Pasta Vegetable

pasta vegetable

An easy to make tasty pasta that is loaded with healthy vegetables, try and enjoy it.

Ingredients

Blanched pasta                         1 bowl

Garlic clove sliced                     8 – 10

Shallots                                    8 – 10

Corn blanched                           3 – 4 tbsp

Tomato puree                            ½ cup

Carrot   chopped and boiled        ½ cup

French beans blanched              ¼ cup  

Boiled tomato paste                  3 – 4 tbsp

Cauliflower florets boiled            ½ cup

Salt                                         to taste

Crushed pepper corn                 to taste

Oregano leaves                         5 – 6

Fresh cream                             2 – 3 tbsp

Grated cheese                          1 tbsp

Olive oil                                    2 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add garlic cloves and sauté.

Then add onion and sauté.

saute garlic and shallots 

Add blanched corn mix well and add tomato puree and stir and then add blanched carrot, blanched french beans and mix well.

add blanched vegetables 

Then add boiled tomato paste and mix well.

add boiled tomato paste

Add boiled cauliflower florets and mix well.

add cauliflower floters

Now add pasta the mix well.

Add salt, crushed peppercorns, oregano leaves and mix well.

add oregano leaves

Then add fresh cream, grated cheese mix and serve hot.

add cream in pasta

Penne Pasta and Red Bean Salad

penne pasta and red bean salad

It is a simple salad of penne pasta with olives, baked red beans and bell peppers and the creamy dressing give it a delicious taste.

Ingredients

Boiled penne pasta                   100 gms

Baked beans                             200 gms

Chopped red bell peppers           1 no.

Chopped yellow bell peppers      1 no.

Chopped green bell peppers       1 no.

Green olives                              few

Black olives                               few

Lettuce leaves                           1 bunch

Orange wedges

Walnuts                                    few

For dressing

Mayonnaise                              2 tbsp

Chopped parsley                       few leaves

Baked bean syrup                     1 cup

Mustard sauce                          1 tbsp

Tomato ketchup                        1 tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Black pepper                             to taste

Method

Take a mixing bowl, tear lettuce leaves and add to it, add boiled penne pasta and baked caned beans.

add lettuce, pene pasta and baked beans

Then add chopped bell peppers, olives and mix well.

add all ingredints and mix 

To prepare the dressing

Take another mixing bowl, add bean syrup, parsley, tomato ketchup, mustard sauce, mayonnaise and mix well.

Then add salt, black pepper powder and mix well.

prepare the dressing for salad

Now add this prepared dressing to the pasta mixture and mix well.

add the dressing in salad

Then serve it in serving plate.

serve the salad

Now garnish with lettuce, walnut and orange wedges.

garnis the pene pasta salad

Pasta Cutlet

pasta cutlet 

It is a cheesy cutlet with pasta, vegetables and white sauce. Its tasty and super easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Boiled noodles                          3 cup

Grated cheese                           ¼ cup

Beaten eggs                             1 -2 nos.

Refined flour                              as required

Bread crumbs                           as required

Oil                                            2 tbsp

For salad

Lettuce leaves                           4 – 5 nos.

Tomato                                     ½ no.

Crushed black pepper                as required

Olive oil                                    1 tbsp

For white sauce

Butter                                       1 tbsp

Sliced onion                              1 tbsp

Milk                                          2 cup

Refined flour                              ¼  cup

Juliennes red, yellow

and green bell pepper                ½ cup

Salt                                          to taste

Crushed black pepper                to taste

Clove                                        2 nos.

Method

To prepare white sauce

Put butter in the pan and add refined flour in it. Keep on stirring when the flour is being added.

Now add sliced onion, milk, capsicum and red and yellow bell pepper juliennes, salt, crushed black pepper, cloves and stir well until it becomes thick.

prepare white sauce 

Then keep half of the prepared white sauce in a different bowl. 

Now heat a pan, add boiled noodles, grated cheese and the remaining white sauce and mix well.

pasta mixture

Then in a bowl put a plastic wrap, put the noodle mixture in it and cover it with plastic wrap.

wrap with plastic in a bowl

Keep it in the fridge to set for 1 to 1 ½ hour.

When it ready take out from the fridge and cut it into bread cutlets.

Now coat them with refined flour and then bread crumbs. 

coat with refined flour 

Then In a bowl take the beaten egg and coat the cutlets in it then coat them again with bread crumbs.

dip in beaten egg then coat with bread crumbs 

Keep coated cutlet on a plate.

coated cutlet 

Heat oil in a pan and roast the cutlets from both the sides until golden brown.

