Sunday, March 15, 2009

chicken pasta

Pasta is an Italian food made from a dough using flour, water and/or eggs.There are approximately 350 different shapes of pasta. A few examples include spaghetti (solid cylinders), macaroni (tubes or hollow cylinders), fusilli (swirls), lasagna (sheets), and gnocchi (balls), although this is considered a separate dish by some. The two basic styles of pasta are dried and fresh. There are also variations in the ingredients used in pasta. The time for which pasta can be stored varies from days to years depending upon whether the pasta is made with egg or not, and whether it is dried or fresh Pasta is boiled prior to consumption.


Ingredients-1
½ pack - Pasta(penne or rotini)
1 pinch - Salt
Water (as per need)
Ingredients-2

½ -Stick butter
½ cup- Parmesan cheese
¾ cup -Milk
1 T -Maida flour/ all purpose flour
Pepper to taste
Salt as per taste

Ingredients-3

½ no - Onion (big size) sliced
½ no -Capsicum(cubed)
5 no -Mushroom sliced
½ cup-Chicken (boneless)
1 T -Oil
Salt as per need
Pepper as per taste

Instructions

How to cook pasta
step1. In a big microwavable bowl put the required amoun to pasta, add salt and enough water and cook in a high temp. for 10 mintues.
step2. take fork or spoon and stir the pasta for two or three times( because pasta will stick together)
step3.once again cook for another 10 mintues or until pasta is well cooked.


How to Make sauce

step1. In awok or pan heat milk, when it comes to boil, add cheese, butter and when it melts, add maida and keep stiring it.
step2. after 2-3 mintues add salt and pepper and switch off .

How to cook chicken and veggie

step1. In a wide pan add 1T oil and when it turns heat add onion and fry for 2 mintues then add chicken.
step2. cut chicken in to small cubes.
step3. cook chicken with salt and pepper until its well done then add capsicum and mushroom.
step4. cook for 4-5 mintues
step5. add tomato at this stage.step6. cook for one min and switch off.

Final Mixing stage

Step1.The main thing is to drain pasta without any water, drain pasta and add the sauce and cooked chicken and veggie.
step2. garnish it will corriander leaves.

No comments:

Post a Comment