31 August 2013

ROASTED RED PEPPER PASTA WITH PUMPKIN SEEDS

Pasta for dinner with roasted red bell pepper and pumpkin seeds sauce is a flavorful and quick recipe.
What you need:
Cooked Pasta - 1 cup
Red Bell Pepper - 2 nos
Sweet corn / Any veggie - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1 no
Pumpkin seeds - 2 tbsp
Grated cheese - 2 tbsp
Garlic - 2 pods
Red Chilli flakes - 1 tsp
Italian Seasoning - gen pinch
Black Pepper - gen pinch
Fresh Basil - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste

How to make:
Roast bell pepper directly in flame till they get nicely roasted, scrap the skin and chop it. 

In a pan add oil add chopped tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, garlic saute well and at the end add sunflower seeds. 

Once the mixture cools grind to fine paste. Add this paste to the pan add salt, chilli flakes, italian seasonings, pepper and water 1/4 cup.

Cook in medium flame for 3 -5 mins add pasta add grated cheese and serve hot.

7 comments:

  1. this dish looks so flavorful,loved the idea of using pumpkin seeds,they add such a brilliant hint of nuttiness :-)

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  2. Delicious and healthy pasta dish.

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  3. cannt think of better dinner a cup of soup along with work fantastic !

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  4. never tried this combo bell pepper and pumpkin.. looks so tempting

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  5. Looks very inviting. my favorite.

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  6. Tempting & lovely pasta !

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