Tomato pasta

Tomato pasta

by Hb ~ Monday, August 3, 2009

If I were asked to name my favorite cuisine right after Indian, I would say Italian handsdown. I get this sudden craving to bite into a pizza once in a while. I also love pasta and lasagna.(That is if it is perfectly made!) When it comes to making it in my kitchen, it would be pasta for all its simplicity. I once read that there are various kinds of pasta each varying in shape and make. (There are SO many of them!)

I was tired of making ready-to-cook pasta which comes with a sauce. So, this one time I thought I would try making the sauce myself. I wanted to give 'Indian twist' to it for a change. I bought some macaroni pasta and made tomato pasta. I remember reading this recipe somewhere and thought it's right time to experiment. And now, I love pasta even more :)

Serves - 2

Preparation time - 10-12minutes.

Ingredients:

Pasta - 1cup

Tomatoes - 3(big)

Onion - 2(small)

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Pepper powder - 1/2 tea spoon

Sugar - 1 tb spoon

Salt - 3/4 tb spoon

Cumin/Jeera - 1/2 tea spoon(optional)

Coriander - 1/4 cup(nicely chopped)

Grated cheese - (suggested garnishing)

Oil - 1 tb spoon

Procedure:

1. Boil pasta till al-dente. It takes roughly 6-8 minutes. Now quickly rinse it with cold water. Drain and set aside.(You may add little salt when pasta cooks, I didn't)

2. Blanch onions and tomato. Grind them with ginger and salt.

3. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin. Once cumin starts to turn brown,add tomato-onion paste and fry till it forms a thick gravy. For this you need to saute for 3-4 minutes on medium flame.

4. Sprinkle pepper powder and sugar and mix. Now add the cooked pasta and combine. Let it cook for a minute or two.

5. Add chopped coriander and switch off flame. You may serve it with or without garnish of grated cheese.

I thought it was impossible to make simple and delicious pasta at home.I was totally happy this one worked.