Welcome to Wonderfully Vegetarian - a down-to-earth cooking experience based on my kitchen exploits.

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. -- Albert Einstein

You must have heard "Kalyana Samayal satham" song at some point. Well, may be not quite there, but I certainly hope the posts in this blog enrich your cooking experience and lets you approach cooking with a SMILE, rather than as a chore or a rules to follow regimen. Anything Vegetarian goes, ONLY criterion: The end product MUST taste good - to those you are serving.




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Thursday, June 14, 2012




CORIANDER - JALAPENO PASTA:

Sometimes, you want to taste something different, make it quickly, but also want some sure shot flavors in it. Coriander adds a lot of color and flavor. Here is what I tried and everyone liked it a lot.
Choose any pasta of your liking, boil water with a pinch of salt and few drops of olive oil, add the pasta cook well, drain in a colander adding some cold water to it.
Now take a bunch of coriander, two green chillies, one tomato, a small piece of ginger, black bell peppers a few, mozzarella cheese a good half block, olive oil one tablespoon and blend to a smooth thick liquid.
Now in a frying pan, add some olive oil/ butter and after a few minutes, add chopped baby red, yellow and orange bell peppers, fresh basil leaves, rosemary and thyme and two chopped tomatoes and salt to taste. When well sautéed, add the blended coriander liquid and let it simmer in low flame for 3 minutes.

The pasta is ready to serve. In a dinner plate serve the pasta and add the simmered coriander liquid.
Top off with raisins and walnut chopped finely.
Add freshly and finely chopped coriander.
Add grated mozzarella cheese and freshly ground pepper to taste.
Take a couple of dinner rolls, toast with butter and add on the side.
Serve with a glass of orange and carrot juice mixed.
Jalapeño flavored potato chips go well with this dish.
The flavors and colors re so inviting, it will disappear from your table in no time! Happy cooking!!!!!

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