Spicy Tuna Pasta -Italian meets India Dish

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about anything so, I thought since I have time off now I should really start posting more often

Cooking has slowly become one of those newly discovered talents which I never knew existed in me. I sometimes like to cook when I’m either bored or when I’m in the mood to cook for the family. When cooking a dish, it is not just about putting things together, I think it is more about bringing new creations to life through food. In this Blog, I teach you how to make the perfect spicy Tuna pasta for you guys to cook and enjoy.

Today’s dish is called the Spicy Tuna Pasta – a combination of Italian meets India/Asian cuisine.  

"Italian food with a Asian twist" I call it

 What you need

·         Tuna Chunks x4 (soaked in Brine or spring water)

·         Pasta sauce x 3 (flavour of your own choice, I like to go for the simple Tomato and Herbs.)

·         Onion, peppers, black pepper, tomato, mushrooms and garlic (if some prefer greater taste)  x 1

·         Tin of sweet corn x 1

·         Asian spices (Any of your choice although I use Tandoori masala and grind chilies.) 1 teaspoon of each spice.

·         Mozzarella cheese x 1  

 

Simple!

Step One

Depending on how many people you are cooking for I usually use half a pack of fusilli pasta if cooking for five people. Place the pasta into a large pan of boiling water. Bring pasta to  boil and then simmer uncovered for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally making sure the pasta does not stick to the bottom. 

Pour your pasta sauce in a large pan ready to be heated on the hob when the pasta is cooked. 

HOT!!!

 Step Two

Meanwhile the pasta is being cooked. Cut your peppers, onions, and mushrooms to small edible size. Once you have done this put it to one side. This will be added when the pasta is cooked. Oftenly, I use mushrooms and peppers but unfortunately I did not use it in this recipe, instead  I used onions and sweet corn only. However, I do advise you to use mushrooms and peppers as it brings out more taste of the spicy tuna dish. 

Step Three

Open the tinned tuna chunks and drain one by one. Once drained empty each tin in to a bowl. With a fork mix the chunky tuna together so the tuna bits are not chunky anymore and are more flakey. 

After this, you add the spices. You may add whatever spices you want but I like to add Tandoori masala and chillies which have been crushed and grinded together.   Add one teaspoon of each. Make sure you do not add more than one table spoon as the spices are very hot and they may ruin the taste if too much is added. Mix the spices with the tuna making sure they have been rubbed in well.

If you don't have any of the above spices, just mix Nandos Pri Pri sauce with the tuna. It gives the same spicy tasta. 

For those Spice lovers!!!

Step Four

Once the pasta is cooked, drain the water out from the pasta and leave to drain in the sink. In the meantime, put your pasta sauce on low heat. Slowly stir the sauce making sure that there are no bubbles popping up and that the sauce is being heated. Once the pasta sauce is heated, add everything you have cut including sweet corn to the sauce and stir until everything is mixed together and the sauce is mildly hot. 

Once the pasta has been drained, put it back into the same pan you used to boil it with. Put the pasta pan on a very low heat and add the bowl of spicy tuna in to the pasta. Slowly mix the tuna and pasta making sure that the tuna is evenly mixed in to the pasta. Then add half a packet of mozzarella Cheese followed by your heated pasta sauce. Keep mixing the pasta making sure the sauce reaches everywhere and the cheese has melted. 

MIX

Final Step

Bon Appétit! Enjoy! You may add some boiled vegetables or any other side of your choice to accompany the spicy tuna dish. 

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 OH AND DON'T FORGET!!!

Kindle Hd Fire Review

Last month I treated myself to a 32gb Kindle Fire HD. Since I have been using this product for over a month now, I thought I should give you guys a review of my product. 

I toyed with the idea of buying a new Kindle Fire HD for over a month and, of course, I read all the reviews here and on other websites
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During a setup process (which was fast, easy and very intuitive) I was asked about my time zone and, of course, the device was registered in the UK. The device itself is very nicely built and it is a pleasure to hold it, actually it has a much more pleasant feel than an iPad. I bought the Amazon Kindle Fire HD cover in red, which fits nicely around the kindle and it also came with a free screen protector and pen (how cool). 

