Creamy Pasta

This is my mother's famous dish.My mom cooked this yesterday for dinner and it was then i realized I ought to share this recipe with you guys as it was so yummy!I made prawns Manchurian as a side dish for this pasta and it tallied with it perfectly.Here goes the recipe for the creamy pasta:

Ingredients

500 gm pasta cooked
150 gm carrot chopped one inch long
150 gm  beans chopped one inch long
50 gm cheese grated
200 ml milk
100ml oil
2 eggs beaten
5 cloves garlic chopped
5 shallots chopped
pepper according to your spice level
salt to taste.
2 tbsp refined flour

Method.

1.Heat oil in a vessel.
2.Add garlic and onion and saute under low flame for five minutes.
3.Add the refined flour and saute.
4.To this add the beaten eggs and saute till half cooked.
5.Now add the vegetables and stir fry for few minutes under high flame,
6.Add the cooked pasta,milk,pepper,salt and cheese.
7.Nicely mix and cook covered for five minutes under low flame.
8.That's it!Now the creamy pasta is ready to serve.

Date Pastry

Regarding this recipe,it is my all time favorite.Did this recipe a long time back when schooling,when i was around nine years.We had this subject called "Home Economics" in which we learnt about food and hygiene.It was interesting and we did group cooking once in a while.It was then i had my first taste of 'Date pastry'.Made at home with my mom's assistance and it was a huge hit.But unfortunately lost the recipe after that.During this fasting a very good friend of mine told me that she made date pastry as there was so much of dates at home.I got excited! Got the recipe from her then and there and made a batch of it the very day..and everyone loved it!so here I am posting a favorite recipe of mine. :)

Ingredients:

1 Kg all purpose flour
5 tbsp baking powder
500 gm butter
500gm sugar(grind it in a mixer for one to two minutes)
4 eggs(keep one yolk to glaze)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Drop of almond essence

For the dates layer:
1Kg dates
100 gm cashew nuts chopped
1 tsp vanilla essence
Drop of almond essence


Method:

1.Pre-heat the oven.
2.Grind the dates in the mixer grinder after having added the two essence.
3.Add the chopped nuts into the dates mixture.
   Note: if your dates are dry soak them in water for half an hour and then grind them.
4.Now flatten the date mixture between two sheets of grease paper.
5.Mix the rest of the ingredients to form a dough and divide the dough into two.
6.Line a baking tray with grease paper.
7.Flatten one dough on the baking tray.
8.Now add the date layer.
9.Then again flatten the other dough on the date layer.
10.Glaze it with egg yolk.
11.Set the oven to 180 C.The hotness varies in oven.So adjust according to yours.
12.Bake till golden brown.

Chicken karahi

Yes today the recipe is about chicken karahi :)..i know there is plenty of chicken karahi recipes on the net and you might wonder why I am posting this recipe.It's because you wouldn't have been able to cook all the recipes and select the perfect one..so you see i've made your job easier ;)  With  a little bit of alternations from my side,here comes the perfect Chicken karahi recipe for you to try :)


Chicken Karahi.

Ingredients:

Chicken boneless cut into cubes - 1/2 Kg
Chili powder                              - 1 tsp or according to your level of spiciness
Turmeric powder                        - 1/4 tsp
Capsicum                                   - one chopped
Tomatoes                                   - 3 chopped
Onions                                       - 2 onions chopped  
Ginger garlic paste                      -  3/4 tbsp
Salt                                            - to taste
Oil                                             - 1/4 cup
Cilantro leaves                           - one tbsp chopped to garnish.


Method:

1.In a bowl mix ginger garlic paste,salt and the chicken pieces.
2.Heat oil.Add the chicken mixture and saute under medium heat till the water evaporates and the chicken gets fried.
3.Now remove the chicken pieces from the oil onto a platter.
4.Now to that oil, add onions and saute till they turn pink.
5.To this add capsicum and tomatoes and saute for five minutes.
6. Then add the spice mixture,that is turmeric and chili powder and a little bit of salt for the veggies to the                       onion mixture.
7.Saute for two minutes.Now add the chicken pieces,mix and close the cooking vessel.
8. Cook under low heat for five to ten minutes stirring in between.
9.Garnish with cilantro leaves.