##### SOME MORE QUOTES ON FOOD..#####

I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring

surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. 

Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. 

Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate.  

“How good one feels when one is full -- how satisfied with ourselves and with the world!..

MORE ABOUT PASTAS....

There are five basic steps in making your own pasta: 
mixing, kneading, rolling,cutting and drying.
While making pasta's dough, if you add pureed vegetables, chocolate, or other ingredients to your dough you can 
obtain a wide range of delightful color.

Green Pasta.. Wash the spinach well, cut it and heat it 
in a pan with just the water that sticks to the leaves. 
Add a pinch of salt and stir it until it is completely 
cooked, then let it cool and squeeze it well to remove 
all the water you can. Blend the spinach and combine
it with the other ingredients when you make the dough.

Red Pasta..For these cut the carrots and simmer them
until soft in lightly salted water. Drain them well, blend
them, add the tomato paste to the mixture,mix all while
making  the dough.

Brown Pasta This is a  new addition to the pasta variety 
and is made with powdered baking (unsweetened) chocolate.

• 3 1/3 cups) flour

3 ounces (80 g) powdered baking chocolate

• 4 eggs
• A pinch of salt.
• Mix all  and  make a dough.

Cheese Pasta…when grated cheese is added to the 
dough..like grated ' Parmigiano'  cheese.

Speckled Pasta  When  finely cut fresh herbs, for 
example sage, parsley, rosemary, thyme,
or whatever else suits your fancy are added while 
making the dough to make  pastas.

***** MAKING HOMEMADE PASTAS..******

So Fresh Homemade Pastas  vs. Dried,  the Boxed Pastas  that are readily available 
at all stores, which do you want ?
(1)Homemade pastas  cooks faster, and  (2) also absorbs sauces better.
Boxed pasta is great too - but fresh pasta is preferable!
The best part of making your own food is the ability to experiment!    
Fresh pastas simply tastes better, and absorbs sauces more than boxed pasta,
they are gr8 to try out and also are cheaper. Just try both of them and you 
will feel the difference by yourself. The taste, the texture, the cooking time 
and many more. Try  to make interesting, unusual home-made pastas.
Pasta-making is more about the technique. Pasta comes in an astonishing 
variety of shapes.
Pastas can be made from durum . wheat flour, water, and a little salt
.And the other pastas are made from eggs, flour, and salt. what to add 
to the pasta dough to add color and taste. 
Few interesting additions could be   

• puree of spinach
• carrots
• beetroot juice
• tomato puree

WHY ADD ' SEMOLINA ' TO THE DOUGH OF PASTA...TIP

Semolina is a coarse ground version of durum wheat flour, a "hard " wheat flour. 
It is very high in gluten, and helps the pasta stand up to boiling. Because it is hard
to knead,so most of the homemade pasta uses a mixture of all purpose flour and 
semolina. Semolina adds a subtle flavor to the pasta.

RECIPES TO MAKE PASTAS...  pasta with durum wheat makes for four persons.
Need :  250 gram , i. e 1 cup + 2 Tbsp,  flour of durum wheat, add  1/2 cup water,
and a pinch of salt.
Make a dough, roll and cut what shape pastas you want, leave to dry, then boil.
A tip : press dough, roll gently with rolling pin and cut into strips of desired width with
sharp knife. Carefully unfold strips.  Pasta can be dried and stored at this point.
This recipes is making use of eggs..    
 
{ For stuffed pasta, be sure to add 1 teaspoon milk for every egg you use}

• 3 eggs, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• a pinch of salt

• 2  cups plain flour

Futtucine, Lasagna are the square or rectangular sheets of pasta.
Tortelli are the stuffed pasta with a potato based filling, they must be made
by hand to come out right, because the dough of the sheet is too thick for machines.    

Ravioli are pastas with a filling of  either meat, vegetable, or fish-based.    
For lasagna have to  leave the sheets to dry as is, or cut them into usefully-sized rectangles.
For other kinds of pasta such as futtucine or tortelli, roll the sheets,and hang these to dry.

Tip: Cooking | Boiling tips...

For filled pasta such as ravioli, do not let the dough surface dry. 
Fresh, not dried pasta cooks very quickly in two to three minutes,
while dried pasta may take eight to ten minutes.

TIP 2 BOIL PASTAS..
Fresh pasta only needs a few seconds in boiling water! 

 How to cook or boil the pastas , When the water comes to a boil, add 1 tablespoon of salt.
Add the pasta and give it a good stir, stir occasionally and check a piece of pasta and check for "doneness",  if done then  drain the pasta.
       more 2 come....

