Tomato Pasta

  Tomato Pasta:

Ingredients :

·        Pasta – 2 cups (water – 4 to 5 cups)

·        Onion – 1 finely chopped

·        Tomato –  2 (chop, grind and make paste)

·        Ginger garlic paste – 1 spn

·        Green chilli – 2 chopped

·        Garam masala – ½ spn

·        Red chilli powder/ sambar  powder – 1 spn

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Salt as needed

·        Tomato sauce – 1 spn

·         Oil  - 3 spn

·        Coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation :

·        Wash and chopped the veggies.

·        Boil 4 to 5 cups of water in a pan , add salt and 1 spn of oil , add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10  mins.

·        Each pasta takes different amount of  time to cook. check the package instructions.

·        After the pasta cooks, drain all the water.

·        Add some cold water, rinse and drain the cold water also. keep it aside.

Method :

·        Heat oil in a pan, add onions and green chilli and sauté for few mins.

·        Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté well.

·        Next add tomato paste and fry till it raw smell goes off.

·        Then add all the spicy powders, turmeric powder and salt (if required sprinkle little water) and stir for 3 min till the raw smell goes off.

·        Add the tomato sauce and cooked pasta and mix well to coat the masala all over the pasta.

·        Atlast add the coriander leaves and toss well.

                                     

Tomato  pasta is ready.. serve hot J