Fusilli with tomatoes and mint

Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Wheat Fusilli
3 Tomatoes chopped
1 big Onion chopped
2 Gralic cloves crushed
1 tsp. Sweet Basil, dried
1 tbsp. Mint dried
Hot Pepper and Tomato Sauce, to taste
Salt to taste
Oil


Place the pasta pot on the stove top with water and heat until the water begins to boil,add the fusilli and cook until it is tender, but still chewy.
Heat a Pan with oil and fry the onions and garlics once the onions becomes transparent add the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes are smashed. Now, add basil, mint, and hot sauce,salt to taste mix well, cover, and cook 
Combine the cooked pasta, onions -tomatoes together and mix well

Vegetable Upma

I always like upma for dinner rather than having it for breakfast. In southern India, It's called as Khara bath. It is usually serve with kesari bath which is sweet so, also named as Chow chow bath.

Ingredients:
2 cups Semolina coarse
4 cups water
1 small Onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
1/4 cup beans and carrot chopped
small piece of ginger grated
4-5 green chilies chopped
1 - 2 tsp lemon juice
salt to taste
4-5 tsp coconut grated
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp urad dal
5-6 cashewnuts
curry leaves
cilantro for garnish

Heat a pan with 3 tsp of oil/ghee add mustard seeds, when it sluptters add urad dal,channa dal, curry leaves and cashewnuts. Once the nuts turn light golden brown add semolina coarse and roast till it turn golden brown and transfer it to plate.
Meanwhile, add beans and carrot to 4 cups of boiling water.
Heat a pan with 5-6 tsp oil and fry onions, once the onions turn to golden brown add green chilies,ginger and saute it.
Now, add roasted semolina, coconut and salt, mix well. Add boiling water and tomato mix well and close the lid for 3 mins. Once the semolina is well cook add lemon juice and garinsh with cilantro.
Serve with coconut chutney.

Sapota/Sapodilla Milk Shake

Sapota is a tropical fruit and very rich in Iron. See the nutrition facts in the below link
http://www.infoqueenbee.com/2008/08/you-can-eat-sapota-fruits-or-drink.html

Ingredients:
2 Sapota/Sapodilla
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp sugar
Blend all the ingredients and serve chill.