It is comfortable to hold and has a pleasant feel. The screen is just FANTASTIC! Speakers are better than on any other tablet or even on louder than my laptop. I never liked an iPad because of its size. It is just not convenient to carry it with you all the time, and to read it on public transport is about the same as to read a big art book. A 7 inch tablet is just perfect, you can carry it in your pocket. It was really easy to connect to WiFi and to sign on to my email accounts. I have two email accounts and both work really well on Kindle Fire HD. 

I installed ES File Explorer (Essential!), Battery HD (Essential!), BBC Media Player, BBC iPlayer, BBC News app, UK News Online app. Aswell as the famous games Temple run one and two, Angry Birds, The dark Knight rises full game, bubble shooter, Pacman and many more. I have read a number of books now on my kindle, the table also has different options as to how the written text is presented and it allows you to change the size, colour and font of the writing to suit you. 

I have transferred over 500 tracks on to my device which was easy to put. Simply connect the kindle to your computer/laptop and copy and paste your media files (mp3, mp4, or wmv) to the selected files in the storage folder.  Music sounds fantastic. Now I can listen to music and watch my favourite films while travelling. And when I play these films I am given three options of which player to use (including A8, which I downloaded). Films in MP4 play fine on all of them. So far I didn't try to watch any films on LoveFilm and probably won't as I don't want to have a subscription.

Summing up, if somebody is in two minds on whether to buy a Kindle Fire HD, my advice will be - don't hesitate, buy it! And don't read too many reviews. :-)
I hope you enjoy your Kindle as much as I do!

My New Years Resolution 2013

Its almost become a tradition that when the year is towards its last day, we all think of a few goals, aspiration or aims for the new year.

Well, I thought I tell you guys what my top 5 New Years Resolution is for 2013.

(1) Always work hard and achieve!

I'm currently working towards a degree and for me to be successful in the future I need to work really hard now. In the new year I'd like to aim higher and try to out do my previous results.

(2) look after my family

My family come first in all at all times. I am at an age (20) where i must start to take responsibility. 2012 has been the worst year me and my family have put up with but we stayed strong and hope that 2013 will bring us happiness and less pain.

(3) Get fit

I know everyone says this but I am really, really going yo focus on loosing weight. My fat days are over, its really hard being a fat person especially when your my age as it brings you confidence down and makes you very insecure. I have researched at looked at different diets, exercises and eating habits and have cone up with a plan that would fit me. I have tried to diet before but I end up thinking starving myself will be the solution but no food is important just the right amount. Hopefully, when i begin my revolution of loosing weight i shall keep updates for others to see the changes and maybe help someone who is in the same position as me.

(4) Brush of my acting and get an agent.

Acting has always been and will be there . Giving up this career is like giving up myself. I have always enjoyed acting and have always wished to make a career out of it, i didn't study drama mainly because i wanted to keep acting as a hobby which i liked and not turn it into something which i might start hating. So, yeah, this year I'm in hunt for a talent agent who will understand me and represent me.

(5). STAY HAPPY

Like i mentioned 2012 has been full of stress, arguments, loneliness and miserable. But, this year I pray it changes.

Hooray!

Well, it’s been a while since I have blogged. But, Fear not I am back!

Over the past 2 months, I have increasingly been interested in Travel photography and Travel in general. I have seen lots of breath-taking shots taken by photographers from all around the world. What interests me the most is that each photographer sees this world from a different angle and just by looking at their images you feel as though you’re in their world, each of the images bring you in and almost make you feel as though your there. I wish. 

 I have picked out my favourite five places I would love to visit, what do you think?

Amazing!

My favourite shot is the Greek Island Santorin; this is a Brilliant shot looking far and wide at the brightly coloured village and the mountains behind.