Pasta with vegetables

Thursday, December 18, 2008

This is a very simple recipe for pasta with your choice of vegetables. It is very simple recipe and takes very less time if you want to avoid eating rice at night and lazy to make chapathis.

Just 3 steps in making pasta
1) fry garlic and chilli flakes in olive oil
2) add all your favourite vegetables and cook
3) add spices and sauce at the endHere is the recipe for the one which i made last night

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon chilli flakes or adjust to yoour spice level

2 to 3 medium size Bell peppers (any color or all colors)
2 to 3 cups of spinach leaves (washed and drained)
1 cup of frozen peas
mushrooms or any vegetables you like

2 Tablespoons of pasta or pizza sauce
1 Tablespoon dry basil
Salt to taste

Method
1) Cook Pasta according to instructions and drain. I usually use any short variety of Pasta and Pressure cook with pinch of salt.

2) Heat 1 Tablespoon Olive oil in a pan add minced garlic and chilli flakes and fry for 30 seconds. Make sure not to burn the garlic.

3) Add Bell peppers first since they take more time to cook, and once they are tender add spinach, frozen peas and cook until all the vegetables are almost cooked. You can cook peppers for around 7 mins and peas and spinach for 3 to 4 mins. Add Cooked Pasta , salt and mix.

4) Add dried basil, pasta sauce and let it cook in low heat for 3 to 4 mins


Notes
1) You can add spices like Thyme, Oregano along with Basil
2) Add Tomato puree or blend tomatoes if you don't have pasta sauce
3) Other vegetables you can add in pasta are Mushrooms, Egg plant, Onions, tomatoes, Zucchini etc