Today I will be making vegetable pasta.
Fresh vegetable and whole grain pasta
with savory tomato sauce makes it very colorful and delicious pasta dish.
This is my husband's favorite pasta.
This recipe will serve 4-6.
This recipe we will do in 4 steps.
First I will boil the pasta, then we are going to saute the vegetables.
After that we will make the sauce.
And then saute the pasta with herbs.
I will show you the ingredients as we go.
For this recipe, first for making the pasta
we need:
2 cups of whole grain penne pasta
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
For vegetable we need
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
1 medium size sliced zucchini
1 medium size bell pepper, chopped.
2 medium size carrots, chopped.
About 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup of chopped cauliflower
And about 1/2 cup of chopped green beans.
Water is boiling on medium high.
So I will add the pasta.
Oil
And salt.
This should take about 8 minutes to get ready.
It should be very tender but not mushy.
And I am going to reduce the heat to medium.
While pasta is getting ready we will make the vegetables.
Heat is on, medium.
So first I am going to add to the oil.
And let it get warm little bit.
Now we are going to add all the vegetables.
Carrots
Bell pepper
And now we are going to add the salt.
And we will saute these till the vegetables will become tender.
And this should also take about 7-8 minutes.
Pasta and vegetables will get ready about the same time.
And then we will make the tomato sauce.
Vegetables are ready.
They are looking very good and very colorful.
It took me about 8 minutes.
So I will transfer the vegetables to a bowl
and I will use the same pan to make the tomato sauce.
Pasta is ready.
It took about 12 minutes.
So let's just check it out.
So just poke it and this is very soft.
You should boil the pasta in enough water
I have used about 8 cups.
And I am going to take them out using the strainer.
Now I will make the tomato sauce.
For sauce, we need
here I have 6 fresh tomatoes, diced.
1 15 oz diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons of olive oil
About 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped basil.
1 teaspoon of mixed Italian herbs
1 teaspoon of red chilli flakes
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
And 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.
Heat is on, medium high.
So first I will add the oil.
Wait for few seconds.
Going to add the herbs.
Basil
Italian herbs
Chilli flakes
Stir fry for few seconds.
You can smell the fresh basil.
Now add the tomatoes.
And cook for about 8-10 minutes
till they become very soft and mushy
like a paste.
Tomatoes are looking very good and smelling great.
Sweet aroma of basil, you can smell all over my house.
So it's time to add the salt.
And sugar.
And cornstarch.
First I am going to dissolve the cornstarch in about
1/4 cup of water.
Mix it well.
This will give little thickness to the gravy.
And this is the time we will add all the vegetables.
So how colorful this vegetable sauce is looking.
Sauce is looking great.
Smells very good.
Sweet aroma of basil you can smell all over my house.
It will cook for about 2 more minutes and it's going to be ready.
So now I am going to saute the pasta,
which I have boiled.
We need 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
1 teaspoon of red chilli flakes
And about 1 tablespoon of freshly chopped basil.
Heat is on, medium high.
So first we will add oil.
Red chilli flakes
And basil.
Stir for few seconds.
And now we will add the pasta.
Saute the pasta for a minute.
Until it's get coated well with the oil.
It's looking really good and smells good.
Pasta is ready and I am going to pour the vegetable sauce.
It looks great.
And it smells really yummy.
And I am ready to serve.
Pasta is ready to serve.
You can serve as is.
Or you can sprinkle some parmesan cheese.
I like to serve this with Italian toasted bread and salad.
Pasta looks great.
Very colorful and delicious.
Your family and friends will enjoy this.
Thank you.
And I will see you again with a new recipe.
