Mexican Pasta Salad
Healthy Chowmien - thatindiancurry
Dressing:
-½ ripe avocado
-¼ cup mayonnaise
-2 tablespoons lime juice
-1 small clove garlic, grated
-½ teaspoon salt
-¼ teaspoon cumin
Pasta salad:
-8 ounces whole-wheat fusilli (about 3 cups)
-1 cup halved grape or cherry tomatoes
-½ cup canned black beans, rinsed
-½ cup corn, fresh or frozen (thawed)
-½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
-¼ cup diced red onion
Method
-Boil water, add salt & olive oil
-Add 1 cup emmer wheat pasta to the boiling water and let it cook for 1-2 minutes
-Stir gently until the pasta is cooked
-Rinse the cooked pasta in cold water and add some olive oil
-Transfer the pasta to a large bowl. Stir in tomatoes, beans, corn, Cheddar, onion and cilantro
-To make the dressing, Combine avocado, mayonnaise, lime juice, garlic, salt and cumin in a mini food processor or a blender. Puree until smooth
-Add the dressing to the pasta
-Toss to coat
-Garnish with cheese and serve
Method
- In a large mixing bowl take 2 cup
Original flour blend, ¼ tsp baking
soda and 1 tsp baking powder and ¾ tsp
salt. Mix well.
- Add 2 tbsp oil, ¼ cup curd and 1 tsp
garlic. Mix well
- Further, add water as required and
knead to a smooth and soft dough.
- Grease the dough with oil, cover and
rest for 2 hours.
- Meanwhile prepare garlic butter by
mixing 3 tbsp butter, 1 tsp garlic and 2
tbsp coriander.
after 2 hours, knead the
dough slightly to remove if any air
present in the dough pinch a ball sized
dough.
- Gently roll to oval shape using a rolling
pin. Make sure you do not make too thin
nor thick and also keep the size in mind.
It should not be larger than your tawa
size.
- Grease with water over naan. Make sure
you coat uniformly (helps naan to stick
on tawa)
furthermore, slowly flip over
and put it on hot tawa. Remember, be
gentle and put the water coated side
down to tawa.
- Slightly press. This helps the naan to
stick on to the tawa and when you flip
the tawa upside down it will be intact.
- Now after a minute, flip the tawa upside
down and cook naan directly on flame till they turn golden brown.
- Also brush with some prepared garlic
butter mixed with coriander leaves.
Gently scrape the naan from the bottom
and remove.
- Finally, serve garlic naan hot with your
favourite curry like mattar paneer.