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Jul12

Tomato Pasta Recipe / Red Sauce Pasta Recipe

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My kids like pasta a lot, and so mostly for our Friday dinner we would like to have pasta, with honey chicken or grilled chicken. Usually kids like to have white sauce pasta, but this time I was longing to have something tangy and spicy with pasta, so tried out this Tomato Pasta or Red sauce pasta. Also I have already shared one more version of Red Sauce Pasta with slight difference from this.

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Tomato Pasta / Red Sauce Pasta

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Tomato Pasta or Red Sauce pasta is an easy and simple dish that can be prepared in minutes. This goes out well not only for dinner, but also for lunch and brunch. I have flavored the pasta with tomatoes, red chillies and other Italian Herbs for the tanginess, little spiciness and wonderful flavor along with the loaded cheese in it. Not only kids but pasta can be everyone’s super food.

Taking this to Fiesta Friday #180 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Also, here you can prepare the tomato sauce and refrigerate in a glass jar, which helps in saving the cooking time. This sauce stays fresh for 3 weeks when refrigerated. Let me share the recipe…

Ingredients:

  • Tomato – 5 no’s (medium size)
  • Pasta – 1 ½ cups
  • Garlic cloves – 7 no’s
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Red chilli flakes or teared Dried red chilies – 3 no’s
  • Butter or Olive oil – 1 tbsp
  • Mixed Italian Herbs – 1 ½ tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Parmezan Cheese or any Cheese (grated) – 1 cup
Tomato, garlic about to ground
red chillies and Italian herbs getting sauted
Ground tomato paste
Tomato paste getting cooked
Tomato paste with boiled pasta
All together
With parmesan cheese
Tomato Pasta / Red Sauce Pasta

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic pieces. Keep it aside.
  • Add the tomatoes and garlic pieces in mixer, grind it to a fine paste and keep it aside.
  • Take 3 to 4 cups of water in a heavy bottomed vessel, cover and bring it to boil, add the pasta followed by a tsp of olive oil or any vegetable oil.
  • Cover and cook until it pasta along with salt until it doubles in size and turns soft.
  • Drain the water from the pasta, run it through cold or tap water and keep it aside.
  • Meanwhile heat butter or oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add the mixed Italian herbs, along with red chilli flakes and cook for a min.
  • Pour in the ground tomato paste, cook until the raw smell goes off or it thicken and the oil starts floating on the top of the gravy.
  • Add the cooked pasta, mix it well and cook for a min.
  • Once the pasta gets mixed well with the tomato sauce, add half the quantity of the grated cheese and mix it well.
  • Transfer it to a plate and top it with the leftover grated cheese and finely chopped coriander leaves.

Serve hot.

Apr11

Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu

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Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu is one such easy and simple recipe with very few ingredients available at all Indian kitchens. Also it’s very simple so that bachelor or beginners could handle it perfectly, more over this can be prepared in case of emergency, when there are guests or during sick times or after a vacation.

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Tomato curry is little sweet, tangy and little spicy, all these tastes give a perfect taste when combined with steamed rice. For the texture of the curry, refer the video link below. Let me share the recipe…

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Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu

Ingredients:

  • Tomatoes – 4 nos
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Split Black gram – ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 1 ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut oil / Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Making of Tomato Curry / Thakkali Kulambu –

Preparation:

  • Peel and finely chop the onions and tomatoes.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard, split black gram and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the onions and cook until they turn brown in color.
  • Add the tomatoes and cook for few mins.
  • Add the spice powders followed by salt, cook for few mins until the raw smell of spice powder goes off.
  • Pour a cup of water, cook and cook until the tomatoes are mushy.
  • Remove the lid and cook in low flame until the oil starts floating on the top.
  • Transfer it to a bowl.

Serve hot with steamed rice and appalam or vadagam (rice crackers).

Apr2

Minty Tomato Punch

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I could hear everyone, becoming dehydrated and getting more health issues, because of summer and so now onwards let’s start Beating the heat together with healthy, yummy and refreshing juices. I have already shared few summer recipes last year – CLICK HERE for more summer recipes.

Minty Tomato Punch is a tangy, as you desire you can turn in sweet by adding sugar or salty by adding salt. A healthy juice with a combination of mint, tomato, lemon and roast cumin seeds powder, which comes with a tangy, aromatic and refreshing flavor and perfect drink for this summer. Not only for the summer, this juice can be consumed all over the year. Let me share the recipe…

Minty Tomato Punch
Minty Tomato Punch – Summer coolant

Ingredients:

  • Lemon – 2 nos (medium size)
  • Tomato – 5 nos (medium size)
  • Mint – 3 strands
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar – 3 tbsp (optional).
Tomato and Mint leaves
Ground together
With water
Extraction
Extraction
Lemon juice
Roasted Cumin powder
Minty Tomato Punch – Summer coolant

Preparation:

  • Clean and roughly chop the tomatoes.
  • Clean and separate the mint leaves from mint stalk.
  • Take tomatoes and mint leaves, in a mixer jar and grind them for 3 mins or until the tomatoes are ground well.
  • Add a cup of water, grind it for few mins.
  • Strain the juice and transfer the ground flesh to the mixer and grind with one more cup of water.
  • Strain the juice, sprinkle cumin powder and salt. Mix it well.
  • Add one more cup of water, mix it well.
  • Add sugar if you prefer it sweet else serve it.

Refrigerate and serve chilled or make use of cold water while mixing the juice and serve chilled. Garnish with finely chopped tomatoes and a mint leaf strand, just before you serve.