Pasta with peanut sauce

Pasta with peanut sauce

I wanted to try out something new today. Something which does not have cheese in it yet it should be a delicious pasta . So got this idea of making peanut sauce. Generally while making something exotic if possible avoid use of all varieties of sauce be it tomato, soy, vinegar especially if you are a foodie and crave for exotic food all the time like me . Basically what I mean to say is avoid ingredients which have lots of preservatives in them, Stick to fresh herbs and spices . I learnt this from fellow wonderful food bloggers. So in this entiiire recipe , I avoided use of anyyyyy ready-made sauce. Even the peanut paste , I made it at home. This required no cheese. Yet at the end it was cheesy and yum due to peanut sauce. Here is the recipe.

INGREDIENTS :-

Baby corn :- chopped longitudinally 1/2 cup

Yellow bell pepper :- 1/2 cup

Tomato :- chopped 1/2 cup

Broccoli :-1/2 cup

You can add any veggie.

Pepper :- 1 teaspoon

Basil :- 4-5 leaves

Thyme, oregano :- a teaspoon

Peanuts :- a cup

Whole wheat pasta :- 1 cups

Garlic :- 3-4 pods chopped

Olive oil :- 2 teaspoons

Salt :- to taste

METHOD :-

1. Bring water to boil and add pasta cook until its entiirely boiled.
2. In a pan heat olive oil and add chopped garlic.
3. Add all the chopped veggies and close the lid
4. In a separate pan dry roast peanut and allow them to cool down.
5. Remove the outer layer by crumbling peanuts with hand and grind into smooth powder.
6. Add a bit of water and make it into smooth paste.
7. Add boiled pasta to cooked vegetables in the pan.
8. Add salt , chopped basil, powdered white pepper , herbs and peanut paste and allow it to simmer for 5 minutes.
9. Dress it with coriander and olives