Soups & Salads

How to make Pasta Salad ?Ingredients:Penne / fussili pasta – 150 gms (or about 1 cup), uncookedRed bell peppers- 1Yellow bell pepper – 1Salad tomatoes – 2Borocolli florets – 1 cupAsparagus stalks – 1/2 cupPitted olives – a handful      Ingredients for salad dressingOlive oil – 1/4 cupLemon juice -of  a lemonHoney – 1 tbspSalt to tasteGround black pepper – a pinchItalian mixed spices  – 1 tbsp         Note :- Parmesan cheese obtained in the super markets may not be vegetarian,         so please check before you buy the product. You can always skip this ingredient.Procedure:Boil about [...]

How to prepare Carrot and Ginger soup ? Ingredients: Carrots- 3 medium sized Ginger- 2 tsp (grated) Asafoetida – a pinch Potato – 1 medium sized Ground black pepper – 1 tsp Salt to taste Butter- 1 tsp Olive oil – 2 tsp Coriander leaves (for garnish)- optional Water – 4 cups Procedure: Wash and peel carrots and potato. Chop them into chunks or cubes of 1 inch thick and keep aside. In a big saucepan, melt the butter on moderate heat. To the melted butter add asafoetida and grated ginger, fry it for a minute. To [...]

How to prepare Spinach Soup ?Serves 4Ingredients:Spinach (palak) – 2 big bucnhes/ Two 250 g bags2 small celery sticks1 small potato1 tsp of olive oil or 1 tsp of butter1/2 tsp Ground black peppersalt to taste3/4 litre of water3/4 cup of single cream Procedure:Prepare the vegetablesWash and peel potato and cube them.Wash the spinach leaves a couple of times and then chop them.Wash and chop the celery sticks into small cubes.In a medium sized saucepan add olive oil / butter and heat on medium heat.To the oil/ butter add potato and celery and cook them. Add water to the above [...]

How to prepare Tomato Soup ? Ingredients: 10 – 12 Large tomatoes 1 – 2 large carrots 3/4 single cream 1 celery stick (optional) 1 red bell pepper (optional) 1 tsp olive oil salt to taste 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 litre water Procedure: Blanch the tomatoes – Put the tomatoes into boiling water and leave them for few minutes till the skin cooks and leaves the tomato. At this stage remove the tomatoes and put them in cold water. Peel off the skin and use the tomato flesh for the [...]

A popular Maharashtrian starter Ingredients: Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp Curry leaves – around 10 leaves Asafoetida – a pinch Oil – 2 tsp Dry Tamarind – 2 lemon sized balls Salt to taste Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Jaggery – 2 tbsp Cumin powder -1/2 tsp (optional) Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp (optional) Procedure: Soak the tamarind in a bowl with a glassful of water. Squeeze out the juice out of the tamarind and remove the pulp and keep the juice aside. Heat the oil in pan at medium high heat. Add mustard seeds [...]