Cold Pasta Salad ... An Yummy n Healthy Diet

Ingredients :-

Boiled Fusilli Pasta - 1 cup

Boiled Chickpea 

Sprouts 

Sweet Corn

Chopped Carrot

Chopped Yellow-Green Bell Pepper

Chopped Cabbage

You can add more fresh veggies (Onion, Cucumber, Olives, Cheery Tomato, Broccoli, Mushrooms etc) as your choice.

1/4 cup grated Mozzarella/any type of Cheese

1/2 tsp Crushed pepper

1/2 tsp Red Chilly flakes

For Dressing :

2 tsp Mayonnaise

1 tsp Mustard Powder

2 tsp Olive Oil

1/2 tsp Lemon Juice 

Dried herbs

Salt to taste

A pinch of Sugar

Mix well all these ingredients with a spoon and keep aside.

Process:-

• Fill a large pot with enough water, add salt and bring to boil in a high heat.
• Add the Pasta to it and cook uncovered about 8-10 minutes Or follow the instructions given on the packet. Stirring continuously. When Pasta cooked, switch off the flame. Drain and cool under the running cold water.
• Next mix all the chopped veggies and grated cheese to pasta, Pour the dressing over the salad, Seasoning with fresh crushed pepper and Red chilly flakes, stir to combine. Toss well. Cover and refrigerate about 30 minutes and Serve Cold Pasta Salad.

Enjoy Pasta Salad with your family, friends, relatives at home, party everywhere... :)

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VEGGIE TAWA PIZZA RECIPE (YEAST FREE PIZZA)

                               

Many times I've made Pizza with yeast in microwave oven. But this is my first trial about Yeast free Tawa Pizza n the result out come is awesome..about in taste, crisp n crunchiness. Prepared for this my niece n she loved it..Plz try it for your kids and share with me your valuable views. 

Ingredients :-

For Dough :-

All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 2 cups

Curd - 1 cup

Olive oil - 1/2 cup

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Garlic paste - 1 tsp (Optional)

Warm milk - 2-3 tsp

Method :- Take all the ingredients together in a wide bowl and mix together one by one and make a soft dough. Add little olive oil on its surface and cover it. Keep it in a warm place for max. 1 or 2 hours for fermentation. If you could keep it more time, the result will be more better. But you can use it after 1 hour, if you are in a hurry or make it quickly.

For Tomato Sauce :-

Tomato blanched - 6-8 nos.

Garlic Finely Chopped - 10 cloves

Tej Patta (Bay leaf) - small pcs                                                        

Red Chilly Powder - 2 tsp (as your choice)

Pepper Powder - 1 tsp

Pizza Dried Herbs / Oregano - 2 tsp

Basil dried - 2 tsp (You can also use fresh Basil leaves)

Tomato ketch up - 2-3 tsp

Sugar - 1-2 tsp

Salt to taste

Olive oil / Butter

Method :- Heat water in a big pan. Cut a lightly cross mark by knife on each tomatoes and put it on the boiling water. After 2-3 mins, remove it from water and directly put it in cold ice water. So that, easily you can remove the outer layer of the tomatoes. Chopped finely and make a very fine paste. Heat oil in a non stick pan. Add the bay leaf, chopped garlic, dried herbs 1tsp and saute awhile. Add the tomato paste to it and let it boil in medium flame. Continuously stir it, till it became sticky and having no moisture. Add the red chilly powder, pepper powder, tomato ketchup, sugar, salt to taste and finally the herbs. Cook for more 5 mins and add little butter,basil finally and switch off the flame. You can store it in refrigerator for a couple of weeks also.

Final Step for Pizza :-

Divide the dough into equal balls. Sprinkle little dust of flour and roll out the dough with the help of a rolling pin into your desired shape. Prick the base with a fork, spread pizza sauce on it. put the toppings as your choice (Onion, Capsicum, Tomato, Baby corn, Olives, Paneer cubes, Mushroom as your choice). Sprinkle pepper powder, little salt to taste. Spread mozzarella grated cheese on it. Any one can also use Cottage cheese or Processed Cheese.  

Heat little olive oil in a pan. You can make it directly or in double pan process. For double pan process, put a big wide pan on the gas. Then put a small pan according to your pizza over it. Put the pizza base on the little pan and cover with a lid. Cook it for 5-10 mins in a low flame till the cheese melt and the lower base side of pizza should be little brown and crisp. Remove it from flame and Serve hot with ketch up. Enjoy the yeast free wala Pizza for your kids n family..:)