Here is a simple, quick and easy pasta for those weekdays when you are very tired after work and want to make something quick but healthy at the same time. I make this often after a tired day's work and it can be a very wholesome meal for the entire family.
Cooking time: 30-40 minutes
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients:
- Pasta - Rainbow rotini 3 -4 cups or spaghetti (3/4 lb - 1 lb). Whole wheat is preferable. I think pasta varieties are available in India also. I will check for those when I visit India next time.
- Hot boiling water - 2 litres
- Olive oil - 3 to 4 tablespoons
- Italian seasoning - 2 tablespoons (this usually comprises of Oregano, basil, thyme).
- Olives -1 small cup (optional)
- Capsicum or bell pepper - 1 chopped into big chunks and seeds removed.
- Carrots - 2, cut into medium sized pieces
- Red pepper flakes - 1 - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste.
- Coriander leaves - to garnish
- Add the pasta into boiling hot water and add salt to it. Adding salt while boiling ensures that it gets absorbed while getting cooked. Cook it for 15 minutes or so until it gets cooked.
- In the meanwhile, in a separate pan, add olive oil and saute red pepper flakes and Italian seasoning.
- After about 1 minute, add the bell pepper, carrots and salt and cook them for 5 -10 minutes. Next add the olives and cook for a minute or two.
- Once pasta is cooked, drain water and add it to the vegetables and mix them together and cook for 2 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Offer it to the Lord and then serve.
Tip 1: For those wanting to improve cholesterol, pour 1-2 tsp of flax seed oil on top of the pasta and serve. Dont cook this oil to get the full benefit of omega 3 fatty acids.
Tip 2: If you want to serve pasta with ratatouille, you can just skip adding the cooked vegetables to the pasta. Instead just saute cooked pasta with olive oil/herbs/red pepper flakes and serve them together.
Hope you will try and post your comments on the blog!!
Enjoy and happy cooking!!
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