

Tomato-Bell Pepper(Capsicum) Chutney

Want a different twist to your tomato chutney? Well, add some capsicum and you will adore this better than the conventional tomato chutney. Serves: 2 Cooking time: 15 mins   Ingredients: Tomato – 1.5 cups (roughly chopped) Bell Pepper (Capsicum), green – ½ cup Green chilli – 4 or 5 (slit lengthwise) Coriander leaves – ½ […]

Breakfast, Fusion-food, Snacks

Spanish Omelette

Serves: 2 Cooking time: 10 mins   Ingredients: Eggs – 4 Onions – ½ cup (finely chopped) Capsicum – ½ cup (finely chopped) Potato – ¼ cup (boiled, peeled and grated) Oil/butter – 1 tbsp Salt – to taste Pepper – to taste Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp (finely chopped, optional) Dried Basil – 1 tbsp […]

Dips/Sauces

Hummus/Chickpea-sesame dip

Serves: 4 Cooking time: 10 mins Preparation time: overnight   Ingredients: Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans – 1 cup Sesame seeds – ¼ cup Oil – 1 tbsp Salt – to taste Chilly paprika – 1 tbsp Cumin/Jeera powder – 1 tbsp Lemon juice – 1 tbsp Coriander leaves – ¼ cup Water – as required Procedure: Soak chickpeas/garbanzo […]

Beverages

Mint-Ginger Lemonade

  Serves: 3 Cooking time: 5 mins Preparation time: 2 hours   Ingredients: Mint leaves – 10 leaves Ginger – 1 inch piece Lemons – 1 Sugar – ¼ cup Water – 3 cups Salt – a pinch Chat masala – ½ tsp Procedure: Add sugar, ¼ cup water, mint leaves and ginger to a sauce […]