Veg Pasta in Pesto Sauce

The most famous varieties & recipes of pasta comes from Italy. There are hundreds of different shapes of pasta. My favorite pastas are penne rigata, farfalle, fusilli, conchiglle (shells),spaghetti etc. You can cook pasta in any sauce such as pesto sauce, marinara sauce, alfredo sauce etc.

Ingredients: For Pesto Sauce

1) 4 cups washed, torned, stems removed spinach leaves

2) 4 chopped garlic cloves

3) 1 tsp ginger paste

4) 4 chopped green chilies

5) Salt to taste

For Veg Pasta

1) 1/2 bowl chopped onion

2) 1/2 bowl chopped potato

3) 1/2 bowl chopped green capsicum

4) 1/2 bowl chopped carrot

5) 1/2 bowl chopped cauliflower

6) 1/2 bowl chopped cabbage

7) 1/2 bowl chopped cucumber (optional)

8) 1 bowl chopped tomato

9) 1/4 bowl green peas

10) 1/4 bowl corn

11) 1/2 bowl chopped mushrooms

12) 500gm pasta (I used farfalle pasta)

13) 2 tbsp red chili powder (optional)

14) 2 tbsp shreeded parmesan cheese

15) 2 tbsp Olive oil

Method: For Pesto Sauce

1) Place the spinach leaves, garlic, ginger, green chilies, salt in a blender or food processor container.

2) Cover & puree until spinach leaves look crushed.

3) Once the spinach puree is formed, add salt to taste. Pesto sauce is ready. (If the sauce seems too thick, add little water)

For Veg Pasta:

1) Cook pasta according to package directions; drain in colander. Allow it to cool for 10 mins.

2) In a non-stick container, heat 2 tbsp Oilve oil & add onion. Saute it for 2 mins.

3) Add all the vegetables & cook them for 10-12mins on a medium flame.

4) Mix pasta, pesto sauce, red chili powder, & salt with the above vegetable mixture. Cook the entire mixture for 10mins. on a medium flame.

5) If veg pasta in pesto sauce seems too thick, add little water.

6) Serve the delicious hot veg pasta in pesto sauce with parmesan cheese.