Pasta Belle Roma

For those who love pasta, this super easy dish is a saviour. Prepared in less than 30 minutes with just a handful of ingredients, Pasta Belle Roma is packed with flavours of onion, garlic, cherry tomatoes, leek, celery and basil. For pasta, we have used the fusilli variety here, however, you can use pasta of your choice like penne, macaroni and even spaghetti. To add more flavour to the pasta and make it richer, you can add grated cheese as well before serving. If you have kids at home, then you need to try this recipe for sure, as they will relish it like anything. You can make this recipe for parties and game nights, and everyone will love it for sure. Do try this recipe, rate it and let us know how it turned out to be by leaving a comment in the section below. Happy Cooking!Recipe by: Swapnadeep Mukherjee, Executive Chef, The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa

INGREDIENTS

200 gm pasta fusili

1 cup tomato ketchup

50 gm onion

20 gm garlic

20 gm leek

20 gm celery

20 gm basil

0 black pepper as required

0 salt as required

30 ml virgin olive oil

5 cherry tomatoes

How to make Pasta Belle Roma

Step 1

Boil water in a pot. Add 1/2 tbsp salt and add the pasta to it. Boil the pasta for 10-12 minutes. Once cooked, drain all the excess water and pour cold water on the pasta to stop the cooking process. Collect the cooked pasta in a colander.

Step 2

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, garlic, leeks and celery. Saute the ingredients for a minute.

Step 3

Add tomato sauce to the pan. Now add fresh basil leaves along with cherry tomatoes, cut in halves. Also add salt and black pepper powder at this step. Give a mix.

Step 4

Now add boiled pasta to the pan and give a good mix. Cook for two minutes more and switch off the flame.

Step 5

Your Pasta Belle Roma is now ready to be served. Garnish with cheese (optional) and enjoy!