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This is simple spaghetti dish with stir-fried vegetables, I have not some great creation with this

I thought i will change a little, because I got bored of doing the same thing again & again. My children do like spaghetti because it looks just like the noodles and they are long and they like to suck it in the mouth with a slurp!!, here is the recipe.......

SPAGHETTI & STIR FRIED VEGETABLES















Ingredients:

• 300 gms Spaghetti
• 1 big onion
• 3 to 4 pods of garlic
• 1'' ginger
• 4 to 5 sprigs of mint leaves
• 4 to 5 sprigs coriander leaves
• 3 to 4 tbsp Olive oil
• 1/2 tsp pepper powder
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• few sprigs of basil leaves
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1/2 red pepper
• 1 medium sized carrot
• 3 to 4 French Beans

MEHTOD:

1. Cook spaghetti in boiling water for a few minutes or until they get cooked, drain water from it.
2. Run cold water on it and separate the grains and coat them with a tbsp of olive oil and spread them out so they do not stick with each other.
3. chop ginger, garlic, onion , mint & coriander leaves. Take a pan, add a tsp of oil and fry all the these for a few minutes until they are all get roasted, cool them and grind them into a paste.
4. Take a wok heat oil, add the ground paste and fry for a minute or two, add pepper & Italian seasonings and required quantity of salt.
5. Now add the cooked spaghetti & mix well, cover the wok by a lid for few minutes and cook in a low flame, so that the spaghetti absorbs the masala.
6. Add tbsp of lime juice mix and garnish with torn basil leaves.
7. Cut all the vegetables. In a separate wok heat a tsp of oil & fry all the vegetables stirring it in a high flame, add just a pinch of salt, ginger & pepper.
8. Now serve stir-fried vegetables with spaghetti, with Tomato Ketchup or with anything of your choice.

NOTE: I used the idea of adding lemon juice from RAKS Kitchen. Please note you can change the quantity of ingredients according to your taste. I might be making it more spicy.

This is one of my favourite dishes, I love Gobi Manchurians, I always made this at home often after comming here, When I first saw button mushrooms I just fell in love with them, I thought they were so cute, The first time when I bought it, I was thinking what shall I do with it, So the first time I made mushroom bondas!!, I dipped them in the Besan flour with salt & chilli powder and fried in oil, my children thought it tasted nice but what was it they did not know!!, They thought it might be Aaloo, They always want potato in their everyday food!!, well, I told them later on they were not very happy about as I had cheated them because they thought it was potatoes!!!, Next time I made Manchurian and it came out very well, Of course, not a very healthy recipe as I have fried it in oil!!, But as we all know Mushrooms have lot of Folic acid in them which is especially very good for women I thought I can give my children this way too!!, as they do not fancy mushrooms much. Here is the recipe......


MUSHROOM MANCHURIAN

















Ingredients:

• 350 gms Button Mushrooms
• 1 big Onion
• 5 to 6 Garlic pods
• 1 bunch spring onions
• 5 to 6 green chillies
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1'' ginger
• 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
• salt to taste
• 3 to 4 tbsp oil
• 5 to 6 sprig of coriander leaves (optional)
• 4 to 5 tbsp corn flour
• 2 to 3 tbsp besan flour (chickpea flour)
• Sufficient oil for deep frying

METHOD:

1. Chop onion, garlic, green chilles & ginger into fine pieces and keep aside.
2. In a vessel make a paste of corn & Besan flour using little water & a little salt, it must be of a consistency where in you can dip the mushrooms and put it in the oil, it shouldn't be too watery or too thick, make it into a dosa consistency or just they way when you make Aaloo Bondas.
3. Take sufficient quantity of oil in a wok and deep fry all the Button Mushrooms into golden colour and keep aside on a kitchen paper.
4. Now take a wok, heat oil add the chopped onions, garlic, green chillies and ginger. Fry them nicely now add the chopped spring onion for a minute or two
5. Then add all the sauce, vinegar & ketchup and required quantity of salt, but just remember you have already added little salt to the flour when deep frying the mushrooms so balance the salt properly!!
6. Give them all a good toss add coriander leaves if you want or otherwise leave it, Now add the fried mushrooms and mix well and leave it in the wok for a few minutes frying them so the ingredients in the wok get coated to the mushrooms.
7. Now it is ready to serve.

Note :

If you want you can add chopped peppers, Roast them with the onions, this option I saw in Sailugaru's gobi Manchurian cooking, I cook Gobi Manchurian in the same way as above but had never added chopped peppers, when I read in Sailu's cooking I thought I must give it a try, I have not tried still but, I thought it was a good idea, & I can imagine it definitely would taste very well!!.