Garlic Bread

We love garlic bread and its so ez to make-
All you need is-

• Crushed garlic
• Butter
• Bread

For ease of preparation I follow the ratio of 1:1:1! For 1 slice of bread you need 1 small flake of garlic and 1 small cube of butter(the amount normally used on a toast).

1. Mix crushed garlic into softened butter.
2. Spread on one side of bread.
3. Heat the griddle [tava] and cook each slice from both sides till crisp. 

Pasta [Dry]

Hi,
We eat pasta for dinner atleast once a week, its become our maggi! I prepare pasta in two ways- the 1st recipe is my sis-in-law's. It was voted as the best dish by the kids at an informal gathering at a friends house!

Ingredients:-

• 1 1/2cups          Uncooked pasta*
• 1                       Onion sliced thinly
• 1 small              Capsicum sliced lengthwise
• 7-8 pcs.            Baby corn sliced diagonally
• 2 small              Tomatoes chopped
• 1tsp                  Red chilli flakes
• to taste             Salt
• 1tbsp               Olive oil or any other
• 1/2 cup            Cheddar cheese grated

1. Boil the pasta in lots of salted water, strain it, apply a little oil to keep it from sticking and put aside.
2. Heat the oil, put in the onions, capsicum and cook for a minute. Add the baby corn and let cook till a light brown.
3. Add tomato and cook till nicely blended.
4. Mix in the boiled pasta, red chilli flakes and salt.
5. Transfer half of it into a serving bowl,  put a layer of grated cheese on top of the pasta covering the entire surface. Spread out evenly the remaining half of the pasta and put another layer of grated cheese.
6. Microwave for atleast 1 min. before serving, to melt the cheese.

* For this recipe I try to use smaller sized pasta so it gets wrapped nicely with the dry masala.

Serving suggestion: Garlic Bread goes great with pasta and makes it a fulfilling meal.
[Recipe for home made garlic bread is also given]