Pasta is one of our favourite dish. We can have it for any meal, or even as a snack. Here is one of the many ways that we cook our pasta. This one's without cheese. The key to this recipe is the tomato puree that is prepared fresh. You could also use ready-to-use tomato puree, if you have no time to make it fresh. We make our pasta in pressure cooker which greatly reduced the effort of boiling, cooling and draining the pasta. In this recipe we add just enough water to cook the pasta without having to throw out any water.
Ingredients:
Penne Pasta: 200 g
Carrot: 1/3 cup, chopped
Beans : 1/4 cup beans
Cabbage : 1/2 cup, finely chopped
Onion: 1/3 cup, chopped
Tomato: 3 medium size, chopped
Oil: 2 tsp
Salt: To taste
Seasoning:
Black pepper: 1 tsp, crushed
Oregano: 1 tsp, flakes
Procedure:
For tomato sauce:
Blend the tomatoes in a mixer. Heat a kadai, add 1/2 tsp of oil, and then add the blended tomatoes. Cook for about 8-10 minutes or until you don't get the raw smell of the tomatoes.
For pasta:
Add the penne pasta in a pressure cooker and add water, just to cover the pasta in the cooker.
Add all other ingredients in the cooker.
Cover the cooker with the lid and cook it on medium flame. After 1 whistle, reduce the flame to minimum. After 5 minutes switch off the gas.
After the pressure in the pressure cooker is normalized, open the cooker.
Add in the tomatoe puree and mix well.
Season with the pepper and oregano.
Easy penne pasta is ready to serve.
Variations:
You can add some Mint/Pudina leaves in the tomato puree as its cooked. It gives a tangy taste to the pasta.
For seasoning you can use a combination of pepper, oregano, chilli flakes, basil, thyme and any other spice that you can think of.
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