Roasted Vegetable Pasta
Italian food is varied and rich in several aspects. Pasta however has been the pride and glory through much of its history. When Italians started emigrating and settling all around the world, they brought their pasta and it found its way into local life style, a worldwide food that we take for granted today. The origins of Pastas are as tangled as spaghetti tossed in a bowl. There is some validity in the belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans had discovered some sort of flattened dough – a broad noodle called ‘laganon’ in Greek. It is significant that this was not boiled as we boil lasagna noodles, but roasted on hot stones or in ovens – more like what we would think of as pizza.
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Zucchini Pasta
Zucchini as it is called in North America, Australia and Italy is a small summer squash. It is also called courgette in Britain, France, New Zealand and South Africa. It can be yellow, green or light green and has a shape similar to ridged cucumber.
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Pasta with Coriander and Eggplant
Pasta with coriander and eggplant is a vegetarian dish that can be made easily without any preparation. This dish can be a pleasant change from the usual routine dinner.
As for the Kids this is a healthy substitute for the junk food available outside cooked in unhygienic conditions. This is a main course dish and a vegetarian delight.
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Creamy Sun Dried Pasta
The origin of pasta gives rise to several speculations. Though people of diverse cultures ate some sort of noodle-like food made mostly of grain, the vital ingredient of pasta is durum wheat semolina, with high gluten content. Moreover, the technique of making it allows the resultant dough to be highly malleable, resulting in the many different shapes – ziti, spaghetti, ravioli – that characterize “pasta.”
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