Pasta

How to make pasta

Pasta is favorite dish of kids and its great one dish meal. There many different types of pasta like macaroni ,spiral ,spaghetti ,ditalini ,penne etc. are available in market. My kids like macaroni because of its cashew like shape . Pasta can be made in many different ways. Taste of pasta dish depends on the sauce made for it. Following is recipe of pasta with white and red sauce. For making white sauce i have used maida / all purpose flour.And for making red sauce fresh tomatoes and other vegetables. While making pasta for little kids /toddlers just boil pasta and sprinkle butter and grated cheese on it. Its just few minutes job and easy cheese, butter pasta will be ready.

Cooking time :45 min

Ingredients:

• Pasta 2 cups
• Cut vegetables (Tomato,Broccoli,beans,carrots)Altogether 2 cup
• Onion cut into pieces 1
• Salt as per taste
• Pepper powder 1/2 tea Spoon
• Butter 2 tea Spoon
• Maida/All purpose flour 1 tea spoon
• Cheese 2 tb spoon
• Tomato sauce 1/2 cup
• Garlic cloves 6
• Milk 2 tb spoon
• Cream 2 tb Spoon
• Oil 2 tea spoon
• Water

Directions To Cook:

1. For cooking pasta :
   Keep 5 cups water in a pan on high flame. Add salt for taste and 1 tea Spoon of oil in it. Oil dose not let pasta stick to each other.
2. Add pasta in a pan for cooking it once water starts boiling.
3. Keep on stirring pasta in between . It takes around 16-17 minutes for pasta to cook on low flame.
4. There should be enough water in pan.Keep flame low.As pasta gets cooked nicely on low flame.
5. Once pasta gets cooked switch off gas And let it cool down for 5 minutes.
6. Drain water from pan so that there won't be excess water in it.Keep cooked pasta aside.
7. Making white sauce for pasta :
   (Start making sauce when pasta is cooking so that once pasta gets cooked it can be immediately mixed with sauces.)
   Add 1/2 tea Spoon butter in another pan.
8. Pour maida/ all purpose flour in pan .Roast all purpose flour with butter in pan.
9. Once maida gets roasted add milk slowly in it while stirring.
10. Cook this white sauce for 4-5 minutes on low flame.
11. White sauce is ready. keep it aside.
12. For making sauce for pasta :
13. Take another heavy bottom pan and add butter in it.
14. Add onion after butter melts.Saute onion for 3-4 minutes .
15. Add garlic paste,other vegetables in pan.Saute all vegetables for 4-5 minutes or till they get tender.
16. Pour tomato sauce,white sauce,cheese ,cream in pan.
17. Cook it for another 3-4 minutes.Finally add cooked pasta,pepper powder in vegetables.
18. Mix all ingredients properly and cook for another 4-5 minutes .
19. Yummy pasta is ready to serve.