Calling All Chefs!

[JSinghN]

Does anyone know how to make healthy indian style pasta please because ive searched the internet and ive found nothing! something that doesnt have too many calories!

[VanHelsingh]

I use olive oil for the tadka, wholewheat (brown atta) pasta, etc. It's pretty simple.

[JSinghN]

A step-by-step explanation would be really helpful as i suck at cooking lol

[VanHelsingh]

1. Boil the pasta for around 5-10 minutes depending on the type, i.e. spaghetti, whirls, etc. When it's cooked (but not like mash when you squeeze it between your fingers) then drain it and leave it on the sideboard.

2. People have their own style of making a tadka. I start with chopping up onions and cooking them in around 5 tablespoons of olive oil. Add garlic (according to taste), ginger, chilli and salt after your onions are semi-cooked, i,e. starting to brown. Make sure the garlic is NOT left raw. It needs to be cooked or your breath stinks and it's not good for you half-cooked.

3. Mix the above concoction, and later add your jeera and other spices according to preference. Really stir it all well and don't let it stick to the bottom of the pan.

4. Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and mix it in well. Really go to town on the mixture ensuring the tadka is not left raw.

5. Add a bottle of pasta sauce and again, mix it up well with the tadka. The sauce needs to be cooked and you can tell its done when its start bubbling. Take your time - don't rush it.

6. When you're sure the tadka and the pasta sauce are one, chuck in the cooked pasta and massage the sauce into the pasta until all your pasta is covered with sauce. Keep mixing.

7. Lower the heat to its lowest setting and put a lid on the pan. Allow the sauce to penetrate the pasta for around 10 minutes. Half-way through these 10 minutes, open lid and stir everything ensuring nothing is stuck to the bottom, and all the pasta is moved from top to bottom.

8. Should be done. Eat and enjoy.

This usually takes me 50-55 minutes. Patience is key. Don't rush.

[sunny_love_kirtan]

I dnt like prasing my self but with maharaj's kirpa the pasta das makes is very much liked in sikhi camps and youth kirtan darbars. And I was shocked when inwas sitting in kirtan and a singh came to me and said that singhs called u in the kitchen to make pasta. It was wadeyai sangat and maharaj gave me that time.

I ll post details soon. lol

[puneetkaur]

You got some amazing recipe above. If you like in spinach sauce, here's a very simple one. Its not got much masale though.

1. Boil pasta as mentioned above, depending upon which one it is. Keep aside.

2. In a saucepan, add a tbsp of butter/ oil & add chopped garlic & onions to it. Saute while on low heat.

3. Add a cup (or more) of milk to this & let it cook for a while. If you wish to thicken this sauce, add a tsp of cornflour. Stir well & switch off the gas.

4. Boil some spinach (say 150 – 200—gms), drain the water & allow to cool. Blend this well in a blender.

This puree can now be added to the white sauce that you made. Allow to cook on low heat, add salt, pepper to your taste. Add the boiled pasta to this sauce, blend in well & its ready to eat.

Hope it works. :waheguru:

[JSinghN]

1. Boil the pasta for around 5-10 minutes depending on the type, i.e. spaghetti, whirls, etc. When it's cooked (but not like mash when you squeeze it between your fingers) then drain it and leave it on the sideboard.

2. People have their own style of making a tadka. I start with chopping up onions and cooking them in around 5 tablespoons of olive oil. Add garlic (according to taste), ginger, chilli and salt after your onions are semi-cooked, i,e. starting to brown. Make sure the garlic is NOT left raw. It needs to be cooked or your breath stinks and it's not good for you half-cooked.

3. Mix the above concoction, and later add your jeera and other spices according to preference. Really stir it all well and don't let it stick to the bottom of the pan.

4. Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and mix it in well. Really go to town on the mixture ensuring the tadka is not left raw.

5. Add a bottle of pasta sauce and again, mix it up well with the tadka. The sauce needs to be cooked and you can tell its done when its start bubbling. Take your time - don't rush it.

6. When you're sure the tadka and the pasta sauce are one, chuck in the cooked pasta and massage the sauce into the pasta until all your pasta is covered with sauce. Keep mixing.

7. Lower the heat to its lowest setting and put a lid on the pan. Allow the sauce to penetrate the pasta for around 10 minutes. Half-way through these 10 minutes, open lid and stir everything ensuring nothing is stuck to the bottom, and all the pasta is moved from top to bottom.

8. Should be done. Eat and enjoy.

This usually takes me 50-55 minutes. Patience is key. Don't rush.

Thing is i need something that u can make quickly!

[sunny_love_kirtan]

Quick? lol

I ain't posting my recipe then.

Get the made one and heat in microwave quickest

[OhTwadi]

If you want it low in calories, you will have to stick with whole grain bread. Use minimal amounts of sauce (they are LOADED with salt) and use lots and lots of veggies.

[dalsingh101]

Personally I think throwing in a jar of Dolmio into a turka is cheating myself....... <ahem ahem Kaljugi>

:bazooka: