Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH SPINACH
One thing i admire about US grocery is the variety of green leaves they keep in abundance.
Fresh and beautiful,more tempting to use in one go. My 's' and lil 'v' loves spinach. When i had some left over spinach,i tried it with angel hair pasta .



Ingredients:
angel hair pasta-cooked well to use(2 cups)
spinach-4cups
onion-1/2 cup
tomato-1cup
ginger-garlic paste-1tbsp
turmeric powder-a pinch
Mc cormicks taco seasoning-1/2 tspn
Sour cream-3tbsp
Recipe:
Spinach should be boiled in microwave for 8minutes and ground in a mixie.Make sure you dont grind it to a fine paste.Make sure its done coarsely .
Add oil in a kadai. Put the onions and let it turn brownish. Then add ggpaste and fry till raw smell disappears. Add taco seasoning and turmeric powder along with tomato.Once tomato gets mushy add ground spinach.Let it simmer for 2 minutes.Add pasta then.Stir everything till masala is nicely coated.Turn off heat and add sour crem.Mix well and serve.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

sabudana kichdi


SABUDANA KICHDI

Sabudana kichdi is very easy to prepare.In north india it is prepared to end the fast.
But we love it for breakfast and dinner.
recipe:
sabudana-1 cup soaked in water for 4 hours.
jeera -1tpsn
roasted peanut powder-1/4 cup
turmeric powder-a pinch
greenchilli-1tbsp
Heat oil in a kadai. Add jeera and let it splutter. Put greenchilly and soaked sabudana.In medium-low heat let it cook for 5mts .Cover it well.Once 3/4th done add peanut powder and mix well.Remove from heat and garnish with coriander leaves.

TACO DELIGHT

How many times have you munched on a taco and thought of having more?.Well,we have done it numerous times.S loves taco and when i came across taco shells in walmart i thot why not make it.More than anything this would save lot of time preparing dinner .Some crunchy tacos and a bollywood movie would surely make a happy movie time.


recipe:

taco shells:8nos

red kidney bean:8oz can

cumin seed:1tspn

sour cream:3tbspn

taco seasoning:1tspn

Seasoning ingredients:

onion:1cup

tomato:1cup

greenchillies-2tspns

Take a kadai and add 3tspn oil.Add cumin seed and taco seasoning powder .After few seconds add kidney beans.saute for few minutes and add sourcream.Mix well and remove the kadai from heat.

Mix the seasoning ingredients together.Fill taco shell and decorate with seasonings.

Taco ready .