Indian Style Pasta

(Courtesy : My friend Nithya )

Hey Guys,

Our blog had been idle for sometime now , so I thought why not kick it off with a spicy pasta/noodles.


Ingredients:

Whole Grain pasta/ Noodles : 1 Packet
Red chillies : 5-6 nos
Finely chopped Green pepper, beans , cabbage and carrot : 1/2 cup
Red Onion : 1 nos
Tomatoes : 2 nos
Garlic : 2 Cloves
Oil : 4 tbsp
Hing : A pinch
Curry leaves : 4 nos
Cilantro : for Garnish
Salt : To taste


Directions:

Soak the red chillies in hot water for 2 hrs.Then drain them and grind the red chillies with tomatoes, onion, salt and garlic to a smooth paste. In a pan heat 2 tbsp of oil and pour this mixture and simmer. Keep stirring the mixture until it absorbs all the oil and comes to a paste consistency. It would take almost 1/2 hour for the same to come to a paste consistency, this process is the longest of all and it has to be done in low heat to enable the flavors to come out.

In another pan heat the remaining oil and fry all the vegetables along with hing and curry leaves.Keep the vegetables crisp and take off from heat.

Boil water in a large pan, add salt and pasta to the same and cook well. The pasta should be 95% cooked. Drain the pasta and allow it to cool

Now mix the vegetables in the chilly paste well and then add the drained pasta. Simmer the heat and cover it for 1 min. Then garnish with cilantro and serve hot.

This is a spicy dish and a highly satisfying lunch/dinner. This can be made out of noodles too. I tried it with whole grain pasta to bring a nutritional flavor to the food.

Note: You can add any kind of vegetables like corn, peas, mushroom etc..