Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Roll is one of the most famous Pastry varieties in America. My husband's favorite too :)) 

This pastry is very easy to make. 

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cooking Time: 12 - 15 mins

Ingredients:

All purpose Flour - 1 cup

Butter (at room temperature) < 1/4 cup

Curd - 2 small laddle

salt - 1/4 spoon

For Filling:

cinnamon powder - 1 spoon

Raw sugar (coarse powder) - 1/4 cup

Preparation:

Mix 3/4th of butter and other ingredients to make soft dough.

Roll the dough into 1 big roti. Make it little thick.

Spread remaining butter on top of the pressed dough. Add filling and spread evenly.

Roll it and cut it into 2 inch pieces. slightly shape the pieces into round.

Place a parchment paper in the baking tray. Keep the cinnamon rolls apart in the tray.

Preheat the oven for 375F and bake the rolls for 12-15 mins. When it is golden brown and slightly inflated, take it out.

Let the roll coll down for 20 mins

Servings: 8

Pumpkin Erissery

Pumpkin (Mathanga) Erissery is a kerala dish and it has a special place in Onam feast. In Kerala, they use more coconut and coconut milk to make this dish. 

This dish is made with yellow pumpkin, not the white one.

In autumn you will get more varieties of pumpkin to make this dish. Serene Orange color of the season matches this dish too..😎🌈

Ingredients:

Pumpkin - 1 small cup
Thoor dal - 4 spoons
chilli powder - 1 spoon
salt - 1 spoon

To Grind:

grated coconut - 1/4 cup

cumin seeds - 1/4 spoon

milk - 20 ml

To temper:

Mustard - 1/2 spoon

coconut oil - 1 spoon

grated coconut - 1 spoon

red chilli - 1

Curry leaves - 1/2 twig

Preparation:

Cook Pumpkin with water for 15 mins. Add 1/4 spoon of salt while its boiling.

Cook Thoor dal in pressure cooker and keep it aside.

Grind coconut and cumin. Add milk while grinding to make the mixture into paste.

In kadai, dilute the cooked dal with cup of water. Add chilli powder and 3/4 spoon of salt.

while its boiling, add the paste. Mix well and let it boil for few mins.

Once it reached curry consistency, temper the ingredients given and season the curry with it.

Servings: 2 - 4

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