Pizza Dough Recipe

      Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 teaspoons dried yeast
• Pinch of  sugar
• 4 cup plain flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus extra for brushing

     Procedure:

• Combine the water, yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Set aside for 5 minutes or until foamy. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the yeast mixture and oil and make a dough

•  Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in the bowl lightly brushed with oil. and turn to coat in oil. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draught-free place to rise for 30 minutes or until dough doubles in size

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Arrabiata pasta /Tomato sauce pasta

• Arrabiata pasta /Tomato sauce pasta 

• Arrabiata sauce/Tomato pasta sauce
• Ingredients:

• 3-4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 6-8 blanched and chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce(optional)
• 1 tsp sugar
• few fresh basil leaves or dried 
• Mixed herb(Italian seasoning)
• Oregano 
• Chili flakes
• salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the garlic, then gently fry for 1 min.
2. Add finely chopped onion, saute till it become translucent  and tender.
3. Add blanched and finely chopped tomatoes, increase the heat and bring it to boil
4. Add sugar, salt, oregano, chili flakes, mixed herb
5.  simmer, uncovered, stirring often, for 6-7 minutes or until the sauce reduces and thickens slightly.
6. Finally add fresh chopped basil leaves.

Assembling 

1. Boil pasta as per instruction on packet ( plenty of water with salt and a teaspoonof oil till al dante which means till just cooked.)Drain and set aside to cool 
2. Heat a little of the  olive oil in another pan, add some veggies of your choice saute for couple of minute,add black olives, mushrooms, jalepheno. Add one portion of Pasta and toss. 
3. Add sauce as required and toss. Serve hot.

kaju katli

Kaju katli

Ingredients:

1 cup kaju (cashews)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp of water
1 tsp ghee
1/4 tsp of cardamon powder

Procedure:

Grind kaju to make powder.In a big vessel mix kaju powder and powdered sugar.In heavy bottom pan, add ghee and let it melt.When ghee starts melting add kaju and sugar powder mix.Cook cashew and sugar powder mix for about 5-7 minutes.constantly stir it. Do not let it turn brown.
Now after cooking it for sometime add 2 tbsp of water.


Keep stirring in the pan itself with the ladle and the mixture turns more like a dough.When the mixture is still warm,take it to another clean platform or big vessel and keep kneading. Add cardamon powder now, if you add earlier chances of colour change.The dough will be grainy and cracked  till then, but after kneading the dough really became smooth. Add little ghee while kneading.If dough seems to be too dry add few drops of milk to it and knead to smooth dough.

Roll the dough into thin layer and cut it diagonally to make diamond shaped pieces of katli.