Bananas with Vanilla Rum Sauce

Elegant and extremely easy. This was Ravi's contribution to the dinner.



Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
• medium firm, ripe bananas, peeled and split lengthwise
•2 tablespoons butter
•1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
•1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
•1 to 2 tablespoons light rum

Preparation:
Directions for bananas with vanilla rum sauce.
Melt butter in a large skillet over low heat. Add sugar; stir until melted. Add bananas; sauté for about 10 minutes, until just tender, turning once. In a medium bowl, stir together ice cream and rum. Remove bananas to a serving dish, spooning brown sugar juices over them. Serve with ice cream and rum sauce.

Tastes really yum especially the rum flavor in the icecream. The sugar got caramelized pretty quickly so will try it again to perfect it.

Garlic Ginger Asparagus

Asparagus is stir fried with ginger and garlic. This is absolutely simple, takes less than 10 minutes including preparation time and tastes awesome as a side dish.

Ingredients:
• bunch of baby asparagus
•2 tablespoons olive oil
•1 large clove garlic, minced or pressed
•1/2 to 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
•2 tablespoons water

Preparation:
Snap off and discard tough ends of asparagus, then cut spears into 1/4 inch slanting slices.
Place wok or heavy skillet over high heat; when hot, add oil. When oil begins to heat, add garlic and ginger and stir once; then add asparagus and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add water; cover and cook until asparagus is tender-crisp to bite (2 to 3 minutes).

Curry Leaves rice

I made this receipe on a weekend afternoon when I wanted to eat something different at the same time something that would be quick 'n'easy (whats's new in this, I ask myself!) This receipe took me less than half an hour and it was quite yummy. WIll surely make it again!

Ingredients:
Coconut - a handful
Curry leaves - 1 cup
Green chilles - 2
Tamarind paste - 1 teaspoon
Grind all the above to a paste

Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Salt (to taste)

Method:
In a little oil/butter, fry red chilly seeds, when it is cooked add the paste and fry till a nice aroma comes. Add salt and lower the gas and mix in the rice.

Serve hot. It goes well with curd and some papad.