Macroni Pasta

Ingredients: Serves 2-3

2 cups Macroni

1 medium onion, cut into wedges

1 medium capsicum, thinly sliced

1 medium tomato, cut into thin wedges

1 garlic slice finely chopped

½ inch ginger finely chopped

1 ½ tablespoon oil

4-5 tablespoon water

Salt to taste

1/8 teaspoon black pepper powder

1/8 teaspoon coriander powder

Pinch of red chilli powder

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon chilli sauce

1 tablespoon tomato ketchup

Juice of half lime

Recipe:

Boil macroni pasta as per instructions on the packet, and keep aside.

In a pan on medium flame, add oil ginger garlic and sauté for one minute.

Add onion and sauté 3-4 minutes, then add capsicum and sauté for another 3-4 minutes with lid on.

Add tomato and all dry spices, herb and mix everything nicely. Then add water and leave everything to simmer for 4-5 minutes- half time with lid on and then without lid. Do not let all the water vaporise. This water is what gives the pasta a saucy texture.

Add chilli sauce and ketchup and gently stir. By now wok will be containing of cooked vegetables with slight amount of thick sauce/ gravy.

At this stage add boiled pasta and toss everything together. Avoid stirring using a spatula as it may break pasta.

Sprinkle lime juice and with a final toss pasta is ready.

Note:

Alternately, grind all the vegetable masala before add sauce and ketchup into thick paste, if you want full saucy pasta.

Use herb other than oregano like thyme or rosemary.

Tomato puree can also be used in place of ketchup