Appe pasta with pesto sauce

Name: Appe pasta with pesto sauce
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Semolina/Suji; 3 tbsp Curd; 2 tbsp Onion - finely chopped; to taste Salt; 1 pinch soda; as needed Water to make batter; as needed Ghee; 1 cup Pasta; 2 tbsp Carrot finely chopped; 2 tbsp Corn boiled; 2 tbsp Onion finely chopped; 2 tbsp Capsicum finely chopped; 1/2 cup Tomato puree; as needed Oil; to taste Salt; to taste Chilli flakes (optional); 2 cup Fresh basil leaves; 1/4 cup Pine nuts; 5-6 Cashews; 3-4 cloves Garlic; 1/4 cup Dry parmesan cheese; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; to taste Salt; 1/2 cup Olive oil

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Indo-Italian fusion
Perfect example of fusion of Indian and Italian cuisines

pooja @cook_13315657

Pune

#kitchendivas
#fusionweek
Indo-Italian fusion
Perfect example of fusion of Indian and Italian cuisines

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Ingredients

For appe:
1/2 cupSemolina/Suji
3 tbspCurd
2 tbspOnion - finely chopped
to tasteSalt
1 pinchsoda
as neededWater to make batter
as neededGhee
For Pasta:
1 cupPasta
2 tbspCarrot finely chopped
2 tbspCorn boiled
2 tbspOnion finely chopped
2 tbspCapsicum finely chopped
1/2 cupTomato puree
as neededOil
to tasteSalt
to tasteChilli flakes (optional)
For Pesto sauce:
2 cupFresh basil leaves
1/4 cupPine nuts
5-6Cashews
3-4 clovesGarlic
1/4 cupDry parmesan cheese
1 tbspLemon juice
to tasteSalt
1/2 cupOlive oil

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Steps

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For appe:
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Soak suji in curd and water mixture for 1 hr.
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Add salt, soda and chopped onions to suji batter and make appe with ghee.
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For Pasta:
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Boil water in a vessel, add a tbsp of oil and add pasta and cook for 15-20 mins or until the pasta is cooked.
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Strain and run through cold water.
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In a non-stick pan, add a tbsp oil and add chopped onion, carrots, capsicum and corn and saute till soft.
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Add tomato puree and salt and mix well.
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Add pasta and mix well.
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For pesto sauce:
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Grind basil leaves, pinenuts, cashews, garlic to coarse.
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Add cheese and lemon juice and again grind to coarse.
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Take out in a bowl, add salt and pepper and oil to adjust the consistency.
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How to assemble:
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On a serving plate, place pasta and then place appe on it, surrounding the pasta put pesto sauce.
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Serve hot.