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Cheesy pasta

Cheesy desi style pasta recipe

Cheesy pasta
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
25 min
Yield
1 serving
Difficulty
MEDIUM

Ingredients

1
  • 1 cup penne pasta
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
  • 4 tbsp chopped capsicum
  • 1/2 tsp red chili powder
  • 1/4 cup grated cheese
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala
  • Salt as needed
  • 2 tbsp fresh cream (optional)
  • 3 small tomatoes
  • 3 clove garlic

Instructions

  1. 1

    Boil enough water and add the pasta to this.

  2. 2

    Add salt and few drops of oil.

  3. 3

    Let the pasta cook till aldente.

  4. 4

    Keep ¼ cup of the pasta drained starch water.

  5. 5

    Grind the tomato and garlic and keep this aside.

  6. 6

    In a pan add 1 tbsp oil and add the finely chopped garlic.

  7. 7

    When it turns light golden brown, add the chopped capsicum.

  8. 8

    Cook for a minute, let this be crunchy.

  9. 9

    Add the tomato garlic puree to this.

  10. 10

    Now add in the red chili powder, garam masala and salt.

  11. 11

    I added 1 tsp of red chili powder and it turned out bit spicy.

  12. 12

    So, reduce it to ½ tsp.

  13. 13

    Add in the grated cheese, if you don’t have grated cheese, add 1-2 cheese slices.

  14. 14

    Let this cook for 2-3 minutes.

  15. 15

    Cook in a medium flame.

  16. 16

    Add in the fresh cream, if adding. You can add full cream milk too.

  17. 17

    Now add the pasta reserved starch water.

  18. 18

    Mix well and add the cooked pasta.

  19. 19

    Cook for a minute and switch off the stove.

  20. 20

    Cheesy masala pasta is ready.

  21. 21

    Serve this hot.

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