Make-ahead homemade sauce for a quick fix Pasta arrabiata
A pasta arrabiata recipe made using homemade tomato based pasta sauce.
Equipment
- Blender or mixer grinder
Ingredients
- Penne Pasta-200 gm
- Oil-1 tsp
- Salt -1/4 tsp
- Water as required
For sauce
- Tomatoes-8(medium-sized)
- Italian seasoning-1tbsp
- Powdered oregano-1tsp
- Olive oil-2 tsp
- Chopped garlic-5 cloves
- Onion-1
- Chilli flakes-1/2 tsp
- Salt for taste
- Pepper for taste
- Sliced olives-5-6
- Cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Boil water in a pot. Add pasta, salt, and oil. Allow it to cook.
- Strain the water. Rinse the pasta in cold water and strain it again. Add little oil and toss the pasta to apply the oil evenly. Keep aside.
- Meanwhile, put tomatoes in a blender and make a smooth tomato puree.
- In a hot wok or pan add oil, add garlic and onion. Saute until the onion becomes translucent.
- Now, it is time to add the tomato puree. Then, add salt, oregano, Italian seasoning, and chilli flakes. Cook well until the tomato puree thickens into a pulp. Add olives.
- Add pepper according to your preference.
- Mix the pasta with sauce before serving.
- Serve hot with steamed vegetables for a complete meal.
Notes
- I am using wholemeal Penne Pasta. Try to use wholemeal or whole wheat pasta in your daily food to make the recipe more nutritious.
- I am using store-bought Italian seasoning.
- If you want the recipe to be less spicy, avoid chilli flakes.
- If you don't want to add the tomatoes with skin on them, put the tomatoes in hot water. Then cover it and let it sit for 5 minutes. Now it is easy to remove the skin from tomatoes.
- If you prefer to add cheese, parmesan and cheddar cheese are good options.