Veg Sauce Pasta
Veg Sauce Pasta is a kids special dish - especially for those kids who pick up veggies and discard. Veg Sauce Pasta is made by pureeing all veggies into a sauce and tossed with pasta. Veg Sauce Pasta is a healthy alternate to the regular pasta.
Servings3
Ingredients
To cook pasta:
- 1 and 1/2 cups pasta
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
- few drops oil
For veggie puree:
- 4 nos garlic
- 1/2 cup onion roughly chopped
- 1 small tomato roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup carrot roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup capsicum roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup beans roughly chopped
Others:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs
- salt as needed
- cheese as needed for garnish
Instructions
- Take water in a sauce pan, add salt and oil to it. Boil it.
- When it starts to boil, add the pasta and cook in medium flame. Stir in between.
- Keep cooking and make sure you stir in between. Cook until it becomes soft but not mushy. It should have the crunch to bite at the same time it will slightly bend, thats the right stage. Cut with a spoon to check. Switch off and drain water.
- Rinse it well in running water. Strain, drizzle oil fluff it up and now its ready. So you can use it for your recipes. Now cooked pasta ready.
- To a pan heat oil, add garlic, onion and saute till transparent.
- Then add carrot, tomato, beans and capsicum. Saute for 3-5mins cook covered for 2mins until slightly soft.
- Now cool this completely then transfer to mixer jar and puree it, set aside.
- Heat butter let it melt. Now add this puree along with chilli flakes, mixed herbs and required salt.
- Add pasta and toss well. Serve Veg sauce pasta hot!
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Notes
- You can add any veggie of your choice.
- I added veggies I had in hand.
- Make sure to saute veggies in low flame.No burning and no raw smell as we are cooking the sauce much so the vegetables needs to be cooked fully.
Nutrition Facts
Veg Sauce Pasta
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 259
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 17mg6%
Sodium 189mg8%
Potassium 303mg9%
Carbohydrates 30g10%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 4492IU90%
Vitamin C 25mg30%
Calcium 83mg8%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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