Red sauce pasta !🍝

You love red sauce pasta, but unfortunately it doesn’t turn out to be amazing and saucey as you want it ? Well, I’ve got you covered !

You have to try this foolproof pasta recipe. It has a lipsmacking red sauce and will leave you wanting for more.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes 6-7 medium size
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Garlic 5-6 cloves (sliced)
• Onions 1 medium size (chopped)
• Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Tomato ketchup 2 tbsp
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Red chilli flakes 2 tsp
• A pinch of black pepper
• Boiled/cooked pasta as required
• Pasta water as required to adjust the consistency
• Processed cheese 50 gm

Methods:

• Wash the tomatoes well and cut them in quarters. Further transfer them into a grinding jar and blend the tomatoes into a purée. I keep it a little coarse, if you wish you can blend them into a fine puree for a more smooth flavour.

• Set a sauce pan on low heat, add oil and sliced garlic, cook until the garlic starts to get some colour.

• Add chopped onions and cook on medium flame until its translucent.

• Now lower the flame and add, Kashmiri red chilli powder and cook on low flame for a short 10-15 seconds.

• Now, add the tomato purée, salt to taste and tomato ketchup, stir and cook on medium high flame, for 1-2 minutes, further cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium flame.

• Now, add oregano, red chilli flakes and pinch of black pepper powder, stir and cook for a minute, homemade red sauce is ready.

• Now simply just add the cooked pasta and stir gently, add some pasta water to adjust the consistency of the sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat, your red sauce pasta is ready, you can add some processed cheese and fresh basil leaves (totally optional) if you wish to.

Serve and enjoy it with your family and friends ! (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

Some of my favourite red pasta dishes !(◕ᴗ◕✿)

A Baguette pizza !🥖✨

What’s better than a pizza !? A baguette pizza, you guys !🥖
The good news is that you don’t have to be a chef to make it. Anyone can make it. So let’s get rolling!💛

PREP TIME : 10-12 MINS

COOKING TIME : 20-25 MINS

INGREDIENTS :
Baguette🥖
Red, green and yellow bell peppers🫑
Tomatoes🍅
Oregano
Salt
Black pepper
Pizza seasoning
Paprika
Chilli flakes
Thyme
Garlic powder
Mozzarella cheese
Freshly chopped garlic
Fresh Basil for garnish (optional)

METHOD :
Cut open the baguette in half along the length. Rub some olive oil on it and pop it in the oven for 5 minutes to get it a little toasty.

In the meantime, puree some Tomatoes. Heat up a pan, drizzle some olive oil and then pour freshly chopped garlic into it and saute it till a little golden brown. Then, pour in the tomato puree and saute. Add all the spices – salt, black pepper, thyme, paprika, chilli flakes, garlic powder, pizza seasoning.

⭕Add it in good amount for the flavour to really some through since that is the sauce we will be spreading on the baguette.⭕

Let it cook on low to medium heat for about 4-5 minutes. You can keep the consistency according to your liking. I kept it not too thick and too flowy.

Also, keep an eye on your baguette. It just has to be there for 5 minutes. Just gettin’ it a roasty – toasty !😋

Once everything is done. Spread some generous amount of sauce on your baguette. Top it with round slices of bell peppers and here, you’re free to pop in your favourite toppings. It can be baby corn, onions, cherry tomatoes whatever you like.
Further, load it with cheese and pour some paprika and pizza seasoning over it.

🥖✨Bake it until the cheese is perfectly melted. Garnish it with freshly chopped Basil and you’re good to go.
Share it with your friends and family and they’ll fall in love with this delicious baguette pizza !❤️

I made this for breakfast on Christmas and it made everyone really happy. I am sure you’ll love it too. Do try it out and let me know how you liked it.

You can reach out to me on my Instagram – a_culinary_affair/ Saumya Goyal. Or can leave a comment here.💞

Golden vanilla waffles with an ultimate apple sauce 🥞

Want to have a relaxing breakfast on a weekend !? Waffles are a perfect match for it. I tried a fusion recipe by mixing classic golden vanilla waffles with an ultimate apple sauce and they turned out to be the most gorgeous and delicious waffle fusion recipe !🥞
This waffle recipe will give you amazing crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside waffles ! Also, they’re really easy to make.💕
This recipe will make 2 big yummy full round waffles.

Ingredients :

For waffles :-
Fine flour – 1 cup
Fresh cream -1/2 cup
Milk – 1/3 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tablespoon
Powdered sugar- 2/3 cup
Melted butter – 1/3 cup
Pinch of baking soda
Baking powder -one and one fourth teaspoon

For apple sauce :-
Apples – 3 big apples
Cinnamon sticks – 1
Cinnamon powder – 2 teaspoons
Lemon -1
Powdered sugar – 1 cup (you can add more according to your taste)
Nutmeg – 1 teaspoon (optional but recommended)
Butter – 1 tablespoon

Let’s begin the process !
Let’s make the apple sauce first. Take a big bowl and add your roughly chopped apples (the size depends on you), powdered sugar and squeeze the lemon. Mix well and keep aside for 5 minutes.
Then, take a pan and add some butter. Then, add your apple mixture and cinnamon sticks, cinnamon powder and nutmeg, basically everything !
Let it simmer on low heat for the next minutes. Keep stirring occasionally.

