Cannolini

Preparation time : 30 minutes
Cooking time      : 1 hour 20 minutes
Serves                : 8 members
Recipe source    : afritha

Description

What do I start with. The dish Cannolini or the person who shared the recipe “Afritha”. Well I know Afritha long before I got to know the dish Cannolini. So it’s about Afritha first and then to the dish for sure. My cousin sister’s daughter. Always confident, tall and giggly are the first three things that come to my mind about her. Then being enthusiastic and inquisitive to know about every thing as well. Her mother, my first cousin Shifa and myself were not the best of friends as kids. Like we all have that one cousin who is a snicker and loves to get us into trouble. She was one hell of a terror for sure. Her father was from Tanjore district and I remember shouting at her on every fight saying. You better make a leave soon to Tamilnadu. Not knowing I myself was there in Tamilnadu.(dum me). In reply she used to ask me to migrate to Kerala (may be because I was born there). Finally, I got married into a typical Tamil family (guess it was her curse.. Kidding) and she into a mixed one.. Following with her daughter Afritha too. Afritha and myself are the only two who are married of to the deep southern part of Tamilnadu and we know every bit of the craziness we are going through with the extreme differences in between the cultural, regional and food habit changes of the opposite ends of Tamilnadu. oops.. I have gone far away from the dish and am boring you all with my silly childhood and present thoughts. Coming to the dish.. Afritha got this dish for the second anniversary of sauté, fry n bake celebration. She missed a prize as the pasta sauce she made was ready made one but taste wise.. The bowl was kicked out clean. The picture by itself is evident for that as even before I could click a picture 3/4 of the dish was empty.. So peeps try this Italian dish made by a Tamil – Mallu combination girl who lives in Deep South Tamilnadu.

Method

• Preheat oven 180C and lightly grease ovenproof dish.
• Heat oil in frying pan and sauté garlic and onion.
• Add chicken, brown well for 4-5 minutes.
• Add corn n spinach into chicken mixture and season to taste and let it cook

TO MAKE PASTA SHEETS

Beat together 2 cups of all purpose flour n 1 egg . Dilute with little water to get pancake consistency.
Pour on pan n make thin sheets (like dosa)

• Let the sheets cool down and fill the sheets with chicken mixture
• Pour a third of the pasta sauce over bottom of ovenproof dish and top with filled cannelloni tubes.
• Pour remaining sauce over the top of the cannelloni tubes, then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake further 15-20 minutes until tender.

TO MAKE PASTA SAUCE

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the 3 cloves garlic and 1 onion and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened but not browned.
• Add the 1 tablespoon tomato paste and cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute
• Add the 6 Cooked n beaten tomatoes, reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes, until thickened.
• Stir through the salt and pepper, sugar, basil and parsley, adjusting the seasoning as required.