I am a sucker for Italian food, there is nothing on earth which beats a warm cheesy slice of thin crust pizza, hot and gooey lasagna or bowl of pasta :) I love to cook as much as I love to eat but many friends of mine keep telling me that they get freaked out when they see an elaborate recipe with a long list of ingredients and a step bye step procedure.. Cooking is really easy you just have to get the basic recipe correct and build your own style over time, I have given below a very simple
Pasta in Red Sauce recipe, for those of you who love to learn how to cook, for those of you who are experts already enjoy the pics and be supportive :)
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| Ripe tomatoes boiled in water for 2 minutes |
3 Things you will need:
- 3 firm ripe tomatoes
- 5-6 cloves of garlic crushed using a mortar and pestle
- 1 cup of pasta of your choice
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| Few cloves of garlic crushed |
For making red sauce
- Boil the tomatoes in water for 2 minutes, remove the skin and grind into paste
- Heat a kadai, add 2-3 spoons of olive oil
- Add the crushed garlic and saute gently
- Add tomato paste to the garlic and olive oil
- Simmer for 1 minute
- Add salt to taste & remove from flame
Keep it simple the first few times u make it just try it and you will develop great confidence in yourself and fall in love with the flavor of garlic :)
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| Pasta of your choice -boiled & drained |
Choose pasta of your choice and boil until its done and drain and add this to the red sauce in the kadai and gently mix with a spatula and serve piping hot :)
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| Pasta in red sauce ! |
Options for garnish:
You can either garnish it with grated cheese or chopped cilatro/coriander
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| Garnish with coriander/cheese or crushed pepper |
Options for seasoning
You can sprinkle crushed pepper or oregano to suit your taste, I just had the pasta as is and it was absolutely YUMMMMMMM!
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| Serve HOT! |
Ensoi your pasta and tell me how you liked it!!