Now, let’s get to the waffles !
Take a bowl, add melted butter and fresh cream (room temperature) and mix for a minute. Then add sugar and mix for a minute straight so that it’s incorporated into the cream and butter mixture well.

❗At this stage, if you see any lumps in your batter it might be because you used cold fresh cream with melted butter. To fix this, make sure you add WARM milk and not too hot ! (The quantity of milk is given in the ingredients section above)

If you dont find any lumps well and good then. Continue with room temperature, normal milk.

After this, add baking soda and baking powder to your butter, fresh cream, sugar and milk mixture. Mix it well and add your flour little at a time so that there are no lumps formed.

❗Make sure the waffle batter is in flowing consistency. If it’s too thick then add some milk and if it’s like watery consistency then add some flour. Adjust accordingly !

Its time to check your apple sauce now. Mix it well and take it out in a jar.
Bake your waffles in a waffle iron.

Put the waffles on a cooling rack after baking for a minute. Then, plate it up ! That’s my favourite part.

Place the waffle on the plate. Add your classic apple sauce, drizzle some honey and chop up some crunchy almonds to go with it. And there you have your classic golden vanilla waffles with an ultimate apple sauce ! Yum.❤️

They’re really delicious and such a fresh combination. Do try it and let me know how you liked it !💓

Yum. Take my word and make these; you’ll fall in love !❤️😌

Jumbo burger recipe !

Burgers are one of my most favourite meals to have. They are like a flavour bomb !
Feeling a bit low !? Or maybe a little too happy – here’s how you can enhance any of your blues or moods !!
Try out my jumbo burger recipe and tell me how it was !

Preparation time : 40-45 mins.

Cooking time : 10-15 mins.

Ingredients :

Burger buns
Cheese slices
Your favourite veggies
Mayonnaise
Ketchup
Red chilli powder
Chat masala
Lemon juice
Boiled potatoes
Coriander
Green chilli
Ginger garlic paste
Bread crumbs
Regular spice box
Salt and black pepper
Oregano and chilli flakes
Honey mustard sauce
Sriracha sauce
Jalapenos (optional)
Bhut Jolokia sauce (optional ; would recommend only if you’re a spice lover)

Method :

First off, we are going to start my taking the burger patty. For that, you need a bowl and then add mashed and boiled potatoes, some salt, some red chilli powder, chat masala, lemon juice, finely chopped green chilli/chillies (depending on how much spice you like) some peas, finely chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, freshly chopped coriander and bread crumbs for binding it all together. Make round patties and either pan/shallow fry them if you’re health conscious or you can very well go ahead and deep fry them !
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Now, the special burger mayonnaise has to be made. In a bowl, add some white regular mayonnaise, add some ketchup and red chilli powder. Mix it all together and there you have your special burger sauce !
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Prepare your veggies now – slice up some beautiful red onion, tomatoes, red, yellow and green bell peppers and you can also use some cabbage leaves or lettuce to lay it on the burger buns ! Here you can totally enjoy yourself and use your favourite veggies. Use anything you like, to put in your burger. I love bell peppers for one because they add such a crunchy texture to the burger and second because they are so colourful and gorgeous.
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Assembling time !
Heat up your pan and apply some butter to your burger buns and just brown them ! Be careful, we just have to brown them very little ; maybe 30 seconds on one side or even less. Watch out your buns !!
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Then, spread some of your special mayonnaise on the lower side of the bun. Place your lettuce or cabbage leaf if you have any. Then just enjoy and play ! Place your patty and then some of the veggies that you sliced up and then load your burger with the amount of cheese you like and garnish it with jalapenos (optional).
You can use any other sauces that you like to pour into the burger. I used honey mustard, Sriracha and Bhut Jolokia. You can put the sauces after placing your patty or before, your choice.

Before closing your Jumbo burger, sprinkle some salt and pepper and any other seasoning that you might like , maybe chilli flakes and you’re good to go.

ENJOY YOUR JUMBO BURGER WITH YOUR FAVOURITE PERSON ! ❤️

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Mix veg Tikki with a cheesy centre !🤤

Ever wanted to have something quick and totally yummy for snacks ? Well, here’s my mom’s tikki recipe that I use for making delicious cheesy tikkis !

Do try these and let me know if you liked them too !

Preparation time : 30 minutes

Cooking time : 15 mins

Ingredients :

1. Boiled Potato, carrots, cabbage, spinach, corn and any other vegetable of your liking.
2.Gram flour (besan, roasted)
3.Dry fruits blend or crushed (optional)
4.Green chilli, garlic and ginger paste
5. Regular masalas – roasted cumin powder, red chilli powder, salt, black pepper, garam masala, chat masala
6. Freshly cut coriander leaves.
7. Mozzarella cheese.

Method :

Mix all these ingredients and form round tikkis. (You can add bread crumbs also for binding the tikkis better.)

While making tikkis, put mozzarella cheese in between and then fold it. So that when you bite into them you have a cheesy lava flowing out ! Uff !

I shallow fried these on a pan; you know being a little health conscious is good considering that almost all of us these days have become slaves to a sedentary lifestyle.

However, you can also deep fry them for extra flavour and crunch.

And voila, It’s done. Serve your tikkis with ketchup or spicy green chutney.