Mixed Bell Pepper Pasta

 Serves: 4

Beans

1 cup chickpeas

Overnight soak chickpeas in water

1 tsp salt

3 cups water

Cook chickpeas in pressure cooker for 4 whistles.

Pasta

1 pound pasta

1 tbsp salt

Cook pasta as per cooking directions. I cooked Trader Joe's gluten free brown rice pasta for 15 minutes.

Bell Pepper Pasta

2 tbsp olive oil

1 cup onion, chopped

1 and 1/4 tsp red chili flakes

1 tbsp garlic, chopped

1 green bell peppers, chopped

Heat oil in a pan, add onion, red chili flakes, garlic, green bell peppers, sauté for 5 minutes in medium flame.

3 bell peppers, chopped (red, yellow, orange, 1 of each)

Add bell peppers, sauté for 10 minutes in medium flame.

1/2 cup olives, sliced

1 and 1/2 tsp salt

Add olives, oregano, salt, sauté for 2 more minutes.

Add cooked pasta, cooked beans mix well.

? cup cashew cheese / 4 tbsp pine nuts, dry roasted

fresh basil, chopped (optional, if you have them) 

Add cashew cheese / roasted pine nuts, fresh basil, mix well.

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME

Yields. : 11 cups

Eggplant Tomato Sauce

Serves: 4

Lentil

1 cup red lentils, soaked for an hour and washed

1/2 tsp salt

3 cups water

Soaking is optional, but it improves digestibility, so I always soak the lentils.

Add lentil, salt and water, bring to a boil, reduce the head to medium and cook for 5 minutes. Once done, remove excess water and keep aside.

Pasta

1 pound pasta

1 tbsp salt

Cook pasta as per cooking instructions. I cooked Trader Joe's gluten free brown rice pasta for 15 minutes.

Sauce

2 tbsp olive oil

1 cup onion, chopped

1 tbsp garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

Heat oil in a pan, add onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, sauté for 5 minutes in medium flame.

1 eggplant, chopped

1 bunch Broccolini (optional), chopped, keep stems and head separately.

Add eggplant, broccolini stems and sauté for 3 minutes. 

2 pound fresh tomatoes, chopped

1 tbsp dried basil (if fresh is not available, if fresh is available, DO NOT ADD DRIED BASIL)

1 and 3/4 tsp salt

Add tomatoes, salt, dried basil, and mix well. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.

Add cooked lentils, mix well, cover the pan and cook for 10 more minutes.

fresh basil, chopped

Add cooked pasta, basil and mix well.

Sauté broccolini head separately and add it to the pasta at the end.

Taste Note: Tastes AWESOME

Udupi Saaru

Cooked Dal

1 cup toor dal

3 cups water

Cook toor dal in pressure cooker. DO NOT USE TURMERIC POWDER for cooking dal

Yields: ? cups cooked toor dal. Used just 2 cups from this. Will cook with correct amount of toor dal one day.

Saaru Podi

 2 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

1/4 cup coriander seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

25 dry red chili (30 grams)

Heat oil in a pan, add fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, roast in LOW flame until it turns aromatic. 

Add cumin seeds, roast in LOW flame till it turns aromatic.

Add red chili, asafetida, sauté in LOW flame until chili turns crispy. Transfer to a plate and cool completely.

Blend in blender to a coarse powder.

Yields: 6 and 1/2 tbsp Udupi Saaru Podi. You can store this in airtight container for uptown 3 months. This will be good to make Udupi Saaru for 6 times.

Tamarind Water

big gooseberry size tamarind

1 cup water

Boil tamarind in water and make tamarind water

Toor Dal

Need 2 cups of cooked toor dal

Udupi Saaru

1 cup tomato, finely chopped

1 jalapeno, slit

1 tbsp jaggery

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup tamarind water

Add tomato, jalapeno, jaggery, turmeric powder, salt, tamarind water to a pan. Cover and boil for 10 minutes in medium flame.

2 cups cooked toor dal

4 cups water

1 and 1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp udupi saaru podi

Add cooked toor dal, water, salt, allow to boil in medium for 5 minutes, add udupi saaru podi, mix well. Boil for just 2 minute. DO NOT OVER BOIL, once the saaru podi is added.

2 tbsp coconut, grated

2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped

Add grated coconut and cilantro, mix well.

Tempering

2 tsp coconut oil

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

1 dry red chili

Pour tempering over the saaru and mix well.

Taste 

Note: Tastes AWESOME

Source: hebbarskitchen