50. Mushroom Zucchini Pasta

Final Outcome:  We always love pasta!

Recipe:
Ingredients:
Pasta (Any kind): 3 cups cooked in water with salt
Mushrooms: Button mushrooms 1 pack chopped
Zucchini: 1 chopped
Garlic : 2 cloves chopped
Maida/ Flour: 1 tbsp
Milk: 1 cup
Italian seasoning: 3 tsp
Salt
Mozzarella cheese: shredded 1 tbsp
Butter: 1tbsp

Method:
1. Melt butter in a pan. Add garlic and stir. Do not burn the garlic. 
2. Add mushrooms and cook uncovered. After mushrooms are tender add chopped Zucchini. Let it cook till done.
3. Add salt and Flour/Maida to the above mixture and stir well for 2-3 mins. Add milk to it (I added milk with cream). Stir till it thickens. Add cooked pasta and mix well .
4. Add Italian seasoning and shredded mozzarella cheese and serve hot.

39. Creamy Buttermilk spinach pasta

Final Outcome: Yummy!!!

        This recipe is very unique. I never thought the ingredients it contains can work together to create a wonderful Italian dish.

Recipe:
Ingredients:
Pasta: 2 cups boiled water with a tsp of salt 
Spinach Puree:  1/2 cup
Buttermilk or curd: 1 cup
Garlic: chopped 3 cloves
Flour/ Maida: 1 tbsp
Capsicum chopped: 1/2
Mushrooms: 5-6 chopped
Italian seasoning: 1 tsp
Salt
Crushed pepper as per taste
Oil
Mozzarella cheese grated: 2 tbsp

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Stir fry capsicum and mushrooms till they are soft. Add salt, pepper and a little Italian seasoning. Set it aside.
2. In the same pan heat a little oil and add garlic (don't burn it). Add Flour stirring continuously. After it turns light brown add butter milk and stir. Keep on low heat for 4-5 mins and stir. Add spinach  puree, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Let it cook for 4-5 mins.
3. Add cheese, pasta  capsicum and mushrooms. Mix well and cook for a couple of mins. 

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33. Zucchini pasta with tomato mushroom sauce

Source: http://www.dailygarnish.com/2010/08/zucchini-pasta-with-tomato-mushroom-sauce.html
Final Outcome: Very good!!!

        We always love pasta. This is a very good recipe. I have made some changes to the recipe. 

Recipe:
Ingredients:
Red Onion chopped: 1
White onion chopped: 1
Tomato: 3-4 large
Mushrooms: 1 pack button mushrooms
Baby corn chopped: 5-6
Capsicum chopped: 1
Garlic cloves: 3-4
Italian seasoning: 2 tsp
Zucchini shaved into stripes: 1(I just had 1. 2-3 would have been great).
Pasta boiled: 1 cup
Oil
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Add garlic and onions and saute. After the the onions turn translucent add baby corn and cook for 5 mins. Add capsicum and mushrooms.
2. Add chopped tomatoes. Let it cook till the tomatoes leave a lot of juice and sauce becomes watery. Add Italian seasoning and salt.
3. Stir fry zucchini stripes in a pan with little oil and season it with salt and pepper.
4. To serve place boiled pasta in a bowl. Pour the above sauce on the pasta. Top it with zucchini stripes. (If you have enough zucchini replace pasta with zucchini stripes).

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