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Tomato Pasta - Indian Style

A very simple, perfectly tasty and Indianized pasta recipe. I have heard lot of complaints and dislikes for pasta (me & hubby being one of them) and the main reason has been the bland taste which we find not appealing to our taste-buds. So I decided to try making pasta the Indian style with good amount of taste and spice added to it. It is very simple and really yummy..!! Tomato pasta is just one of the simple styles I tried. I hope you enjoy it.

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Servings: 2

Recipe:
Tomatoes: 3 (roma variety)
Green chili - 2
Onion - 1/4
Red chili powder - 1ts (optional, dont add if u want it bland)
cumin seeds, coriander, salt to taste

Boil pasta in hot water until is soft and well cooked. Drain the water and keep it aside. Add a few drops of oil  and mix it so that pasta doesn't stick to each other.

Heat 1ts of oil in deep-bottomed pan. Add cumin seeds to warm oil and let it splutter, then add green chili and onion and saute until onion turns translucent. Now add cut tomatoes, a pinch of turmeric and red chili powder and saute. Wait until the tomatoes are well cooked and the raw chili powder smell is removed. remove from heat.

Now Add pasta to the tomato mixture and add salt and mix well, until the tomato is evenly spread. Cut few leaves of coriander in to small bits and add to the top to add aroma.

Your Indian Style Tomato Pasta is ready..!! :D

PS: If u want u can add few drops of lemon juice, one bay leaf to add taste.

Mint Fried rice

This recipe is actually my husband's. He loves to cook and makes really yummy food. In this recipe we add Mint leaves, coriander leaves, lots of vegetable. This gives it a very nice and spicy taste.

Recipe:
Mint - 1 cup
Coriander - 1 cup
Green chilies - 6-8
Onion - 1/2
Mixed Vegetables - 1cup
Rice - 1cup
Ginger-garlic paste - 1ts
Bay leaf - 1
cumin seeds, butter, oil, Salt to taste

Preparation time: 30 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main meal

Add 1ts of butter to deep bottomed pan and let it melt. Once the butter is melted and warm enough, add cumin seeds. As the cumin seeds start to splutter, add 3 vertically sliced green chilies, ginger-garlic paste and bay leaf and saute for 1min or until a nice aroma rises, then add onion and saute until the onion turns translucent. Now add rice and vegetables to it and fry for 3 mins. Make sure that rice does not turn brown. Remove the pan from heat and keep it aside.

Now, to a pan, add 1ts of warm oil, add 2 thinly sliced green chilies and cleaned mint and coriander leaves. Saute them for 2 mins or until the water in the leaves starts leaving. Blend it into a smooth paste.

Add the mint-coriander paste to the rice mixture. Cook them in rice cooker until the rice is done. Add salt to taste.

Your Mint fried rice is ready. You can serve it with some thick curd!!