There are quite a few recipes with pasta in this blog. The kids [and me] love pasta so much and I try to cook it with different sauces. This one was good to have on a cold night a few months ago.
I am doing Pasta dishes as the theme for Blogging Marathon #58,Week 2, Day 1. So this is my first recipe in this theme…
Also sending this to Srividhya who is hosting Srivalli’s Kids Delight event, with the theme Pasta for kids
I used:
Pasta- 1 cup
Onion-1, finely chopped
Garlic- 1 pod, minced
Salt to taste
Oil- 1 teaspoon
For the sauce
Red bell pepper- 1 large
Almonds-10 numbers
Tomato-1
Garlic-2 cloves
Red chili powder- 1 teaspoon
Dried oregano – 1/2 teaspoon
Oil to brush the bell pepper
Soak the almonds in hot water for half an hour or so. Once it is soaked
up, you can peel the skin off easily. Discard the skin and keep aside
the blanched almonds.Or you could check out this post on how to blanch almonds in the microwave.
Cook pasta as you would normally do.Drain and keep aside.
Remove the top part of the bell pepper along with the
seeds. Brush oil all over and roast on an open flame till the skin
starts charring and gets big black patches.Transfer to a plate and
scrape of the black portions and chop.
Take the chopped roasted bell pepper, almonds, garlic and chopped
tomato in a blender jar and grind to a smooth paste, adding a little
water if the mixture is too thick.
Heat oil in a pan
and add the paste, red chili powder and oregano.Cook on medium flame for
8-10 minutes till the sauce thickens.If it is too thick,there are
chances that the sauce will burn.So you can add a little water if
needed.
Remove the sauce from heat and keep aside. This sauce can be refrigerated / frozen till needed if you have doubles or tripled the recipe.
Heat oil in a pan and saute onion and garlic till onions are soft. Add the red bell pepper sauce and cook for a minute. If it is too thick, add a little milk / water/ Put in the cooked pasta and mix well .Cook on low heat for a few minutes and remove from pan.
Serve hot garnished with grated cheese
That Day That Year
2014 – Pasta in spinach sauce
2013 – Instant Vermicelli Dosa
2012 – Bengali Style Potato Curry
2011 – Minty Lemon Rasam
2010 – All about Oats
2008 – Pancha Ratna Raita
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#58
Bon Appetit….
Looks yum PJ..I was planning to make with green bell pepper..lets see if my daughter likes it..:)
Great way to make children eat vegetables. I do not get red bell pepper here so I'll try it with usual green one.
Pasta with bell pepper and almonds! Am drooling already….love your pics
This is so yum. Red bell papers and almonds. Lovely combo
Love the spicy twist you gave to to the pasta dish and almonds add nutrition.. Looks colorful.
Very colorful and flavorful for sure.
I can just finish that plate of irresistible pasta in just few minutes, drooling here.
Very interesting sauce for the pasta.Lovely..
I love this creamy and delicious red pepper pasta sauce.
I love the smoky flavor achieved by roasting the peppers