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Cabbage Soup Cabbage takes the center stage in this tasty vegetable soup. Cooking Time:  10-15 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  10-15 minutes   Category:  Veg Ingredients • Cabbage,shredded 1 medium • Olive oil 1 1/2 tablespoons • Onion ,diced 1 medium • Garlic,chopped 4 cloves • Ginger,chopped 1 inch • Leek,chopped 2 • Potato,Boiled, peeled And Grated 1 medium • Vegetable stock 3 cups • Salt to taste • Black pepper powder to taste Method Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, add onion, garlic, ginger, leeks, potato and sauté for three to four minutes. Add cabbage, mix well and cook for five minutes. Add vegetable stock and wine, mix well and simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Add salt and black pepper powder, mix well and cook for a minute. Serve piping hot.

5 Pastas that Go Beyond Red & White You must have heard the words ‘red and white’ popularly being associated with Belgian Ales or smokes. However, in the culinary circuits across different cities in India– especially the North – ‘red and white’ has attained a novel symbolism for itself with reference to pasta. People known for their experimental palate and curiosity of tasting world cuisines almost always spare some space for pasta on their plates. However, a majority of them have never gone beyond the red and white sauces pasta is made in. To add to this, various packaged food products selling pasta have strengthened their association to the red and the white sauce. Also, street side stalls have done their bit in promoting it largely as a snack item as well. Expatriate chefs, exasperated with the red and white obsession, have now decided to educate their guests on how a pasta dish can be different – in colour as well as flavour. Chef Antonello Cancedda at JW Marr...