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Red Sauce Tomato Pasta

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kilo of tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 150 grams of fresh basil
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt per taste
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper powder
  • 1 teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon of dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon of chilli flakes
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 6 cut baby corn
  • Salt per taste
  • 1 cut green capsicum
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons chilli flakes
  • 250 grams pasta of your choice
  • Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • Fresh basil for garnish
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • Cherry tomatoes or Black Olives or veggies of your choice

Instructions
 

Method

    Steps to make Basil Tomato Pasta

    • Cut 1/2 kilo of tomatoes diagonally on the top through till the middle
    • Boil them in water, until it reaches a rolling boil. Blend after it is cool
    • Cut 2 onions and blend in a mixer
    • Cut 150 grams of fresh basil and blend
    • In a pan add 2 tablespoons of olive oil
    • Add onion purée and mix with 2 tablespoons of blended basil
    • Let it start to cook
    • Next add salt per taste
    • Add the blended tomatoes, the purée is richer and mix
    • Add 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder! This is a desi twist!
    • Add 1 teaspoon of pepper powder
    • Add 1 teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg and mix
    • Add 1 tablespoon of dried oregano
    • Add 1 tablespoon of chilli flakes and mix well
    • Add 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
    • Let it simmer for 5-6 minutes
    • In another pan add 2 tablespoons oil add 6 cut baby corn and stir fry
    • Add salt per taste and stir
    • Add 1 cut green capsicum
    • Add 6 tablespoons of blended basil purée
    • Add 2 teaspoons dried oregano and chilli flakes
    • Stir fry and keep aside
    • Boil 250 grams pasta of your choice, I boiled Borge’s Farfalle
    • Heat the tomato basil sauce
    • Add the strained boiled pasta and mix in
    • Add the stir fried veggies and mix it in
    • Add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese and mix
    • Add some fresh basil for garnish
    • Add some freshly ground pepper
    • The dish is now ready to serve
    • I added some more fresh basil as garnish
    Keyword arrabiata, pasta, red sauce, red sauce pasta