Pasta is an Italian Cuisine and Penne is basically a cylindrical shaped pasta.
Here is my version of the cheesy, the creamy penne in a red and white sauce with loads of vegetables.
Ingredients for Penne Pasta :
Ingredients for Red Sauce
More Ingredients :
To Cook / Boil Pasta :
Here is my version of the cheesy, the creamy penne in a red and white sauce with loads of vegetables.
Ingredients for Penne Pasta :
- 2-3 cups of penne pasta
- 3 cups of water
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of olive oil
Ingredients for White Sauce
- 2 spoons of butter
- 1 cheese square slice
- 1 tsp of all purpose flour
- 2 cup milk
Ingredients for Red Sauce
- 2 tomatoes to puree
- 1 tsp of tomato sauce
More Ingredients :
- 2 tsp of butter
- 1 tsp of olive oil
- 1 cup of boiled sweet corn kernels
- 1 cup spinach leaves cut small
- 1 cup diced bell peppers (I used red , yellow, orange)
- 1 spoon each of blackpepper powder, oregano , basil leaves, chili flakes
- Grated cheese to garnish
- 2 garlic cloves
To Cook / Boil Pasta :
- Heat 2-3 cups of water in a big wok. Once the water is enough hot add salt, oil and pasta and cook for around 8-10 minutes or till the pasta are completely cooked.
- Remove the Pasta in a colander draining the excess water.
- Add little oil and mix well so that the pasta do not stick.
To prepare Red Sauce
- Add 2-3 tomatoes in 2 cups of water till the skin of tomatoes are soft and you can see the skin of tomatoes getting removed easily.
- Remove the tomatoes aside till they are cool enough.
- Once the tomatoes are cool enough remove the skin of the tomatoes and make a tomato puree by blending them in a blennder or you can even crush them a bit by a fork.
- Remove the seeds
- Add 2 tsp of tomato sauce to the puree and keep aside.
- Red sauce is ready
To prepare White Sauce
- Heat 2 tsp of butter in a nonstick pan or a wok and add 1 tsp of all purpose flour (maida) and saute for a minute
- Add milk gradually and stir occasionaly
- Add cheese slices and mix everything nicely
- Let the milk come to the boil and you will see the mixture getting thicker.
- Add Black pepper powder little bit and keep aside.
- White sauce is ready
How to prepare :
- Heat 2 tsp of butter
- Add garlic cloves and saute on a medium flame
- Add Red Sauce, salt to taste (very little salt) and saute again for 2-3 minutes
- Add bellpeppers, spinach , sweet corn and mix well.
- Add White sauce and mix upside down and let it simmer for 2 minutes till the sauce gets mixed nicely and you may see the colour pink of the sauce.
- Add oregeno, basil , chili flakes, blackpepper powder
- Add Boiled pasta and mix everything well
- Add Grated cheese and olive oil
- Serve hot
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