Tomato Alfredo with Fettucine Pasta

Ingredients:

Fettucine Pasta - 1 package

Garlic - 2 cloves chopped

White Onion - 1 sliced

Butter - 1 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Carrot- 1 cutted lengthwise

BellPepper(red,green,yellow) -1 each sliced lengthwise

Baby Corn - 10 to 12 sliced lengthwise

Dry Basil Leaves - 11/2 tsp

Tomato - 1 can small(Diced and fire roasted with organic green chilli)

Alfredo Sauce - 1 cup

Salt to taste

Pepper -1 /2 tsp

Method:

1. Heat water in a large pan,let it boil,while its boiling add 2 tbsp of salt and oil. Add pasta in a boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes (or) according to package instruction.

2. After pasta is done,store 1/2 cup of pasta water and drain the remaining pasta water.Now keep the pasta aside.

3. Heat a pan,add butter in medium heat then add sliced onions,salt,pepper and chopped garlic,fry for few minutes.

4. Then add sliced carrot and baby corn ,stir it well and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.

5. Then add sliced bellpeppers and stir it well.and cook for 5 minutes.

6. Then add the alfredo sauce and mix it well and coook for 2 t 3 minutes.Then add the canned tomato and stir it well,add pasta water and mix it, it should be light pink colour.

7. Finally add the cooked pasta and mix it well and then add dried basil leaves.

Red Cake

Ingredients:

Eggs- 2

Cocoa powder- 1/2 cup

Red food coloring- 1/4 cup(2 ounces)

All-purpose flour(maida flour)- 2 1/4 cup

Salt- 1/2 tsp

Unsalted butter- 1/2 cup

Sugar- 1 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract- 1 tsp

Butter milk- 1 cup

Baking soda- 1 tsp

Vinegar- 1 tsp

Jelly bear-20 to 25 for decorations

Chocolate chips- 10 to 15 for decorations

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.

2. Grease 2 round cake pan with a little butter and set it aside.

3. In a small bowl ,mix together cocoa powder and food coloring and keep it aside.

4. Take another small bowl,mix together flour and salt and keep it aside.

5. In a big bowl,beat butter on medium speed for 20 to 25 sec using hand mixer.Then add sugar and vanilla extract,beat until combined.

6. Then add, 1 egg at a time,beating on medium speed until everything is combined well.

7. Then add cocoa mixture,alternatively add flour mixture and buttermilk.Beat it nicely.

8. Finally add baking soda and vinegar,mix it nicely until everything is well combined.

9. Now spread the batter evenly into each cake pan.

10. When oven is preheated,keep the cake pan into the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes (or) until toothpick inserted comes out clean.Cool the cake for 10 to 15 minutes.

11. Frost the cake with creamy frosting.

Creamy Frosting:

1. In a medium sauce pan,whisk 1 cup milk into 3 tbsp of all-purpose flour.Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.

2. Switch off heat, stir for 2 minutes. And set it aside for few minutes.

3. In another bowl,beat together 1 cup butter,1 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract, using hand mixer on medium speed until light and fully.

4. Then add 1/4 cup cooled milk mixture at a time to the butter mixture,beating on low speed until smooth and creamy.

5. Split the cake layer into half of both the cake,take one layer and keep it in the cake stand,Now spread the layer with creamy frosting evenly.

6. Repeat this step with all the other layer.Finally spread creamy frosting evenly on the top of the final layer of the cake.

7. Finally decorate the cake with the chocolate chips and jelly bear.

Note:

* You can use any cake decoration item for decorations of the cake.

Chickpeas fry

Ingredients:

Chickpeas- 1cup

Dry red chilli- 3

Shredded coconut- 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tbsp

Urad dal- 1/2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil

Method:

Note: Soak chickpeas for 8 to 10 hours (or) overnight.

1. Boil chickpeas along with salt in a pressure cooker till 8 to 9 whistle.

2. Drain the chickpeas and keep it a side.

3. Heat oil in a pan,when oil is heated add mustard seeds,urad dal and dry red chilli and fry for 2 minutes.

4. Then add cooked chickpeas mix it nicely,finally add shredded coconut mix it nicely,remove from heat and serve.

Palak Paratha

Ingredients:

Wheat flour- 1 cup

Palak - 1 small bunch

Green chilli- 2 chopped

Ginger and Garlic paste- 1 tsp

Red Chilli powder-1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Ghee

Salt to taste

Water

Jeera- 1 tsp

Oil-1/2 tbsp

Method:

1. Boil water in a large pan then add palak and cook for to 6 minutes.

2. Drain the water and keep it side,let it cool for a while.

3. Then grind palak,ginger and garlic paste and green chilli like a paste and keep it a side.

4. Meanwhile make a dough using wheat flour,salt,red chilli powder,turmeric powder,jeera and oil,mix it nicely,add palak paste and little water and make a soft dough,keep it a side.

5. Then heat tava in medium flame.Take extra wheat flour in a separate plate.

6. Make a small ball and roll the dough in a wheat flour and press it,with a chappati roller roll it like a chappati shape and keep it a side.

7. When tava is hot,put the chappati and cook in one side add little ghee all the round,when cooked turn it other side and again add little ghee and cook.

8. Palak paratha is ready.Serve hot with pickles (or) raita.

Vermicelli Pudding

Ingredients:

Vermicelli/Semiya/Seviya- 1 1/2 cups

Milk- 4 cups

Water- 1/2 cup

Sugar- 3/4 cup

Cardamom - 1/4 tsp crushed

Ghee- 1 1/2 tbsp

Raisins and Cashews- 1 1/2cups

Method:

1. Heat ghee in a pan,when its hot add raisins and cashews fry for few minutes, remove and keep it aside.

2. In the same pan, roast vermicelli for few minutes till it changes light brown color.

3. Then add 2 cups of milk and 1/2 cup of water into the vermicelli and cook for 5 to 6 minutes on medium heat.

4. When vermicelli is cooked add remaining 2 cups of milk stir it well,then add sugar and again stir it well,leave for 2 to 3 minutes.

5. Remove from heat, then add crushed cardamom, fried raisins and cashews mix it well.

6. Vermicelli pudding is ready.Serve hot.

Note:

* Don't over cook vermicelli, otherwise it will stick together.

* If you find pudding is too thick,you can add little milk to make little thinner.

Murukku

Ingredients:

Rice flour- 200gms

Gram flour- 150gms

Sesame seed- 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder- 3/4 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Butter- 3 to 4tbsp

Hing- a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil

Water

Method:

1. Take a bowl add rice flour,gram flour,salt,red chilli powder,turmeric powder,butter,hing and sesame seeds.Mix it well,then add little water and make a soft dough.Leave it for 10 minutes.

2. Heat oil in a pan for deep frying in medium heat,till that take a murukku mould and take small quantity of dough and put in to the mould.

3. Take a big plate and take a murukku mould and press it like a small round murukku in the plate.

4. When oil is heated,add small round murukku one by one in the oil.

5. Fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side till its brown and crispy.

6. Remove and keep it in air tight container.

7. Crispy murukku is ready.