Arrabiata Pasta Recipe

Arrabiata Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:

Macaroni or any pasta - 1 cup

Water - 5 to 6 cups

Salt - 1 tblspn

For Sauce:

Olive Oil - 3 tblspn

Tomatoes - 3 large ripe

Garlic - 6 fat cloves chopped finely

Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely

Chilli Flakes or Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn or to taste

Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp

Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1/2 tsp or to taste

Italian Seasoning - 1/2 tsp

Dried Basil - 1/2 tsp

Lemon Juice / Vinegar - 1/2 tsp or to taste

Method:

Take some water in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.  Make a plus sign in the bottom of tomatoes and drop it in boiling water. Let it simmer for 2 mins, till you see the peels coming off.

Now remove the tomatoes and drop them in cold water. Let it sit for 2 mins or so. Now peel off the skin and take the tomatoes in a blender. Puree them smoothly.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add in the garlic and onions. Cook till it turns light golden.

Now add in the tomato puree and cook till it is cooked.

Add in ketchup and other ingredients except lemon juice and cook till oil separates from the mix.

Add lemon juice and mix well.Sauce done.

Meanwhile cook pasta in lots of boiling salted water till it is cooked. Drain and toss with the sauce.

Instead of tossing, you can serve some sauce over cooked pasta as well.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients for the sauce

First take some red ripe tomatoes

make a cross like this

drop them in hot boiling water and let them simmer for 2 mins

now you can see the peel started coming away

remove the tomatoes and drop them in cold water

let them sit for 2 mins

now you can peel off the skin straight away

Take the peeled tomatoes in a blender

puree finely

Heat olive oil in a kadai

Add in lots of chopped garlic

add in chopped onions

cook till it gets light golden

add in tomato puree

mix well and cook 

Add in some tomato ketchup

chilli powder

salt, sugar and pepper

some basil

and some italian seasoning cook till oil separates

add in lemon juice and turn off the heat

Now you can see the oil has separated from the mix

sauce done

Now cook pasta in lots of salted boiling water

drop macaroni in

cook till done

drain it

place some pasta in a plate

spoon some sauce over it

enjoy

You can mix them up and enjoy too..