I love pasta dishes a lot, i make them quite often. I have quite a few collections of them in this blog. You can check all of them here. My favorite ones are veg and chicken pasta, chicken alfredo, keema macaroni, alio olio and many more..
Pasta makes a quick dinner or lunch box dish for your kids..It is healthy and filling at the same time, plus your kids will love it for sure..And you can almost add anything, any vegetables in the pasta. Pasta is quite bland on its own, so it picks up the flavours which you add beautifully..
So give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients:
Spaghetti - a handful
Olive Oil - 2 tblspn
Garlic - 6 fat cloves chopped very finely
Onion - 1 medium size sliced thinly
Carrots - 1 medium size cut thinly lengthwise
Capsicum - ½ cut thinly lengthwise
Red Chilli Flakes - 2 tsp
Oregano - 1 tsp
Olives - ¼ cup sliced ( I used black & green )
Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
Parsley - 2 tblspn finely chopped
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat lots of water in a sauce pan, once it reaches a boil, add in salt. Add in pasta and cook till it is done. Once it is cooked drain and set aside. While the pasta is cooking start making the spicy veg mix.
Heat oil in a frying pan, add in garlic and saute for a min.
Add in onions and saute for a min.
Add in carrots and capsicum and saute for 10 mins or so till it browned and cooked.
Add in chilli flakes, oregano, salt and soy sauce. Mix well.
Add in olives and toss once.
Add in cooked drained pasta and mix well.
Add in parsley and mix.
Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients..Sorry for a over light picture, i was taking these pictures in night.. |
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| Bring lots of water to a boil, i added some salt in the water too |
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| Drop a handful of pasta in |
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| let it cook.. |
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| While the pasta is cooking, lets make the sauce, actually this is not a sauce, lets make the spicy vegetable mix in which you are going to toss the pasta.. |
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| Add lots of chopped garlic in some olive oil and fry them |
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| Add in sliced onions |
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| some thinly cut carrots and capsicum |
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| saute it for 7 to 10 mins |
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| Add in chilli flakes and oregano |
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| add in some soy sauce |
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| add in chopped black and green olives |
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| toss around |
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| Now the pasta must be cooked, so drain it |
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| add the cooked pasta in |
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| toss well |
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| add in chopped parsley and mix well |
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| Serve |
Supriya Nair
Yummy .. So appealing. Wish I culd have a bite!
Florence Vinolia
Hai I am Florence. I would like to know whether olives is a must in the recipe or anything else can be added instead of it.
Aarthi
you can skip it.
Rashmi
I tried it and it turned out yummy! Must say your recepies are so easy to follow and are turning a non cook like me into a good one. Thanks and keep sharing.