Masala penne with healthy cheese sauce
Masala penne with the secretly healthy pumpkin cheese sauce is easy to make and delicious to eat.
Having made the healthy cheese sauce, I had to combine it with the pasta isn’t it? It is a fairly easy recipe too. Combine pasta with the veggies, throw in some masalas, pour the secretly healthy cheese sauce and you have a gorgeous golden pasta ready to serve.
This recipe can be customized as well:
- Use any pasta of your choice. Shell, elbow, rigatoni would be great options as they ‘carry’ the creamy sauce well.
- I have made a basic sauce here for the lack of veggies in my fridge 😀 however, you can add any or all of these veggies:
- Zucchini
- Sun dried tomatoes
- Olives
- Mushrooms
- Corn
- Broccoli
- And lastly, sprinkle some pav bhaji masala, kasoori methi, generous sprinkling of corinader leaves or roasted cumin powder to add that oomph to your masala pasta.
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Masala penne with healthy cheese sauce
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AUTHOR
Hema B Kathrani
CUISINE
Fusion
PREP TIME
15 minutes
COOK TIME
20-25 minutes
SERVINGS
serves 2
Author: Hema B Kathrani | Cuisine: Fusion | Category: Mains
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 20-25 minutes | Servings: serves 2
Masala penne with the secretly healthy pumpkin cheese sauce is easy to make and delicious to eat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup penne
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 medium onion chopped finely
- 2 cloves garlic chopped finely
- ½ capsicum chopped in cubes
- 1 large tomato chopped in cubes
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- Spices:
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp dry basil
- ¼ tsp dry oregano
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup of healthy cheese sauce
- For garnish:
- Grated cheese
- 1 green onion chopped finely
Method
- Boil the pasta:
- Bring the large pot of water to boil and add salt
- Add the penne to the boiling water and cook till just done.
- Drain the water and keep it aside.
- Make the masala sauce:
- In a pan, add butter and once slightly melted, add the finely chopped garlic.
- Sauté for 20 seconds and then add onions.
- Cook the onions till slightly pink.
- Add capsicum and tomato with the masala and cook till tomato turns mushy.
- Add tomato paste + ½ cup of water and simmer for 5-7 minutes.
- Combine the elements:
- Add pasta to the masala sauce and combine to coat evenly.
- Pour the cheese sauce and toss well.
- Grate cheese and garnish with green onions
- Serve hot.
Notes
- You can substitute dry basil and oregano for Italian seasoning as well.
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