Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Italian Pasta


I was very tired eating noodles in the evening so i decided to do some pasta..mamma mia.
I already bought a macroni pasta and i was finding a way to use my favorite baby corns.Baby corns interested me so much and i bought a packet of it but oh boy how long it takes to cook. Now for the recipe..
Cooking time:30 min
serves:4-5




Ingredients:

any kind of pasta 200g

for pasta sauce:
onions chopped 2
tomatoes chopped 2
capscicum chopped1
baby corns few
oil/butter
virgin olive oil 1 tsp
cheese
cumin seeds
chillies slit 2
chilli powder
salt

Method:
For pasta:
Take a large deep bottomed pan with 1 litre of water.

Boil the water and once it boils fastly add the pasta.
stir for sometime
add 1tsp of oil and salt
let the pan uncovered
It usually takes 10-12 min for the pasta to cook.
check the packet.
stir occassionally.

For sauce:
Meanwhile cook baby corns in water separately.
Then heat butter/oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds and chillies.
Saute the onions tillsoft.
Add the tomatoes and capsicum and 2-3 tsps of chilli powder.
saute them all.
add some water and add the cooked baby corns.
Make a gravy and add salt.
you can add also oregano flakes or any masala powder to make it more spicy and hot.

After the pasta's cooked drain immediately and mix with the
sauce.mix gently.
add cheese and garnish.
serve hot.

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