Spaghetti in tomato and basil sauce

Ingredients:

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• Spaghetti - 1 packet
• Oil/Olive oil - 3 tsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Ripe tomatoes - 5 medium sized
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
• Garlic,finely chopped - 7 cloves
• Pepper,crushed - 1 tsp
• Italion seasoning - to sprinkle(you will get in any supermarket)
• Basil leaves ,fresh - 8
• Cheese,preferably Parmesan - shredded,50 grams to 100 grams depending on one's taste

Method:

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• Boil enough water in a saucepan.When it starts boiling add salt and a tsp of oil.
• Add the spaghetti and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Check if the spaghetti is cooked by just pressing it between your fingers.
• Drain the excess water using a strainer and place it under cold running water.Wash the cooked spaghetti in cold water.This is done so that the spaghetti doesn't get stuck to each other.
• Blanch the tomatoes.(Immerse them in super hot water for 5 min and then wash them in cold water).
• Peel off its skin and mash well using your hand.
• Add the tomato puree with the sauce,pepper,garlic and allow it to boil on a medium flame.Le the raw smell go away.
• Wash the basil leaves.Roll them like a cigar and chop finely.
• Add 1 tsp of italian seasoning and basil leaves and cook for 2 to 3 min.
• Add the spaghetti,mix well and turn off the flame.
• Shred the cheese and add it to the spaghetti and mix well.Let the cheese melt and get blended with the spaghetti.

Serve hot.While serving sprinkle little Italian seasoning on top.

Mixed Vegetable manchurian

Ingredients:

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• Vegetables - Baby corn comparatively more than other vegetables .Other veggies are carrot,cauliflower,beans and capsicum.

All the vegetables should be cut lengthwise as shown below.Separate the florets of cauliflower.

• Spring onions - 8 , chop the greens and bulbs separately
• onion - 1 medium sized, chopped finely
• Garlic - 6 to 7 slices, finely chopped
• coriander leaves - finely chopped

• Oil(preferably olive oil) - 2 tbsp
• green chillies/chilli sauce - 4 to 5 / 2 tsp depending on taste
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• pepper powder - 2 tsp
• Soya sauce - 3 to 4 tsp
• Tomato sauce - 2 to 3 tsp
• Corn flour - for making batter
• salt - to taste
• sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Refined sunflower oil - for deep fry

Method:

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• Add 1/4 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of ginger garlic paste and 1/2 a cup of corn flour into a bowl.Add water little by little and make a batter without any lumps.The consistency should be slightly watery than dosa batter.
• Heat oil in a pan.When its hot,dip a handful of baby corn in it and deep fry .Do this process on a medium flame.

• Do the same for all veggies.Make the corn flour paste sightly thick for other veggies.

• Add 1 tbsp of olive oil in a kadai and add finely chopped onions and spring onion bulbs.Saute well till it becomes tender.
• Add capcisum, green chillies,garlic pieces and saute for 3 min.
• Add soya sauce,tomato sauce,red chilli powder,pepper powder and little salt.

• Saute well on a medium flame for 5 min.Add all the deep fried veggies.Mix well quickly and switch off the flame.
• Sprinkle ajinomoto,coriander leaves and greens of spring onion on top.
• Mix well and serve hot.

This should be served immediately after cooking or else it will become soggy.

Indo Chinese noodles

Ingredients:

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• Chinese Hakka Noodles of any brand - 1 packet
• Veggies of your choice - I used 3 medium carrots,1 capsicum,1 potato,1/4 of cabbage,a handful of peas,,1 onion,10 tender beans.You can also use spring onions,cauliflower.
• Pepper - 2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Green chillies - 2 slit open
• Soya sauce - 1 tbsp(acc to taste)
• Tomato ketchup/sauce - 1 tbsp(or can be less)
• Any chinese sauce(I used chilli garlic sauce) - 1 tbsp
• Ajinomoto - a pinch
• Olive oil/Refined oil - 3 tbsp
• vinegar (optional) - 1 tsp

Method:

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• Add sufficient water in a kadai with a pinch of salt and allow it to boil.
• When it starts boiling,add 1/2 tbsp of oil into it and add the noodles too.
• Cook uncovered on a medium flame for 5 to 10 min till the noodles get cooked.
• Strain the excess water with a strainer and immediately wash in running cold water.This process is called blanching.
• Now add 1 tsp of oil on top of cooked noodles.This prevents the sticking of noodles to each other.Toss it over and set aside.

• Chop the veggies into very thin and long pieces as shown below.

• Add 2 tbsp of oil in a wok/saucepan,add onions,green chillies and saute till it becomes transparent.

• Add carrots,potatoes,beans and saute for 5 min.
• Add capsicum,cabbage,peas and saute till they become slightly tender.It has to be crunchy too.

• Sprinkle little salt,pepper,ajinomoto and saute for 2 min.

• Now add soya sauce,chilli sauce,tomato sauce and saute for 3 min.

• Add the cooked noodles and mix well.Toss it over twice or thrice.
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• Switch off the flame.

Serve hot.

Note:-Do not cook the noodles / veggies covered at any point of time.