I
know that I haven’t been very faithful to my blog visitors (if u reading this
that means u still wid me, thanks) and I will take all the criticisms hands
down, ladies and gentlemen. It’s been a long, long time since I posted my last
recipe. Well! I have lot of personal and non-personal reasons behind this
delay. Now I won’t go in that whining mode…….but I do apologise.
Here
is recipe that is kids' favorite and comes out in no time.There could be no
better way to start this new venture. You will come across so many way to make
gravy or the sauce for pasta and mine is no different but its simple and loved
by my daughter.Hope you enjoy it too.
Ingredients:
2
cups penne pasta ( can go for any shape)
2tsp
refined oil
1tsp
salt
For gravy
4
ripe tomatoes medium size
4-5
garlic pods fined choped
2
onions fine chopped
1
green chillies fine chopped (optional for kids)
1
tsp mixed herbs
½
tsp black pepper powder
1
tbs fresh cream
3
tbs grated cheese (as per ur calorie metre)
2tbs
refined oil or butter
Salt
to taste
Method:
Take
pot and fill it with enough water. Bring to a boil. Add the oil and salt and
the pasta. Boil and cook the pasta for
good 10 min. Check if they are done by simply eating one. If you satisfied with
the texture then go ahead and drain the water but reserve some of the liquid.
Blanch the tomatoes in hot water and make a puree.
Now
for the gravy, heat a pan. Add oil or butter. Add the chopped onions and sauté
for 2 minutes. Add the chopped garlic and fry just enough to kill the raw
smell. Do not let them brown. Add the tomato puree, salt, black pepper, mixed
herbs, cheese, chillies and cream. Add half a cup of reserved liquid in which
the pasta was boiled. Stir and cook well for 5 min. The gravy should be little
runny to coat the pasta. Add the pasta and mix gently coating the morsels.
Serve immediately……
TIPS:
You can add boiled veggies if you want.
The reserved liquid that we added is
full of flavour too so it’s better to add it rather than going for plain water
for the gravy.
I chose penne pasta because it holds the gravy in a better way.
If u don’t have fresh cream, you can add the cream layer from boiled milk but
beat well before adding.