To prepare the salad

Tear lettuce leaves in a bowl and cut the tomato into slices,

Then add crushed black pepper, salt and mix olive oil. 

Place the salad on the plate with the fried cutlets and then sprinkle it with crushed black pepper.

serve pasta cutlet with salad 

Pasta and Vegetable soup

vegetable pasta soup

Easy Homemade healthy vegetable Soup with pasta.

Ingredients

Chopped garlic                         1 tsp

Chopped ginger                        1 tsp

Chopped onion                         1 tbsp

Chopped carrot                        1 tbsp

Chopped cabbage                    1 tbsp

Vegetable stock                       1 cup

Macaroni pasta                        2 tbsp

Dill leaves                               1 tbsp

Oil                                          1 tbsp

Saffron water                           1 tsp

Salt                                        to taste

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic, ginger and onion and sauté.

add chopped onion garlic ginger

Then add carrot stir and add cabbage.

add all vegetables

Add vegetable stock and macaroni pasta and mix well.

add vegetable stock and pasta

Add dill leaves, saffron water and salt and mix well.

add dill leaves, saffron and salt mix well

Pour the soup in serving bowl.

Pasta with mushroom

pasta with mushroom

It is yummy pasta with healthy mushroom.

Ingredients

Chilli flakes                                2 tsp

Olive oil                                    1 tsp

Chopped garlic                          1 tsp

Mushroom dices                       1 cup

Chopped spring onion                ½ cup

Sliced green olives                    2 tbsp

Boiled penne pasta                   1 cup

Blanched tomato                      1 cup

Salt                                         to taste 

Method

Heat pan and roast the chilli flakes on dry pan. 

Add olive oil, chopped garlic and stir.

add olive oil and garlic with chilli flakes

Now add mushroom dices, chopped spring onion and saute.

add mushroom slice and spring onion

Add slices green olives, 2 – 3 tbsp water and let it sauté. 

add olive and water

Now add boiled penne pasta and mix well.

add pasta in mushroom and toss

Add blanched tomatoes.

add blanched tomato

Then add salt and mix well. 

mix well with salt

Remove it on a plate and garnish with chopped coriander. 

garnish mushroom pasta with coriander

Aglio e olio (garlic and oil)

spaghetti with garlic

The classic oil and garlic pasta sauce, aglio e olio, comes from Rome, where it is usually served with spaghettini (fine spaghetti), try and enjoy it.

Ingredients

Dried spaghettini                       375g

Extra virgin olive oil                   1/3 cup

Garlic cloves                             5 crushed

Dried chilli flakes (optional)        1/2 teaspoon

Pepper                                     pinch  

Salt                                          to taste

Grated parmesan (or vegetarian hard cheese) and finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley to serve

Method

First cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water or following packet directions until tender. Drain with reserving 1/4 cup liquid.

Heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Add crushed garlic and chilli, if using. Then cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until fragrant. Add pasta and reserved liquid. Season it with salt and pepper. Toss and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until combined and heated through. Ready to serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese and parsley.

Carbonara pasta in 15 minutes

carbonara pasta

Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish from Latium and more specifically to Rome based on eggs, bacon, cheese and black pepper. Spaghetti is usually used as pasta. The dish was created in the middle of the 20th century.

Have dinner on the table in 15 minutes with this deliciously easy carbonara pasta.

Ingredients

Dried spaghetti pasta                   375g                  

Olive oil                                      1 tablespoon

Bacon                                        200g cut into 2cm-long pieces 

Eggs                                          2

Egg yolks                                   2

Pure cream                                1/2 cup

Finely grated parmesan cheese    2/3 cup (10 tbsp + 1 tsp)

Black pepper powder                   ¼ teaspoon

Fresh flat-leaf parsley leave          to serve

Method

First cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water or following packet directions until tender. Then drain water. Return to pan.

Mean while heat oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat. Now add bacon stir and cook for 4 minutes or until crisp.

Within this time whisk eggs, egg yolks, cream and parmesan cheese in a jug nicely. Season it with pepper.

Now add bacon and egg mixture to pasta. Cook and toss, in low heat for 1 minute or until combined properly. Top with parsley. Pasta is ready to serve.

Note: who doesn't prefer bacon (is a meat product prepared from pork), can be tried with chicken slice.