Vegetable Pasta
August 12th, 2009 filed under Fusion, Miscellaneous, Vegan
Fresh vegetables and whole grain pasta with savory tomato sauce makes a very colorful and delicious pasta dish. This is a simple pasta dinner. Serve with a side of salad and bread.
Recipe will serve 4 to 6.
Ingredients:
Pasta:
- 2 cups whole grain penne pasta (use can use another pasts shape if “penne” is not available)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Vegetables:
- 2 medium sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped green beans
- 1 medium chopped bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped cauliflower
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 medium sliced zucchini
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Tomato sauce:
- 6 medium diced tomatoes
- 1 15 oz can of diced tomato
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- 1 teaspoon Italian herb
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes (adjust to taste)
- 1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sugar (adjust to taste)
Preparing Pasta:
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes (adjust to taste)
Method:
- In a large pot boil the water with salt and oil.
- After water comes to the boil add the pasta.
- Cook the pasta until it is just tender, not too soft. Drain the water and set pasta aside.
Vegetables:
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat.
- Add vegetables (carrot, green beans, bell pepper, mushrooms, and zucchini) to skillet and sauté until they are nearly tender.
Tomato Sauce:
- Mix the cornstarch in ¼ cup of water and keep aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and add the basil, Italian herbs, and chili flakes stir and add tomatoes.
- Let the tomatoes cook until they become pasty.
- Next add cornstarch, salt and sugar to the tomato sauce, cornstarch will give thickness to the sauce.
- Next add the sauté vegetables to the sauce and cook for few minutes on medium heat until sauce come to the desirable thickness.
Prepare The Pasta:
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and add basil and chili flakes stir for few seconds.
- Next add the drained pasta and sauté for a minute until pasta is well coated with oil.
- Pour the vegetable sauce over the pasta, serve hot with slice of French bread and salad.
Variations:
For this recipe you need about 5 cups of vegetable, replace the vegetables to your choice.
Serving suggestion:
Serve pasta with slice of toasted bread and green salad.
Notes:
I like to serve pasta with slice toasted and spiced French bread. Before toasting the bread spread the olive oil and sprinkle basil, chili flakes and salt.
thanks manjula ur pasta recipe is very just awesome… i want to how to mke french spice bread…
Manjula,
I am not indian. I am from a country in North Africa and live in the Golf. We do eat a lot of vegetables at home. We are not vegetarian but we eat meat from time to time. We are flexitarian if you want. Since I have discovered your recipes, I am eating less meat.
Thank you so much for your wonderfull recipes. They are tasty with a lot of flavors and most of the ingredients are fresh. It is a real food. So far, I have tried potatos, eggplants and I am going to try this pasta which I am sure , it will be wonderfull and my family loved all what I cooked.
Thank you for making us eat better. God bless you Manjula.
Amal
manjula ur pasta recipe is very brilliant i want to how to make butter chiken
Manmeet, this is a vegetarian cooking site. You will have to look elsewhere for any chicken and non-veg recipes.
Thank you Manjula ji, it was a wonderful recepie…I have been looking to make pasta since ages, but could not find any suitable for vegetarians…Thanks a lot, keep posting some more interesting recepies…
going to try this tmrw.
Its a lovely receipe.
My family and friends loved it.
Thnx.
Nitia,
When she says mixed italian herbs Manjula means “italian seasoning” It is a blend of several different italian herbs and can be found in the spices/salt section of any American grocery store. On the bottle it will specifically be called “Italian Seasoning”.
Hope that this clarifies things even more.
Liane
what do you mean by italian herbs… is it mixed herbs or any specific italian herb
Nitya,
It is mixed herbs.
I wonder whether you’re or misguiding us.
plz make more variety of vege pasta..1 15 oz can of diced tomato any alternate of this??? thankyou