Pasta Salad
Pasta Salad with homemade easy and quick salad dressing. Pasta salad recipe with step by step pictures and video. Quick and easy Pasta Salad Recipe with homemade pasta or salad dressing.
Servings2
Ingredients
To cook pasta:
- 1 and 1/2 cups pasta
- 4 cups water
- salt to taste
- few drops oil
Salad dressing:
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
- 1.5 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon crushed pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
Vegetables:
- 1/4 cup onion cubed
- 1/4 cup tomatoes cubed
- 1/4 cup capsicum cubed
- 1/4 cup carrot cubed
Instructions
- To begin with first add water.
- Boil well add salt and few drops of oil.
- Add pasta. I used wheat pasta.
- Cook well.It takes atleast 7-10 mins to cook, depends on pasta variety too.
- Keep an eye and keep checking.
- Check by cutting it with a spoon.If it cuts through easily then pasta is done.Switch off.
- Drain immediately. Rinse with cold water to prevent from further cooking. Set aside.
- To a mixing bowl - add olive oil with mayo. You can replace mayo with hung curd too.
- Mix it well first.
- Add all other ingredients including herbs, salt and pepper.
- Mix it well and set aside.
- Add cooked pasta to a mixing bowl along with prepared dresssing.
- Add the vegetables.
- Mix it well. Serve Pasta Salad fresh!
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Notes
- You can use any pasta variety you like.
- Add more colorful veggies to make it look tempting and appetising.
- You can add more mayo if you like it a bit more creamy.
- Make sure to add more colorful vegetables to make it look tempting and appetising.
- Add crunchy lettuce or cabage if you like.
- I don't prefer much of raw tomatoes so added very less. Plus or minus ingredients as per your liking and preference.
Nutrition Facts
Pasta Salad
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 560
Calories from Fat 360
% Daily Value*
Fat 40g62%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 13g
Monounsaturated Fat 22g
Cholesterol 3mg1%
Sodium 3980mg173%
Potassium 325mg9%
Carbohydrates 44g15%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 3730IU75%
Vitamin C 29mg35%
Calcium 65mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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