Flat spinach noodles with veggies in classic arabiata sauce..

Hi guys, so I was grocery shopping with my Hubby the other day and I spotted flat noodles. What excited me more about them was that they were spinach noodles made up of whole wheat. And so I bought them 

I made them typically in a classic arabiata sauce with some of my favorite veggies.
Sorry for not being able to upload the cooking in progress pictures because the hubby was really hungry.

Below is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Noodles or spaghetti - 1 packet
Blanched tomatoes - 6 to 7
Chopped onion - 1 big
Blanched broccoli
Zucchini 
Chopped green capsicum 
Chopped red and yellow bell pepper 
Chopped garlic - 7 to 8 
Red Chilli flakes -1/2 tbsp.
Red chilli sauce -3 tbsp.
Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp.
Vinegar - 1 tbsp.
Salt, black pepper and Oil according to taste

Procedure:

Boil the noodles or spaghetti in hot water. Don't forget to add a 1 tbsp each of oil and salt while boiling.
Puree all the blanched tomatoes after removing their skin. Take a pan or a kadhai and heat oil in it. Put garlic and let them burn a little. Put the chopped onion and all the kinds of bell peppers, add in the broccoli and zucchini also and fry them on a high flame.
After this, put in the blanched tomato puree in it and put the lid of the pan and let it be there for about 10 minutes on low flame. 
Now, add in the freshly ground black pepper, red chilli flakes and salt according to your taste and amount of spiciness you want in your dish and stir. Add in the red chilli sauce, tomato sauce and the vinegar and keep it on a low flame for another 5 minutes. 
Now, its time to put in our boiled noodles. In no time, put your flame on high and stir fry the noodles or spaghetti, finish by adding freshly cut basil and parsley and serve hot.

Note:
You can keep aside the stir fried veggies and put them on the noodles last also in order to see more color in your dish.
For a much more non healthier version, just put in some processed cheese or mozzarella in the end.

Team this up with wine and enjoy 

The most moistest Chocolate Cake...

Ingredients:

All raising flour (Maida): 1 cup

Butter: 1 cup

Sugar: 3/4 cup (You can put in 1 full cup in order to sweeten it more)

Eggs: 2

Vanila Essence: 1 tbsp.

Baking powder: 1 tbsp.

Cocoa Powder: 1/2 cup

Milk: 1/2 Cup

Cake Mould

Sieve

Procedure:

Take a mixing bowl and whisk sugar and butter in it until it forms a white lathery texture and keep it aside. Take another bowl and pass the Maida, Baking powder and Cocoa powder through a sieve for  atleast 2-3 times so that it mixes well and the air gets restored.

In the butter and sugar mixture, break in 2 eggs (one at a time) and mix well but not too much. Add in the vanila essence and mix. Now, in 4-5 parts start adding in the flour, baking powder and cocoa mixture in it. Mix it slowly in a cut and fold manner preventing the formation of air bubbles.

If you feel that the batter needs some liquid (it has become hard), you can add in milk accordingly.

After this, put all the batter in the mold and tap it on the platform so that the air bubbles burst.

You can either bake the cake in a Gas Tandoor or a microwave.

For Microwave, you can take a microwave friendly bowl or a silicon cake mold. The temperature and power varies. For our office Microwave, I had set the power on 640 W for 8 minutes.

For Gas Tandoor, you can use an aluminium cake mold or a gas friendly mold. But, before putting the batter you need to grease the mold with butter or ghee or oil and then dust it with Maida. It takes around 40-45 minutes on low flame to bake the whole cake.

In between the baking process you can always put in a knife in the middle of the cake and if the knife comes out clear that means the cake is ready.

When the cake is ready, you can let it cool down and decorate it with some icing or normal sugar with a paper cut out.

Enjoy the deliciousness!