Diced chorizo was sauteed with a "piperade, " a mixture of onions, bell peppers, and tomato.

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He reduces peeled and seeded tomatoes, adds sauteed onions, then blends and strains the mixture.

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Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Asian-Influenced Orange Sauce or Shredded Pork and Dried Tofu Stir-Fry.

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Giddily grateful as they were to be relieved of cooking, it might have been electrical wire they were eating, or sauteed rubber bands.

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Vegetables typically included stuffed mushrooms or stuffed peppers and a sauteed bitter green, such as broccoli rabe or escarole with beans.

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Polenta is typically made on the stovetop and can be as simple as cornmeal cooked with some sort of broth or stock, or can include sauteed vegetables and cheese.

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The thick, creamy soup was served in espresso cups topped with tiny cubes of bread that had been sauteed with sage leaves that turn crispy as they impart their sharp flavor to the butter and tiny croutons.

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Sauteed garlic shrimp is easy to prepare.

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Whether it is avarai uttakka - local beans cooked with potato, tomato, onions, garlic and tempered with mustard seeds, or sandagai - roasted tomato sauteed with small onion, garlic and coconut ground to a fine paste - the "masala made carefully after dry-roasting 17 spices and not bought off the shops" is the key, Indira says.

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