Spicy masala pasta
A delicious, quick and easy take on pasta. This is a pantry and freezer ingredients recipe that will get done under 20 minutes
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot
Ingredients
- 2 cups pasta
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 1 large tomato roughly chopped
- 1 chilli roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt to taste
For garnishing
- 1 tsp red chilli flakes optional
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2-3 tbsp parmesan/mozzarella cheese grated
- 6-7 fresh basil leaves optional
Instructions
- Cook the pasta as per your packet instruction or until 90% done. Drain and set aside. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water for later use
- Grind the tomato with the chilis to a smooth paste and keep aside
- Heat the oil and add the cumin seeds. Saute´ for couple minutes and then add the onions and cook until they soften. Then add the ginger garlic paste and cook for couple minutes
- Next tip in the ground tomato and chilis, mix well. Add all the spice powders and salt, mix and cook until the oil separates
- Add the vegetables, mix and add ¼ cup of the pasta water. Lower the flame, mix well and then add the cooked pasta. Mix until the pasta, veggies and sauces are mixed well
- Remove from flame, add chilli flakes, cheese and chopped coriander and mix well. Serve the spicy masala pasta garnished with fresh basil leaves. Enjoy!
Notes
- Instead of frozen vegetables you can also add fresh, boiled vegetables
- You can also add boiled and shredded chicken, paneer, tofu etc to the pasta
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablespoon
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres