A Kaleidoscopic Dream : Vegetable Pasta

Normally i do this vegetable pasta during weekend night for dinner along with garlic bread and orange juice. Any bachelor can try this recipe it is very easy to make, i used penne pasta but you can use your choice of pasta to this recipe. Here you go with spicy yummy vegetable pasta recipe!!

Ingredients

Penne Pasta	2 cups
Mixed veggies ( carrot, beans , frozen peas, green capsicum)	1 ½ cups
Onion ( finely chopped)	1
Tomato ( finely chopped)	2
Green chillies (finely chopped)	2-3
Black olives ( chopped)	7-8
Prego Italian Sauce ( traditional)	2tbsp
Italian seasoning	1-2 tsp
Turmeric powder	½ tsp
Red chilly powder	1-2 tsp
Oil	As needed
Salt	As per taste

Method

Cook pasta with salt, oil, till soft, as per the packing instructions. Once pasta cooked drain the water and keep it aside.
In a pan heat oil and add green chillies, chopped onion, saute till it turns transparent pink color.
Now add tomatoes along with salt, red chilly powder and turmeric powder. Mix well.
Cook in medium flame until tomatoes get soften and raw smell goes off in the masala.
Then first add carrot and beans, give a quick stir. Cook until masala blends with the veggies.

Now add capsicum , frozen peas and black olive. Give a quick mix to these veggies in medium flame and cook for 1 minute. Since these veggies need not be cooked for a longer time and remember they should maintain their crunchy texture.
Then add prego pasta sauce and iltalian seasoning. Mix well and cook for a few seconds.
Add the penne pasta to the masala. Cook in medium flame for 5-8 minutes, untill masala blends well with the pasta.

Switch off the flame. Yummy spicy vegetable pasta is ready to be served hot.

Tips

Always remember to add the pasta in boiling water, so that it will cook well and retain its texture.
Add drop of oil in boiling water so that pasta will not stick to each other while draining and using further.
You can also add grated cheese at last and while serving pasta. I skipped this step.
You can also add veggies like zucchini, all color capsicum, broccoli.
If you prefer cheese, i would suggest Parmesan cheese it goes best with this recipe.