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Friday, May 13, 2016

Arrabiata - penne pasta- Low Cal

An easy recipe to take care of your pasta cravings. Its fun and a quick method to fulfill your child's demand. You don't need to add extra cheese to make it tasty. It has very less calories as i am using very less oil and 1 cube of cheese only. :)



Cooking Time:- 30min

Ingredients :-
A bowl of uncooked pasta (take wheat pasta for lesser calories)
4 tomatoes
1 cube of cheese
Garlic/ garlic paste
Ginger / ginger paste
2-3 tsp Mayonnaise
A few olives ( I have used black )
3-4 tbsp Vegetable oil
1 capsicum green
2 onions
2-3 baby corn
1/2 carrot

Method -
1.  Gravy
    A. Grind tomatoes till its almost a puree.
   B. Put the pan on the stove and the add  2-3 tbsp of oil to the pan and add crushed garlic and ginger to it. Add tomato puree you have made. Let it cook till the water evaporates. Add a dollop of mayonnaise and stir for a minute. Turn off the gas and put it aside.

2. Penne.
   A. Add water to another pan and let it boil.
   B. Add a teaspoon of cooking oil and salt. Then add penne to the boiling water.
   C. Cover the pan and and let the pasta boil.
   D. Check pasta if its done(take out one piece of pasta and cut it with a fork. See if the inner layer of pasta looks cooked) and turn off the gas.
   E. Take out pasta by straining all the water. Then wash the pasta under cold water. And grease it with some oil on it using a brush or hands. Then pasta doesn't stick to each other.
   Put it aside.

3. Final mixture.
   A. Turn on the gas and put another pan. Add some oil to it.
   B.  Sauté chopped onion till golden brown and add and sauté capsicum, carrot and baby corn as well. Add salt according to taste.
   C. Add penne and gravy to the vegetables. Don't overcook, make sure penne is just heated.
   D. Turn off the gas. Grate some cheese on the top.
   E. Sprinkle some cut olives and a dash of oregano and black pepper.

Voila! Your penne pasta is ready.
If you try and like it, please leave a comment below.

Happy mommying!


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