Tomato Pasta

Ingredients:

Pasta - 1.5 cups
Onion - 1/2 chopped finely
Pasta sauce - 1 tbsp
Tomato Sauce - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Cheese - 1 tbsp grated
Pepper - 1/2 tsp (optional)

To grind:

Tomato - 1 big sized
Onion - 1/2
Red Chillies - 2
Garlic - 4 flakes

Method:

Grind the ingredients under 'to grind' to a fine paste and keep aside.Bring a saucepan of water with salt to boil, then add the pasta and a tsp of oil. Cook for 10mins or until the pasta is soft yet firm enough to bite. Strain water and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, then add the onions fry until slightly browned. Then add the grinded paste and fry for 5mins until raw smell of tomatoes totally leaves. Then add the tomato, pasta sauce and pepper, mix well, now the sauce is ready. Now add the cooked pasta and mix well until the sauce coats well with the pastas. Sprinkle grated cheese and serve hot.

Notes

Take care while cooking the pasta not to make it mushy. It should be soft but still firm enough to bite.

You can even use shell or disc type pasta.

Add a tsp of oil while cooking pasta is to avoid the stickiness.

You can also skip the pasta sauce and add garam masala to make it indian flavoured.

Adding olive oil gives a nice flavour to the pastas but if you can use normal cooking oil also.