Red sauce penne pasta

Red sauce penne pasta recipe or pasta in red sauce recipe or even you can call it tomato based pasta recipe which  basically is pasta recipe prepared in blended tomato sauce with penne pasta, oregano herbs, chilli flakes and corriander leaves. pasta recipes all usually served as a snack and also as  meal for dinner, but we have it mostly for dinners..

The red sauce pasta recipe which is tomato based recipe,. pasta recipes are staple food of traditional italian and continental cuisine and is prepared with very few ingredients and fresh herbs and loads of cheeses and  out of all red sauce pasta is indeed a most popular one to sought out for. . similarly, i have already shared the white sauce pasta recipe which is of more creamy and cheesy pasta recipe on this blog

My kids love pastas but it has to be loaded with cheese and red sauce pasta recipe is my favourite  recipe. I personally am big fan of pasta as sometimes we love to to go bland on our foods as we always have iddlies and sambar . however, just for a change i prepare these pasta recipes once in two weeks . There are not much innovative recipes to this recipe and   I am still  googling to find out more .

And now some important tips and suggestions for a perfect tomato pasta recipe. firstly, i always use ripe tomatoes that are really red and juicy as  for tomato sauce for pastas, they need to be thick. . secondly, you can use store bought tomato puree for sauce too, that will make your work easier. Finally i have used penne pasta to tomato pasta recipe, however even macaroni, spaghetti noodles and may varieties can be used with the same sauce. You can your choices of veggies as I had these in handy at the moment.now off to the recipe

INGREDIENTS

FOR RED SAUCE:

• 3 to tomatoes, red and ripped
• 1 cup capsicums ( red , yellow, green )
• 1/2 cup mixed vegetables ( peas , cabbage , olives , mushrooms)
• 2 tsp  oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2  medium sized onion, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp chili flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder
• ½ teaapoon oregano
• salt to taste
• Few corriander leaves
• ¼ tsp pepper, crushed
• 3 tbsp cheddar cheese / any cheese, grated

For boiling pasta

• 1 cup pasta ( I used penne but you can have your choices too )
• 5 cups water or as required to boil
• salt to taste

Method

• firstly, cook ripe tomatoes  for 5 minutesin boiling water .
• Now after 4 minutes cool and peel skin and blend to thick puree.
• Next in a large vessel add enough  water to cook penne pasta with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon oil .
• Soften the pasta for 10 to 12 minutes 
• finally, drain the pasta and keep aside.
• in a large kadai heat  oil and saute bay leaf and garlic till they turn aromatic.
• also saute onions till they change colour.
• Add the vegetables mentioned above .
• also add corriander leaves, chili flakes,garam masala , mixed herbs, pepper, salt and mix well.
• Next add pureed tomatoes and cook and saute for 5 more minutes 
• .
• cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• and add in boiled pasta
• By mixing gently pasta should be coated well with the purred tomatoe mix . 
• spread the grated cheese on top and cover and cook till the cheese has melted.
• finally, serve red sauce pasta You can choose any cheese of your choice.