Restaurant Style Eggplant Parmigiana????

My husband and I were really excited to have this as our dinner last night. I was so bored of regular dinner menu and I suddenly thought why not try this parmigiana for a change. Both of us like it so much that we end up eating this dish whenever we go to Olive Garden. I think its the best vegetarian dish that we get. I always thought it was a detailed procedure to make it. But then I realized it was really simple if we had the right ingredients. I found this recipe on food network. It made some changes to it to suit my requirements. One can never go wrong in this menu. Its very simple and tasty. Kids would love this dish. 

Ingredients

Italian Eggplant - 1 ( I used 1/2 of it since we were only 2 of us . So it depends on how many you need. I got 12 slices out of my half eggplant.)

Bread crumbs (Italian Style) - 1 cup

Oil - to deep fry

Mozzarella Cheese - 2- 3 slices

Parmesan Cheese - 2 tbsp grated

Sphagetti pasta - Handfull 

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 tbsp 

Marinara Sauce - 1/4 cup

Preparation:

First, make a thin paste with the flour ( You can use eggs in replacement of flour. We dont eat egg so i used flour. ). Cut eggplant into medium sized slices. You can remove the skin or just keep the skin on. Dip the eggplant into that flour paste and then dip it in bread crumbs. 

Deep fry the eggplant untill brown. Cook pasta simultaneously.

After frying keep top the fried eggplant with mozzarella cheese and bake it in the oven for few mins till the cheese melts. We could bake pasta topped with marinara sauce along with eggplant. But bake it just to heat it and not for too long. 

Serve the pasta and sauce along baked eggplant. Also if you need more marinara sauce, you can always add it on top of the eggplant before baking. We like to have the eggplant crispy. so i just added the cheese on top. But in restaurants, they top the eggplant with cheese and some marinara sauce. Garnish with some grated Parmesan cheese before serving. 

Enjoy the meal!!!! 

Sending this to Torview's Food Paletter Series - Brown

Reposting Cilantro Rice

We went to my co sister's house last winter when her parents had also come. Her mom made this rice and I loved it. It was very simple and tasty. I learnt lots of recipes from her. In fact I learnt lots of cooking details from her during the time I stayed at their place. This dish has lots of flavor. Let me get to the recipe straight.

Ingredients:

Mixed Vegetables - 1 Cup

Cumin powder - 1 tsps

Corriander powder - 1 tsps

Onion - 1/2 chopped

Oil - 1 tbsps

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

To Grind:

Cilantro 1 bunch

Cloves - 2

Cardomom - 1

Tomato - 1

Ginder - 1 tsps chopped

Garlic - 2-3 pods

Cumin powder - 1 tsps

Corriander powder - 1 tsps

Green Chilli - 1-2

Preparation:

Grind all the above said ingredients to grind. Grind it to a smooth paste. Need not add water. The water in tomato and cilantro is good enough.

Soak basmati rice in water for about 15 mins

In a pan, heat oil and add onions. Fry till it becomes translucent. Now add this groung paste and fry till the fresh green color changes to dark green. The color will change and the raw smell will fade.

Now add vegetables and mix well. Fry it for another minute

Now add rice, salt and mix everything well.

Add 2 cups water and transfer it to rice cooker.

Aromatic cilantro rice will fill your house with rich aroma and flavor.

Sending this to "Herbs and Flowers in my Platter" - Coriander leaves/Cilantro hosted by Keerthi and originally hosted by PJ of Seduce your tastebuds

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Simple Veggie Wrap

Its been really long time since I posted something. I was too busy with my work and I really dint have time to post anything though I took pictures of few recipes. Hope to post them soon. One day, we were bored of the regular dinner menu.. My husband likes to try making new dishes at home. Thats how I started trying non Indian dishes. This time it was Veggie wrap. I made it very simple with just minimum ingredients. It has only veggies, sour cream and guacamole. It tasted great. But it tasted good. I am sure kids will love it too.. Lets get to the procedure now 

Ingredients:

Bell Peppers - red, Orange and Yellow - 3 small peppers chopped lengthwise 

Spinach Leaves - Handful

Onion - 1 medium cut lengthwise

Zucchini - 1 cut in halves 

Sour cream - As required

Wheat or Multi grain tortillas - 2 to 3

Olive Oil - 2 tbsps

For Guacamole 

Ripe Avocados - 2

Lime Juice - Juice from half a lime

Salt - to taste

Cilantro - handful

Jalapeños - 1

Preparation:

In a pan heat olive oil and add onions. Fry it for about a minute and add bell peppers. Add salt and fry it till bell peppers are cooked well. I like the veggies to be well sauteed.  It would be great if veggies could be grilled. I just did a veggie saute. 

Once the bell peppers are alomst done add spinach and saute well. 

Guacamole

Add avocados, cilantro, lime juice, salt and jalapeños into a food processor and blend well. 

Now warm tortillas and place it on a plate. First spread the vegetables on it and top it with some sour cream and guacamole. 

Warp it and serve it with hot sauce if needed. 

Yummy and warm wrap for cool and rainy days!!!

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