PENNE PASTA

My penne pasta with herbs,tomatoes and veggies available is an ideal dish to serve to your family.This dish is full of freshest flavours of the seasons.

INGREDIENTS :

2 Cups Boiled Penne Pasta
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup Chopped Onion
2 tbsp Chopped Garlic
1 tbsp Chopped Green Chillies
1/2 cup Chopped Tomatoes
1/4 cup Chopped Capsicum
2 cups Tomato Juice /Puree
a pinch of Chilly Powder
1 tbsp dry Oregano
1 tbsp dry red Chilly Flakes 
Salt to taste 
Grated Processed Cheese 

METHOD:


STEP 1 - For 1cup pasta -boil 5-6 cups of water with little salt and few drops of coking oil .
STEP 2 - To the boiling water slowly add pasta and continue cooking for approx.10-11 min. stirring continuously till pasta is cooked well .
STEP 3 - Drain the cooked pasta and rinse in fresh cold water and keep aside .
STEP 4 - Heat oil in a pan .Add onion ,garlic ,green chillies and saute this until onion turns golden brown.
STEP 5 -  Add the tomatoes ,capsicum and saute on a medium flame for 2 min. 
STEP 6 - Add the tomato juice ,chilly powder ,oregano and salt . Mix it well . Cook for another 3 min on medium flame .
STEP 7 -  At last add the pasta and mix well so that the sauce is well mixed onto it .
STEP 8 -  Remove from flame and add cheese for garnishing .
                Serve hot and enjoy.....


  NOTE:
Keep a cup of water in which we had boiled the pasta and use it while cooking pasta if it's too dry .
I made the pasta ,removed it in a microwave bowl and added grated cheese ,little black pepper powder ,chilly flakes and oregano and microwaved it for next 5 minutes and then served ...
Kids loved my first try.....hope your kids would also love...