Baked Pasta

I tried this from Rak’s Kitchen, I planned this to post for Tried and tasted event but I was not able to finish before the deadline. I made this with few changes and it turned good.

Ingredients:

Pasta	1 ½ cup
Onion chopped	1 big
Tomato chopped	1 big
Carrot chopped	½ cup
Peas	¼ cup
Corn	¼ cup
Bell pepper	½ cup
Mozzarella cheese	1 cup + ½ cup
Bread crumbs	¼ cup + 1 Tbsp
Oil
Salt

 

Directions:

1. Cook pasta as per the direction and allow it to cool by adding few drops of oil.
2. Heat oil in a pan; add onion and green chili sauté for few minutes. Add tomato and cook until soft.
3. Now add vegetables and cook until soft (add enough salt for vegetables). Turn off the stove and allow it to cool.
4. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Meantime, combine cooked pasta, cheese and vegetable.
5. Grease an oven proof bowl and dust with bread crumbs, arrange the pasta vegetable mixture, cover that with remaining cheese.
6. Top with bread crumbs and drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil on top of that.
7. Cook in preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until the cheese melts.

 

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Cottage Cheese Balls

Cottage cheese is one of the protein rich foods, and tastes like curd. After long time I tried this cheese balls last week, we all loved it.

Ingredients:

Cottage Cheese	1 cup
Onion finely chopped	¼ cup
Green chili	2
Coriander chopped	few
Curry leaves chopped	few
Maida	1 Tbsp
Bread crumbs	½ cup
Salt	as per taste
Oil	For deep fry

 

Directions:

1. Using a muslin cloth squeeze the excess liquid from the cheese.
2. Now add onion, green chili, curry leaves, coriander and salt. Make small balls lemon size balls.
3. Mix maida with ¼ cup water without lumps. Dip the cheese balls in maida mixture and coat well in bread crumbs. Allow it to rest for 10 – 15 minutes.
4. Heat oil and deep fry the cheese balls one by one. Serve hot with any ketchup.

Note:

Deep fry for 30 – 40 sec. keep an eye when deep frying balls might break if you do long time.

If you feel its watery add 2 tablespoon of bread crumbs while making balls.

 

 

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Pizza Dosa

Pizza is always an attracting food for kids. My kids love to eat cheese, when ever I make pizza or quesadilla before they start their meal they use to fill their tummy with cheese. One of my friend tried this just with cheese and olive, kids loved it. I thought of adding punch and more flavors. You can add any kind of topping but don’t forget to use pizza sauce it enhances the taste.

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter	1 cup
Pizza sauce	2 Tbsp
Olive	2 Tbsp
Green bell pepper	2 Tbsp
Onion	2 Tbsp
Jalapenos	few
Tomatoes	1 Tbsp
Mozzarella cheese	½ cup + 1 Tbsp
Oil
Salt

 

Directions:

1. Heat the tava, pour dosa batter don’t spread (do like big uttapam).
2. Drizzle pizza sauce all over and cover with cheese (a thick layer) reduce the flame to low, now top with vegetables and sprinkle a pinch of salt. Again sprinkle another hand full of cheese (don’t over as you done before).
3. Add few drops of oil to the sides, cover a lid and cook for 5 minutes or until the cheese melts. Keep an eye on bottom part of dosa it should not burn.

 

Note:

You want to be really fast while adding pizza sauce, cheese and topping or else the dosa might burn.

 

 

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