Recipes From My Kitchen

If you have the pesto ready, this is a dish you can dish out in under 15 mins. Trust me. Ok even with the pesto, it took me about 25 mins. I am super fast! Have been wanting to try out pasta dishes since I attended the Master Class .  Pesto can be stored for upto 1 week. Add olive oil on top of the pesto to make it into a covering and store in the refrigerator. This is the best dish you can cook up within minutes on a cold winter afternoon. Its a great snack and lunch box idea too. Ingredients For Basil Pesto: 100 gms Italian Basil , 1/2 cup pinenuts , 1/4 cup garlic pods , 1/4 cup olive oil , 2 tbsp grated parmesan, Salt as per taste Method: Wash and clean the basil leaves and allow it to completely dry.  Put all the ingredients into a blender and churn it into a fine paste. Adjust salt as required. If you want to store the pesto, just cover it with enough olive oil and keep it refrigerated for upto 1 week. Ingredients For Pasta: 2 cups pa...

A few weeks back I blogged about the Master Class announcement . Held on December 7th with a total of 14 participants, this workshop was full of information and surprises. The concepts of Italian cooking were demystified by Chefs. We learnt the concepts of the right way of boiling the pasta to how much sauce should be added to coat the pasta well. A total of 8 recipes were recreated right in front of us. The tips and tricks shared during the workshop was very very useful. All the dishes prepared by the chefs were served for us to taste and discuss further on how to add variations to the dish. Chef's Shahbaaz and Chef Arun were very helpful and gave us a lot of information about the cultural heritage of Italy as well.  Overall a wonderful learning session, this is a must attend workshop for all who wish to get to know the basics of Italian cooking.  Stay tuned for the next workshop!!! Its coming soon!!!

As you know my friend & I decided to do a Soups & Salads Event in the month of November. Here is a quick recap of what we could cook and blog inspite of our hectic schedules. I know its not much, but the spirit is in trying to achieve a goal. This post also consolidates all the soups and salads we have blogged so far in our respective blogs. Thought this would be a nice way to consolidate everything in one place. Here we go... Soups:                           Salads:                                                                      Oils & Dressings:       Click...