I love to make one pot dishes on weekdays. This is a simple and easy dish, loaded with vegetables, easy to make and delicious to eat. Almond pieces give a nice crunch and taste to it.
Ingredients: 2 cups pasta(fusilli or penne) 1 cup vegetable (bellpepper, zucchini) 1/4 cup tomato 2 cups milk 2 tbl spns all purpose flour 2 tbl spns butter 1 tea spn chopped garlic 1/4 cup parmesan cheese 1/4 cup almonds Pepper Salt
Method: Heat water and cook pasta along with salt according to package instructions. Heat butter in a wide pan on medium low heat. Add vegetables (do not add tomato), garlic. Fry for 5-6 mins. Make a well in the center and add flour. Whisk it, taking care not to butn it and removing all lumps. Pour the milk and let it thicken. Add salt and pepper as required. Add cooked pasta, tomato. Lightly roast the almonds and chop them. Add these to the pasta. Mix well. Add cheese and mix. Serve hot.
Serves : 3 Preparation time : 20mins
Set dosa has different definitions for different people. I was introduced to it in Bangalore and I instantly became a fan. A stack of 3 spongy dosas is served with sagu – a vegetable side dish. I absolutely adore this combination. Recently, one of my friends told me, the set dosa he knows is a stack of 3 different varieties of dosas. Anyway, I have seen so many different recipes for these spongy dosas. I loved this version which is very simple. This recipe is from some old Kannada recipe collection. I served it with a simple potato side dish.
Ingredients: 1 cup rice 3/4 cup flattened rice ( poha ) 1 tea spn fenugreek(methi) seeds 1/4 cup yogurt 1/2 tea spn sugar 1/2 tea spn soda Ghee/Oil Salt
Method: Soak rice and fenugreek seeds in water for 4-5 hrs. Grind to a smooth batter. Soak flattened rice(poha) in yogurt. Grind it and mix with rice batter. (I grind both together). Do not make the batter too thin. Leave over night for fermentation. Add sugar and soda next day. Make thick small dosas. Serve hot.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 20mins
