Italian Recipe: Spaghetti puttanesca

Spaghetti puttanesca  is a spicy, tangy, somewhat salty Italian pasta dish.  The ingredients are typical of Southern Italian cuisine: tomatoes, olive oil, olives, chili pepper, capers, garlic.

Ingredients:

400 gr spaghetti

400 gr peeled tomatoes or tomato puree

2 tablespoon parsley

8 filler anchovy

100 gr pitted olives or gaeta olives

4-5 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon of capers in salt 

2 cloves of garlic

1 fresh chili or powdered chili pepper

Method

1. Cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water and drain the cooked spaghetti.
2.  Heat extra virgin olive oil and fry chili and garlic. Stir well on a low flame.
3. Add capers and olives and stir for few minutes.
4. Add tomato puree and continue cooking for 4-5 minutes, until you have lovely tomato sauce consistency.
5. Add parsley leaves.
6. Add drain spaghetti into it and stir well.

Your Spaghetti puttanesca is ready to serve. Serve hot with more olives and parsely leaves.

Chana Masala

Chana Masala
Chana is known as Chickpea also.
Chana Masala is most popular and delicious recipe. A well-known Punjabi recipe.
This chana masala recipe is cooked from kala chana (Black Chickpea) or Kabuli Chana (White Chickpea).
This chana masala recipe is simple,delicious and yummy.
So cook Chana Masala in my simple style. :-)

Ingredients:
1/2 kg black chickpea (kala chana)
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 tablespoon grated coconut
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
4-5 cloves
1 piece cinnamon
2-3 cardamom
2 big size onion
2 big size tomato
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon oil
salt to taste

Method:

1. Soak Black Chickpea(kala chana) in water for overnight and boil chickpeas in pressure cooker.
2. Drain chickpeas and keep aside.
3. Grind cloves,cinnamon and cardamom.
4. In a pan, heat oil and add chopped onion into it,stir well.
5. Once the onion gets soft,add chopped tomato into it.
6. Stir this mixture for 1 min.
7. Remove from the fire and cool for sometime.
8. Then grind onion and tomato mixture into fine paste.
9. In the same pan,heat 1 tablespoon of oil and add cumin seeds into it. Cook till they splutter.
10. Add Onion and Tomato paste.
11.  Add ginger-garlic paste.
12. Add cloves,cinnamon and cardamom powder.
13. Add Garam masala, red chili powder, turmeric powder,coriander powder and mix well.
14. Add salt to taste.
15. Add black chickpeas(kala chana) and 1 cup water. MIx well.
16. Add grated coconut
17. Cook it for 5-10 minute.
18. Turn off the fir and garnish with coriander leaves and lemon.

Your chana masala is ready to serve.
Serve hot. You can serve this chana masala with Chapati(Indian Bread) or Batata Wada.
So enjoy.. :-)

Paneer Methi Chaman

Paneer (Cottage cheese) methi (Fenugreek) chaman..

Fenugreek leaves and seeds are nature’s gift to mankind. This wonder herb is rich in minerals like Potassium, Calcium, and Iron. The leaves have good dietary fiber and are abundant in Vitamin C and Vitamin K.

Fenugreek  is available and used both as a herb (the leaves of the plant) and as spice (the seed). It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop. It is frequently used in curry and is a very famous Indian leafy vegetable which resembles clover leaves. It has a very light bitter taste (which might require getting used to) and has a spicy taste to it. 

Fenugreek leaves add flavor and zest to your cooking and you can add fenugreek leaves to any kind of cooking that involves dal, vegetable, rice, or atta (chapathi flour). Ensure that the leaves are washed well before cooking.

Fenugreek seeds and the leaves have a strong aroma.

Loads of greens are combined with paneer and punjabi spices to form this brilliant creation. So,I would love to present you this Gorgeous, Delicious and Yummy Delicious Paneer Methi Chaman.

Ingredients:
3 cups Fenugreek leaves(Methi leaves)
2 cups Spinach leaves (Palak Leaves)
1 cup fresh cream
2 tablespoon oil
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
2 tablespoon onion paste
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon chili powder
3-4 green chillies paste
1 teasppon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
2 pieces of cinnamon
1 cup Paneer (Cottage Cheese)- cut into cubes
1 tea spoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon cumin seeds powder
Salt to taste




Method:

1. Blanch fenugreek leaves and spinach leaves in vessel of boiling water for 5-7 minutes.
2. Drain and blend in a mixer till smooth. Keep aside.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon, ginger-garlic paste, green chillies paste and onion paste.
4. Saute the mixture for 1 minute. Then add turmeric powder, chili powder, cumin seeds powder, coriander powder and mix it well.
5. Add spinach and fenugreek paste into it and saute it for about 2 minutes.
6. Add paneer cubes, salt and cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes..
7. Add some fresh cream into it.

Your paneer Methi Chaman is ready to serve.
I served this with more fresh cream on the top of it.
Serve this with chapati (Indian Bread) or rice.