Spicy Pasta

Ingredients
Boiled pasta: 2 cups (I use Penne Rigate for this recipe)

Chopped garlic: 3-4 tsp
Chopped red chillies: 1 tsp

Broccoli: ½ cup
Grated Parmesan cheese: 2 tsp

Pepper powder: ½ tsp

Salt: To taste

Olive oil: 2-3 tsp

Method
Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté garlic. Add red chillies and season with pepper and salt. Add broccoli and sauté for two minutes. Add boiled pasta followed by Parmesan cheese. Cook for 2-3 minutes and serve hot.

Quick Pasta

Ingredients
Boiled pasta: 2 cups (I use Penne Rigate for this recipe)

Finely chopped tomato: ½ cup

Finely chopped onion: ½ cup

Finely chopped capsicum: ½ cup

Chopped ginger: 1 tsp

Chopped garlic: 1 tsp

Chopped green chillies: 2-3

Salt: To taste
Olive oil: 2-3 tsp

Tomato sauce: 2 tsp

Method

Grind chillies, ginger, garlic and tomato sauce together. Heat oil in a pan and add onion. Saute well, add capsicum and then chopped tomatoes.  Add the paste and stir well. Add salt and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add water if you need gravy. Add pasta and toss gently so that the pasta is covered well with the masala. Serve hot.

Tomato Pasta

Ingredients

Boiled pasta: 2 cups (I use Penne Rigate for this recipe)

Diced tomatoes: 4-5 tomatoes

Garlic cloves: 3-4

Chopped onion: 1 cup

Water: ½ cup

Bay leaf: 1

Sugar: ½ tsp

Basil leaves: 4-5

Salt: To taste

Olive oil: 2-3 tsp

Method:
Boil tomatoes, 2 cloves of chopped garlic, ¾ cup of onion, bay leaf, salt and sugar with ½ cup of water. When tomatoes become soft, remove from the flame, cool and then grind to a puree and set aside.

Take a pan, heat oil and add the remaining onion and garlic. Saute them well and add the tomato puree. Cook till it reduces to half the amount. Add basil leaves and stir well. Add the cooked pasta and toss gently before serving hot.