lazy cooks penne with mushrooms and sausages

Hi everyone.......a very good morning to all.this is a quick post on a quick,one dish meal.The vegetarians can leave out the sausages(obviously)

INGRDS

penne-1 packet(200gms)

8-9 cloves of garlic..pound together with 1 green chilli

1 big onion chopped fine

3 med sized tomatoes chopped fine

1 packet of button mushrooms ..chopped

1 medium sized capcicum chopped

1 tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon of oregano
1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 packet of ready cooked sausages.....cut into pcs.

salt and pepper to taste

some grated cheese(optional)

METHOD

1.In a kadhai(heavy bottomed wok),add the olive oil...the the garlic green chilli paste.....fry for a min...then add the onions and fry till golden brown.

2.Now add the tomatoes,salt and pepper.fry this well..till the oil leaves the mix.

3.Put the mushrooms...and the capcicum in(I also added some chopped cilantro here),add the worcestershire sauce,cover and cook till the mushrooms are done.....dry up the residual liquid.Add the sausages.

4.Side by side put a big pan of water to boil..when it gets to a rolling boil,add the penne......cook for about 6-7 mins...drain the hot water..rinse in cold water.

5.Toss the penne in this ...serve hot.I would normally have avoided adding cheese to this..but my daughter loves cheese and hates mushrooms.........i figured the cheese would disguise the mushrooms(did not ..i might add..she still gagged when she got mushroom in her mouth!)In all fairness though the cheese did help the flavours along and upped the taste(in my very humble opinion!)

lazy cooks mushroom manchurian and awards!

With due apologies to the actual manhcurian.........this is my version and i have it with paranthas!.......can't get anymore "fusiony" than this!
INGRDS
200 button mushrooms(cut into half)
4 tablespoons of cornflour +1 tablespoon of flour(maida)
salt and pepper to taste
1 capcicum cut into med. sized pcs
2 spring onions cut into pcs
1 tablespoon gingergarlic paste
1 tablespoon each of soya sauce,tomato sauce,red chilli sauce and green chilli sauce
1 tsp cornflour dissolved in a little water
METHOD
1.  Make a paste with the cornflour and flour,salt,pepper and water.coat the mushrooms in this batter and deep fry till done(takes about 5 mins)
2.In a wok/kahhai,heat 1 tsp of veg. oil....fry the ginger garlic paste.....now saute the onions(the bulb portion of the spring onions) and capcicum(on a high flame)..till the onions are slightly caramelised.....add the sauces and 1/2 cup of water..let it come to a boil.....taste the seasoning.......add the last bit of dissolved cornflour..........the mixture will thicken..then add the fried mushrooms and the spring onions(the green portion).

3.Serve hot.Although i like this with roti/paranthas..this makes a really good starter......and ofcourse goes well with fried rice.This recipe is adapted from the weikfield cornflour carton(they have the recipe printed on one side)Poonam frm.http://kandepoherecipes.blogspot.in/2012/02/award-time.html
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Chaiu ko tarkari(Nepali mushroom curry)

Dear all..........what is the matter with the weather god?Just when thing seemed to be getting a little reasonable(read-bearable cold)..........its back to being cold and wet!so...its time for shortcut recipes!This the nepalifood.com promised would be done in 15 mins.well i didn't time it out..but it was done in no time.....moral of the story...more time for you to sit with a cup of tea and curse the weather!
INGRDS
1.1packet button mushrooms(200 gms) ..washed and cut.
2. 1 medium sized onion chopped fine
3.1 tomato chopped fine
4.1 tsp garlic..(chopped fine)
5.1 tsp veg oil
6.1/4 tsp haldi(turmeric powder)..and garam masala
7. salt and red chilli pdr to taste
8. 1 small green chilli chopped fine
METHOD
1.In a heavy bottomed pan,heat the oil..add the garlic saute for a bit ..then add the onions and green chilli...fry till light golden.
2.Add the tomatoes and all the masalas....cook...when the masala comes together ..and you can see a little bit of oil on the side..add the mushrooms(there's no point in waiting till you see a lot of oil to leave the masala...because we've not added a lot of oil!)

3.Cover and cook for about 5-7 mins.........check the mushrooms would have shrunk like crazy....taste the seasoning...and serve.Pretty simple to do and tastes nice...although for the life of me i can't pronounce the name!
sending it tohttp://uk-rasoi.blogspot.in/2012/01/flavours-of-nepal.html andhttp://www.simplysensationalfood.com/p/simplyfood-events.html