Wednesday 18 November 2015

Pasta with red sauce































Ingredients:
  •  Pasta: 100 gms
  • Tomatoes: 3 or 4 nos
  • Carrot: 1 no
  • Garlic chopped: 1 teaspoon
  • Onion chopped: 2 nos
  • Basil leaves: 4or5
  • Salt & pepper : To taste
  • Oil / butter: 1 teaspoon
  • Cream with sugar: as required (optional) 
Method:

  • Prepare the pasta as per the given instructions.
  • Microwave (boil) the tomatoes and chopped carrot (with water)  for 10 minutes. Puree them once they become cool (use the leftover water).
  • Heat the oil in a pan, add garlic and fry for a minute. Do not brown them. Add the onion and saute till its translucent.
  • Add the puree and cook till it becomes slightly thick. Add the basil leaves, salt and pepper. 
  • Add the pasta, mix them together nicely and switch off the gas.
  • Serve with cream with or without sugar separately. Alternatively, you can mix the cream in the sauce before serving.     


I am sending this post also for Blogging Marathon #58. I am happy to state that I experimented with this traditional red sauce by adding carrots to make it more healthy for Abi and it worked! For lots of exciting other recipes check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#58.




4 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

My kids favourite sauce, i do this sauce quite often..

cookingwithsapana said...

Love red sauce pasta.Looks yummy.

Suma Gandlur said...

Bet that was a hit with little one going by the picture. :)

Pavani said...

Yummy yummy pasta -- love the first click, it says it all.

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