NICE NEW QUOTES....

##### WHY EAT THE ' KIWIS '..######

 

Kiwi fruit is a special and unique fruit as it contains complete nutrients.
Kiwi contains highest density of vitamin C and improves constipation.
Kiwi fruit contains a very high proportion of fiber.
Kiwi fruit is loaded with good properties of phytonutrients and
antioxidants which benefit your health.
Kiwi fruit is a 'superb fruit' as it contains abundant amount of fiber which helps to reduce cholesterol level.
Buy a kiwi fruit that is brown-green in color.
Pick a medium soft kiwi fruit as it will be just right to eat.
Wash the kiwifruit before you cut it.

MITHAI FROM LEFTOVER SWEETS...

MITHAI FROM LEFTOVER SWEETS..
The leftover mithai is below picture...

INGREDIENTS N METHOD:
PUT 1\4 CUP MILK TO BOIL,
ADD 2 PIECES OF LEFTOVER
MITHAI,{ MILK BASED }, STIR.
CHECK IF ANY SUGAR IS NEEDED.
WHEN BEGINS TO THICKEN, ADD,
4-5 TBSP OF CUT ALMONDS AND
1 TBSP DRY PEEL OF ORANGE
CUT INTO SMALL PIECES.
WHEN MIXTURE LEAVES THE
SIDES OF THE PAN, POUR IN THE
GREASED MOLDS,OR A PLATE.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE LEFT OVER FOODS..??

Leftover food waste is a serious problem because
how to use it and not waste the food but to bring to 
best use needs few ideas, hints and tips.
why are people throwing away the left over food ?
There are so many things you can do with leftovers.   
Use them in soups, salads, main dishes and desserts.
Any leftover vegetables transform them  into soups.
Keep the leftover food safe in the freezer.
Use the leftover vegetables as soup, add in gravies.
Go ahead add leftover steak or chicken into a salad.
Use leftover chicken or ground beef on pizza as toppings.
Leftover pasta can be used in a fresh sauce or add to a salad.
Leftover beans can be added to Tacos or Burritos, Spaghetti Sauce.
Use any left over breads as breadcrumbs or croutons and 
add to fruit chaat or salads...
Make tasty muffins using leftover vegetables by grinding 
them and mixing in flour, add salt and any other seasoning
of your choice, also add little grated cheese and pour in
greased molds and put in oven to bake.
Leftover fruits that are not fresh enough, make a puree, put 
in a pan to heat, add little juice, sugar and let it thicken to become a sauce. Use it on ice creams.
Use any leftover sponge or chocolate cake that has gone a
little dry to make a tasty ‘trifle’ pudding..
Don't throw out leftover coffee. Freeze it into coffee 
ice cubes  and add to iced or cold  coffee.
The same goes for any leftover black tea, freeze as ice,
serve in iced teas.
Besides this the peels of various vegetables  work as
‘pot pourri’ and will make your
house smell good.  The peels of lemon, orange, apple and grapefruit. Make potpourri with citrus peels, apple peels, vanilla flavoring, cloves and cinnamon or any other
combination of good smelling things to freshen the air.
The Cucumber peels kept in places where there are ants, 
will keep them away.

A OLD RECIPE BROUGHT 4WARD AS IT IS RELATED 2 THIS TOPIC...
 IDLIS WITH LEFTOVER TOPPING OF LEFTOVER POTATO DOSA MASALA..   
 TIP: USE A COOKIE MOULD TO CUT AND DESIGN THE SIDES OF IDLIS.....
 USE MASALA DOSA'S  POTATO SUBZI AS TOPPING
AND MAKE INSTANT IDLIS.
METHOD FOR POTATO SUBZI:  PUT A PAN TO HEAT, 
IN THE TEMPERING TAKE 1 TSP OIL, SOME MUSTARD SEEDS, FEW CURRY LEAVES AND 1\4 TSP URAD DAL. IN THIS ADD SLICED ONION, STIR FOR FEW MINUTES, SPRINKLE LITTLE SALT. NOW ADD BOILED AND MASHED POTATOES, CHECK THE SALT AND ADD LITTLE RED CHILLY POWDER AND TURMERIC POWDER.  
IN THE IDLI MOULD AT THE BASE SPREAD SOME POTATO SUBZI AND ON IT POUR THE IDLI BATTER,
PUT IN STEAMER UNTIL DONE.  GIVE SHAPE TO THE DONE IDLIS BY USING COOKIE MOLD.
SERVE WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY.

TIP USE LEFTOVER RICE TO STUFF IN PARATHAS BY ADDING SALT AND SOME RED CHILLY POWDER.