Pasta in Red tomato sauce

1.Boil penne pasta[pasta that is tubular in shape wih ridges] in sufficient water until it softens. Drain the water and place it aside.
2.Heat olive oil. Add the cut capsicum,beans,brocolli,zuccini,carrot etc.Fry until it softens. Add little salt while you fry.Do not add water. Try to fry in oil. This gives crispness Once done, put the vegetables aside
3.Mix 1 big spoon of corn flour in cold water and place it aside
4.Heat oil. Add Italian herbs (easily available these days in Bangalore too) ,red chilli flakes and finely chopped tomatoes.
Let is cook on medium flame until it becomes like a tomato puree. You can add few drops of water, but not much, inbetween.
5.Now, add the corn flour mix,stir-fried vegetables,salt, sugar and mix well
6.Add the Pasta and mix very gently.
7.Add tomato sauce and serve hot

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Avalakki Bisibele bhath

This dish is similar to bisi bele bhath, except instead of Rice, Avalakki(beaten paddy) shall be used. This is a very simple dish and can be used for breakfast too.

Ingredients:

Vegetables: Knool khol, potatoes, Carrot, Beans, Cauliflower, etc..
For Grinding: 
1 big tomato
2 spoons sambar powder
Little tamarind
Coconut

How to prepare?

1.Cook all the vegetables, 1 cup avalakki, 1/4 cup roasted Hesar bele, turmeric, salt and sufficient water for 3 to 4 whistles.
2.Grind the masala mentioned above with little water
3.Heat 4 spoons of oil in a wok, add mustard, sliced onions, capsicum, curry leaves, hing and fry well.
4.Add the grinded masala and cooked vegetables along with Avalakki and Hesar bele, little jaggery and stir well
5. If it is too thick, add some water. Check for the salt. You also can add 1 spoon rasam powder
5.Mix well and serve hot

Vegetable Soup

Serves:4 persons

Ingredients:

Any suitable kind of Vegetables like
Beans,Carrot,Green Peas,Cauliflower,Potato,Kohlrabi,etc.
Water
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable stock

For Vegetable stock:

Stock is a basic liquid which shall be used for any soup. It is made out of stock or so called stem of various vegetables or green leaves(Soppu)
1. Boil 2 cups of water.
2. Add Jeera,Lavanga,Chakke,Dhaniya,moggu, 1 carrot, coriander leaves stem(separate the leaves and add only the stem), Cauliflower stem(separate the cauliflower florets and add the white stems only), 1 chopped  onion. You also can add palak stem.
3. Boil well, Drain out the liquid and keep the liquid aside.
4. Keep the filtered vegetables aside

How to prepare the soup?

1. Pressurise all the vegetables mentioned in the top of this recipe along with the filtered vegetables (during the vegetable stock preparation),  for 3 whistles.
2. Add 2 cups of water and grind it in a mixer until the vegetables mash.
3.Transfer it in to a thick vessel, add pepper and salt.
4. Boil for 3 to 5 minutes

Serve hot

Hey Listen!!
The recipe sounds very lenghty, believe it, it is very easy to prepare. It is not so tedious as it appears.
Normally it is a practice to filter the grinded vegetables(step 2 in "How to prepare soup") and boil only the liquid portion. I do not suggest it, as we will loose the main substamce -the Vegetables.
Hence it comes out as a very healthy soup.
Have a try and i am sure you will like it

Tomato soup

Ingredients

5 to 6 Ripened Tomatoes
3 cups of Water
Pepper powder
Salt
Tomato sauce
Soya sauce
1 spoon Sugar
5 spoons cornflour

How to prepare?

1.Wash the tomatoes and pressure cook them for 3 whistles
2.Run it in a mixer with 1/2 cup of water
3.Transfer it to a thick bottom pan
4.Add corn flour and stir well, not to form lumps
5.Allow it to boil on medium flame.Add 3 cups of water, salt, pepper, tomato sauce,sugar and soya sauce
6.Let it boil well.
7.Add toasted bread pieces and serve hot

Ambadey

Ambadey is a fried dish, which tastes excellent escpecially when it is still hot.

Kadale bele:1 medium sized glass (or 1 measure)
Coriander leaves: Handful
Pudina: Handful
Coconut grated: 1 cup
Onions: 2 to 3, finely chopped
Salt: As per taste
Hing: a pinch
Green Chilly: 5 to 6
Very little water

How to Prepare?

1.Soak the Kadale bele in sufficient water for atleast 4 hours.
2. Grind the green chilies, a part of grated coconut and part of kadale bele, with very little water, few spoons.
3. Now grind rest of the kadale bele portion by portion in the mixer.
4.Mix everything with the left out grated coconut and little hing, along with coriander leaves, pudina leaves and onions.
5.Take small portions, heat oil in medium flame. Flatten this batter and fry it in the oil

Hey Listen!!If you would like the Ambadey to be crispy, do not grind to paste, that is, it should be only 60 to 65% paste not more


If you would like the Ambadey to come out soft, Grind it to paste

Serve hot. Best with Coffee or Tea