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Pasta In Red Sauce

Pasta in red sauce as the name suggests is a delicious pasta tossed in homemade tomato-based flavourful sauce.
This is an easy-to-make, beginner-friendly and a kid’s favourite recipe.
Making red sauce pasta is super easy and made with basic ingredients.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Appetizer, Easy Dinner Recipes, Easy Lunch Recipes, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, Italian
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Uncooked Pasta (Penne Pasta)
  • 4 Tomatoes
  • 1 Onion, finely chopped
  • 4-5 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes
  • 1 teaspoon Italian Mixed Herbs
  • 1 teaspoon Crushed Black Pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • 5 cups Water, to cook pasta

Method
 

Cooking Tomatoes
  1. Make a criss-cross mark on the tomatoes so that peeling the skin becomes much easier.
  2. Boil tomatoes in enough water for about 15 minutes till the tomatoes are cooked and the skin peels off easily.
  3. Let the tomatoes cool, peel off the skin and blend it to a paste without adding water.
Cooking Pasta
  1. In a big vessel add 5 cups water and 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring this water to a boil.
  2. Add 2 cups of penne pasta (use any pasta of your choice). Cook Pasta for 5-6 minutes.
  3. Drain the water and remove the pasta in a bowl or plate. Keep half a cup of pasta water aside for later.
  4. Drizzle a teaspoon of oil over the pasta. This helps pasta not stick to each other.
Making the Pasta
  1. In a saucepan heat oil, add chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
  2. Add finely chopped onions and saute till translucent.
  3. Add tomato puree. Cover & cook for 3 minutes.
  4. Add red chilli flakes, mixed Italian herbs and crushed black pepper.
  5. Mix all the ingredients well.
  6. Add tomato ketchup and mix.
  7. Add sugar and salt to taste. (Adding sugar balances the tartness of tomatoes used in this dish).
  8. Add boiled pasta. Mix, and add half a cup of pasta water.
  9. Cover and let the pasta simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
  10. Pasta in red sauce is ready.
  11. Garnish with cheese and serve immediately.

Video

Notes

I have used penne pasta here, you can use any pasta of your choice.
I have used dried herbs here, if you can get fresh ones do go ahead using fresh herbs instead.

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