Ratatouille with zucchini and Red & Yellow Bell Pepper

I had some tori(zucchini) in my refrigerator. My husband doesn't like it much. So I have decided to cook something that can make him eat it. I have got this french Ratatouille recipe on one of the blog. I have adapted it according to things available in my fridge .It was a delicious and different way of eating zucchini

 Ingredients

 3 zucchini
1 medium red bell pepper
1 medium yellow pepper
2 medium tomatoes
1 onion chopped
1 tps black pepper
1 tps oregano
1 tps dried or fresh basil
8-10 garlic clove chopped
2 tps coriander leaves chopped
2 tps olive oil

salt according to taste

Methods
heat 1 tps olive oil. add zucchini to the pan.saute for 3-4 minutes
keep this zucchini aside
heat another 1 tps olive oil in pan. add onion. garlic and bell peppers. saute for 2-3 minutes.
add tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes
add zucchini and mix well.
now add salt, black pepper, oregano, and coriander leaves.
mix well. close the lid of pan and saute in between
let it cook for another 12-15 minutes in low  flame till all vegetable are cooked.

add basil leaves and let it cook for another 2 minutes.
Serve hot with roti or rice

Hosting Presto Pasta Nights No. 201

I will be hosting for Presto Pasta Nights No.201 ! (201 sounds Interesting naa)  This is a blogging event created by the wonderful Ruth of Once Upon A Feast .  I am hosting this event for the first time and I am very much excited about hosting this event. I am inviting all of my blogger friends and Readers to cook and share some interesting and your favorite pasta recipes in this event


Some of the rules for participating in this event

• Cook a dish that includes PASTA.
•  Blog about it with a link back to This post and to PRESTO PASTA NIGHTS. Use of logo is optional.
• Email your entries to:cookwithpia (at) gmail (dot) com and cc to ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com & include:

                         ~Your name & the name of your blog
                         ~The name of your dish & the link to your specific post
                         ~Attach a photo or else I'll take one from your post for the roundup
                         ~subject line: PPN #201 submission

• Deadline for submission is: Thursday, February 17  at 11:59 pm (Eastern)  . Round up of the event will be on Friday,18th February

Waiting for Some great pasta entries :) 

this pasta image is take from the web

Best Food I have Blogged in 2010

Just seen a few post related to best food ,  I have blogged in 2010. Just started searching that which one I could declare as best Posts and best cooked food of 2010. I got these three as my best preparation. I am writing this post for Best Food I have Eaten or Blogged About! Bye Bye 2010, Welcome 2011 and event by Smitha. I am adding these recipes here because these are my personal favorites.

Dahi Papad ki Sabji-

This is a marwadi recipe. A perfect preparation if you do not have vegetable of your choice and you want to cook something special :)

Another one can be Hara Palak Bhara Corn Cutlet

This cutlet is a healthy combination of  palak , corn and other vegetables. Its a perfect tea time snack

 

Third Recipe I can declare as my best is Chicken Curry 

This is my mothers way to  prepare chicken curry. Its so simple yet so delicious. I simply love it.

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Open Sandwich with Vegetable and Cheese

Open Sandwich. Just seen on some of the blogs. So I have decided to try something with that. Just added spread and topping of my choice and on top with cheese. Its was really yum yum. I simply love it. It is much like a bread pizza but this time i would love to name it like open sandwich :)

Ingredients

6 slice of French bread

6 tps tomato sauce

3 tps chilly sauce

1 onion chopped

1 small carrot chopped

1 tomato chopped

1 small capsicum chopped

Salt

Black pepper powder

Mozzarella cheese 

Method

1.       Mix tomato sauce and chilly sauce in a bowl

2.       Take a slice of bread. Spread mixture of sauces on the bread

3.       Spread a layer of onion, capsicum, tomato and carrot on the bread

4.       Sparkle a little salt and black pepper

5.       sprinkle with cheese

6.       do the same process with other bread also

7.       put these breads on the microwave safe plate

8.       cook it in microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes

9.       serve hot with sauce of your choice

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Baby corn Noodle Clear soup

Delicious and Healthy Soup with baby corn, sweet corn, and noodles

Ingredients
5 baby corn
1/2 cup sweet corn
1/4 cup beans chopped
1/2 cup noodles(Maggy or something else)

2 tps mint leaves

5-6 lemon grass
oil
salt
black pepper
oregano

1 tps soya sauce
1 pinch of azinomoto


Method

•  cut baby corn into long pieces. like cut it half and then dived it horijontily in four parts
• add oil in the pan. add baby corn , sweet corn, beans in the pan. saute for 4-5 minutes.
• tie lemon grass together
• now add water in the pan , add mint leaves, lemon grass bundle and noodles in the pan.
• wait till water will start boiling
• now add salt, black pepper, oregano, soy sauce and mix well.
• saute for 2 minutes.
• 
• mix corn flour in water, mix in the soup,
• cook for another 2-3 minutes. serve hot

Mutton chop (with a little curry)

 It was in my to cook list till long time. finally am able to cook it , result was very refreshing and Mutton Chop is mainly a dry dish but i have added a little gravy so that i can eat it with rice or roti. It was a less spicy version of mutton , So feeling happy as it was really delicious too

Ingredients 

250 gm Mutton Chop
1 cup curd
1 tps turmeric powder
1 tps red chilly powder
1/2 tps garam masala
salt to taste
3 medium onion sliced

For masala paste
1 onion chopped
2 tps ginger garlic paste
1 tps garam masala
1 green chilly
1/2 bunch

 

method

1. in a bowl mix curd, turmeric powder, a little red chilly powder and salt. marinate mutton this mixture for 1 hour in refrigerator.

2. take little oil in a pan. add all masala ingredents and cook till onion will turn brown.

3. take this masala and make paste.

4. heat oil in a cooker.add sliced onion. cook till onion will chnage colour. add masala paste .

5. saute masala for 5 minutes.

6. now add marinate mutton along with all marinate mixture. mix well.

7. add garam masala, red chilly and salt. mix well

8. cook till mutton will soak masala.

9. now add 1 cup of water. and close the lid of cooker. let it cook on medium heat. cook till 4-5 vessels.

10. let the cooker release pressure it self.

11. serve hot.

Okra in Tomato and Coriander Sauce

Its my another try for Lebanese cuisine. Okra is added in sweet and hot tomato and coriander sauce. I have change it a little. In the recipe it was sweet tomato and coriander sauce. there was no sugar. I have added salt because i felt , i have to add salt for adapting it as vegetable in the lunch time. I was a delicious change in regular bhindi fry.

 Ingredients

250 gram Okra(Small bhindi)
250 gm tomatoes
1 medium onion
4-5 garlic clove
1/2 tps chilly flakes
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1 tps sugar
salt according to taste
3 tps olive oil

method

1. heat olive oil in a pan. add chopped onion and saute for 3-4 minutes.
2. let it cook till onion will change its color
3. add garlic and saute for a minute
4. cut okra in two pieces. add okra to pan. stirr for 4-5 minutes
5. add tomatoes, salt, sugar, lemon juice and chilly flakes
6. mix well. stir occasionally. cook for another 4-5 minutes or till it is cooked

7. add coriander leaves. mix well.
7. serve hot


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