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Pasta soup with cannellini beans


Makes for 2 persons

Ingredients:
1 can cannellini beans, washed and drained
1 large carrot, chopped
1 zucchini, chopped
1 red capsicum, chopped
1 large cup tubettini pasta (or any small tubular pasta)

Stock:
5 large Roma tomatoes, washed

1 large bay leaf

Seasoning:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
˝ onion, chopped
250 ml liquid vegetable stock
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Salt and pepper to taste

1. To prepare the stock, place the whole tomatoes and bay leaf in a pot and top with enough water to cover the tomatoes. Bring the water to a boil and allow the tomatoes to cook for 15 mins.
2. Once the tomatoes have been cooked, remove from the pot and blend in a food processor.
3. Add olive oil to the pot. Once hot, add the garlic and onion and allow to brown slightly.
4. Next, add the carrot, zucchini and capsicum and fry for a further 5-7 mins until the vegetables start to soften.
5. Add the processed tomatoes, cannellini beans, vegetable stock and pasta.
6. Allow to cook for a further 15 mins until all the pasta and vegetables are cooked.
7. Add the dried oregano, salt and pepper.
8. Serve with some crusty bread.
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Pumpkin soup
Ingredients:

250 gm pumpkin, large cubes
1 large potato, peeled and cubed

Seasoning:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups vegetable stock
Handful dried sage
Salt and pepper to taste

Topping:
Fresh cream
Handful fresh parsley, chopped
 Pumpkin and sage soup



1. Place pumpkin cubes in the rice cooker on a steaming rack. Add 2 cups of water and allow to cook on the steam setting for about 20 mins until soft.
2. Once soft, blend pumpkin in a food processor until smooth.
3. Place olive oil in a pan. Add the blended pumpkin, vegetable stock, potato and sage.
4. Cook for 20 mins. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Top with parsley and fresh cream to serve.
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Crusty Vegetable Pilaf

June 22nd 2008 08:43
Crusty vegetable pilaf
Ingredients:

2 cups basmati rice
300 gm pumpkin, chopped into pieces
1 large red-skin potato, cubed (with skin)
˝ red capsicum, cut into large pieces
˝ green capsicum, cut into large pieces
1 large carrot, cubed
1 onion, thinly sliced

Seasoning:
1 tablespoon ghee
50g butter
Large pinch saffron
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon biryani masala
Salt to taste

Cucumber drizzle:
˝ cucumber, peeled
1 garlic clove, peeled
Handful mint
4 tablespoons yoghurt
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Salt to taste

1. Heat the butter, saffron and two tablespoons of water in a cup in the microwave on high for about 30 seconds. Set aside and allow to infuse.
2. Rinse the rice and add to a pan of boiling, salted water and cook for 5 mins. The rice should be nearly done but still hard in the centre.
3. Heat the ghee in a large pot. Add the onion and fry for about 2 mins.
4. Next, add the pumpkin and potato and fry for a further 5 mins until starting to brown, followed by the carrot and capsicum.
5. Fry for a further 5 mins until all vegetables are soft.
6. Next, remove half the vegetables from the pot. Spoon half the saffron butter over the vegetables, and then top with half the rice. Add the remaining vegetables over the rice, spoon with the saffron butter and the remaining rice.
7. Sprinkle with the biryani masala and salt, then break the cinnamon stick on top.
8. Place a dishcloth over the pot and cover tightly with the lid. Cook the rice on the lowest heat for about 30 mins. The rice should be completely tender by then and would have formed a golden crust on the bottom.
9. While the rice cooks, place all the ingredients for the cucumber drizzle in a food processor and blend until smooth. Allow to cool in the fridge.
10. Serve the rice with the cucumber drizzle.
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