PENNE PASTA( in Tomato Sauce)

INGREDIENTS :

Pasta - 150 gms
Tomato sauce - 2 tsps

Onion - 1

Garlic cloves - 3

Tomatoes - 3

Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Saute onion well in a tsp of Olive oil.

2) Crush garlic cloves and tomatoes together and add it to the onions with little water.

3) Add paprika powder, Salt and a piece of garlic butter to it.

4) Add boiled pasta to it and mix it well.

5) Add tomato sauce to it and mix it well the the raw smell leaves.

6) Remove from the flame. Serve hot .

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CREAMY CHEESY VEGETABLES PASTA IN WHITE SAUCE

INGREDIENTS :

• Farfalle / Pasta - 500gms
• Mixed vegetables of your choice - Sweet corn, Red Bell pepper, Broccoli, Carrot - 1 1/2 cup
• Garlic butter as required
• Cheese slices - as required
• Salt to taste

For White Sauce : 

2 tbsp of plain flour, well mixed in water without any lumps and of proper consistency. It should be too watery.

Milk - 1/2 cup

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1. Boil pasta separately in a pan, drain the water and keep aside. In a separate pan, boil vegetables till it softens.

2) Meanwhile, heat garlic butter in a pan. Allow it melt well and add 2 tbsps of Olive oil.

3) Once hot, slowly add the plain flour batter and stir continuously without lumps.

4) Mix it up well and cook in slow flame to avoid over burning or boiling. After 3 minutes of adding the batter, add milk and stir it up well. Cook till it thickens.

5) Add the cheese slices to it and cook till the cheese gets melted.

6) Then, add the cooked vegetables to it and mix well. Add salt.

7) Finally, add cooked pasta to it and mix it up well. Garnish with chopped Parsley. Remove from the flame and serve hot.

MIXED VEGETABLES FARFALLE

INGREDIENTS :

Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup

Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsps

Paprika/ Red Pepper - 1 sliced

Cheese- 2 slices grated

Butter - 2 tbsps

Farfalle - 500 gms

Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Boil farfalle in a heavy vessel. Cook till soft and drain the remaining water. Keep it aside.

2) Meanwhile, Heat butter in a pan. Add the vegetables, salt and saute well. Add little water, cover with a lid and cook till soft, let all the water is drained completely.

3) Once the vegetables are cooked, add paprika, grated cheese and sauce for a minute. Add the cooked farfalle , tomato sauce and mix it well. Cook for 5 minutes and remove from the flame. Serve hot.

PRAWN CHEESE PASTA

INGREDIENTS :

Pasta - 200 gms

Prawns - 100 gms

Egg - 1

Cheese -2 slices

Salt to taste

Tomato sauce- 2 tsps

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1 ) Heat oil in a kadai . Fry prawns with chillipowder, salt and turmeric powder till done . 

2) Boil pasta  with a spoon of oil till done .
3) Once done , mix pasta with the prawns and sauce in slow flame and add cheese .Mix it up well .Serve hot.

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PASTADOODLES

Happy to Guest post a recipe from Swetha .Thank you dear for this yummy recipe .

    

Ingredients:

 Pasta : 1 pkt, 

 Noodles : 1 pkt, 

 Capsicum : 1 medium chopped,

 Peas : 1 cup,

 Corn : 1 cup (optional),

 Garam masala : 1/2 table spoon,

 Spring onions : 2 sprigs,

  Oil - 1/2 t.spoon,

  Jeera - 1/2 teaspoon    

   

Preparation:

 1)  In a vessel boil pasta till its half done. Then drain off the water and rinse the pasta in cold water and leave it aside. 

2) In a kadai, add oil and jeera. When Jeera splutters add spring onions, peas, corn, capsicum and fry. Then add water and salt to the mixture. 

3) Once water starts boiling add garam masala and noodles and the boiled pasta to it. 

4) Once the pastadles are done, add some tomato sauce and serve hot. 

5) Carrots and cabbages can be added to give it an oriental touch. I had purposely avoided tomatoes and added sauce at the end.