Two Cheese Marinara Pasta

Two cheese Marinara Pasta is an easy to make Italian dinner, as long as you have all the ingredients handy.

I used organic Penne Pasta made of Lentils, Rice and Peas. If you are not fan of regular Pasta or health conscious, use organic / vegan varieties.

Ingredients:
Pasta - 200 g Penne
Tomato - 1
Cheddar cheese - 2 small cubes
Philadelphia cheese - 2 spoons
Garlic - 2 pods
Olive oil - 2 spoons
chilli powder - 1/2 spoon
salt - 1 spoon

Preparation:

Boil Pasta with salt for 20 mins or until its cooked. Drain the water. wash it with cold water and keep it aside.
Add olive in pan. Once it warms up, add garlic pods, saute it.
Add chilli powder. Once it starts turning brown, add diced tomatoes.
cook tomato until it becomes soft and raw smell goes off.
Add one variety of cheese. Once it melts and mixed up, add the other one.
Once tomato and cheese are mixed up, sauce is ready.
Now add the pasta and mix well.

gustosa pasta a casa tua  !! :))

Servings: 2

Tomato Basil Soup

Tomato Basil soup is very easy to make mild soup. You can make this for evening time or dinner.

Ingredients:

Tomato - 2 large
basil - 4 twigs
garlic - 1 pod
onion - 1/4
olive oil - 1 spoon
butter - 2 spoons
salt - 1 spoon
pepper - 1/2 spoon

raw sugar - 1/4 spoon

Preparation:

Blanch and puree the tomatoes
Pour olive oil in stockpot. Once it warms up, add butter
Once butter melts, add onion and garlic. saute until onion changes color.
Add tomato puree and basil. Let it cook for 10 mins
Add salt, pepper and sugar. let it cook for another 10 minutes or until the raw smell goes off. 
Soup starts to thicken. Now switch off the flame.


Toast the bread in olive oil and serve it with soup.

Servings:  2

French fries

Ingredients:
Potato - 2
chilli powder - 1/2 spoon
salt - 1/2 spoon or as needed
pepper powder - 1/4 spoon
oil - 1 spoon

Preparation:
Cut the potatoes into batons.
Mix it with salt, spices and oil
Take a baking tray. Spread oil in it. Place the batons evenly distributed
Bake it in oven at 450 deg F for 40 minutes. If needed turn the potatoes every 15 mins.

Servings: 2

Veg Kurma (quick version)

This Veg kuruma is a quick version. Its a mild side dish specially for kerala Parotta.

Ingredients:
Carrot - 1
peas - 1/4 cup
potato - 1
beans - 10
chayote / chow chow - 1/2
bay leaves - 2
salt - 2 spoons
oil - 2 spoons

To Soak:
cashewnut - 3
almond - 2
poppy seeds / kasakasa - 1/2 spoon
milk - 3 spoons

To Grind:
pepper corn - 2
cloves - 2
cardamom - 2
cinnamon stick - 1 inch
cumin seeds - 1/4 spoon
fennel seeds - 1/4 spoon
coconut - less than 1/4 cup
red chillies - 3
tomato - 3/4

Preparation:
Soak cashew, almond and poppy seeds in milk for an hour.
Chop the given vegetables. Pour water until vegetables submerge.
Boil the vegetables in water for 10 mins. Add a spoon of salt  and bay leaves while boiling
Grind all the ingredients given in "To grind" with the soaked ingredients, to a fine paste.
Dilute the paste with 2 cups of water.
In a saute pan / kadai, add 2 spoons of oil.
Pour the diluted mix and half a spoon of salt.
Now add the boiling vegetables and let the kurma cook until it starts to thicken or raw smell goes off

Servings: 4