Butter Mushroom Noodles

Aren't there days when you don't want to cook but also don't want anything from out ??? Well I almost always have days like this , this recipe came about from a day like that . Like Julia Child's quote ' You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces , just good food from fresh ingredients .' Isn't that true . With just a few ingredients , here is a nice aromatic , flavourful dish for those lazy days .........

INGREDIENTS

350 gms fettuccine
250 gms mushrooms sliced
75 gms butter
2 dried red chilies
5-6 garlic cloves minced
a handful of parsley chopped finely
zest and juice of half a lemon
salt & pepper for seasoning
Parmesan grated

METHOD

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions in salted boiling water . Reserve a cup of the pasta water .
Now in a saucepan , melt the butter on low heat and add the red chillies just to infuse it .
Discard the red chillies and add in the mushrooms and garlic and saute for a couple of min .
Turn off the heat and add in the zest and juice of the lemon , parsley and the noodles and toss it .
Season with salt and pepper and add in the pasta water if the sauce seems dry .
Grate parmesan on top and enjoy :D.

Spicy Prawn and Mushroom with Egg Noodles

Have you guys heard of the floating book shop called the Logos Hope . It is a ship full of books and can you believe this all of the people who work there are not paid , they work voluntarily , just like it's name their main purpose is to bring hope to people . The money they make selling books is used for charity , what a noble idea it is right ? .In this day and age where selfishness and blatant disregard for others are the most common traits , people like these are very rare to find and everyone can learn something from them .

 They have all kinds of books on board and I  love to read books and especially how a new book smells ( I know it's weird ) ,I'll read anything but  my most favourite kind of books are cookbooks . I love to flip through the pages and drool  at the beautiful pictures . As a little girl , this ship used to come to our city once in a year and I used to bug my parents to take me there and came back a happy girl from there with a load of books and most of them used to be cook books , cooking was passion even then too . Sadly all good things have to come to an end ,the ship then stopped coming .Then something wonderful happened a couple of months back , the ship was scheduled to come here and you can imagine my excitement over that news , I just couldn't wait for it to get here and show my hubby and kids . Oooooh ! I really felt like a little girl again and took my hubby and the kids there and as usual bought a whole load of books and came back , going back there I had such wonderful memories and above all that I could show my kids my favourite place .

Ok enough of my blabbing , I am not boring you anymore , I just mentioned it because the recipe I am posting is from one such book I bought from there , it is a wonderful book with all easy recipes and noodles being my favourite I had to make this , it is spicy and aromatic and just yummy so here goes........

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp oil
1 onion chopped
1 fresh red chilli chopped finely
1 tbsp thai red curry paste
grated zest and juice of 1 lime
250 gms prawns
400 gms canned button mushrooms
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
225 gms egg noodles
fresh coriander chopped

METHOD

Heat the oil and add the onions and chilli and saute for a couple of min.
Add the curry paste and the lemon zest and saute for a couple of min .
Add the prawns , mushrooms, lemon juice , fish sauce and the soy sauce .
Mix it all up and cook till the prawns are done .
Cook the noodles in boiling water for a few min and drain and toss it in the prawn mix.
Add the coriander and serve hot .