Tropical- Mediterranean Vegan Food

Mango Broccoli Veggie Pasta — An Indo-Italian Fusion!

Made in Italy, savored with the taste of Indian Curry

Pasta ready to serve. Photo courtesy: Priyadarshi Ranjan

I was blessed to have tried and tasted different types of Pasta. I even have tried homemade “nonna(grandmother in Italian) Pasta”. They are all delicious and one of my favorites is the oily pasta(recipe will be shared some other time). Nowadays, different kinds of pasta (pay attention they all have different names) are available in Indian supermarkets.

For quite some time, I am perfecting the art of making yummy pasta with veggies and I have found a mouth-watering recipe for you to savor this summer.

Mango Broccoli Veggie Pasta

Ingredients (four serving):

• Farfalle Pasta: 300 g
• Ghee/ olive oil: 2 and quarter teaspoons
• Broccoli: 200 g
• Beans: 100 g
• Green Mango: ½ (minced)
• Carrots: 1 (chopped)
• Capsicum/ Pepper: 4 (chopped)
• Tomato: 5 (blended)
• Black cardamom: 1
• Bay leaf: 1
• Black pepper: 3–4
• Clove: 1
• Curry leaflets: 10
• Mint leaflets: 10
• Green coriander leaves: 5–10
• Asafetida: a pinch of
• Salt: according to taste
• Turmeric: ½ teaspoon
• Green chili: 1
• Garam masala powder: 1/3 teaspoon
• Cumin powder: ½ teaspoon
• Chat Masala: ½ teaspoon

Preparation:

• Boil half liter water. To it add a quarter teaspoon (olive oil/ghee) and a teaspoon of salt. Add the Farfalle Pasta to the boiling water and boil on a medium flame for 13 mins. Then, discard the water in a pot
• Add two teaspoons olive oil/ghee in a pre-heated pot and add black cardamom, clove, bay leaf, black pepper, green chili, curry leaves, and asafoetida
• Now, add beans and pepper
• After sometime, add carrot and broccoli
• Once the veggies are a bit fried add salt, turmeric, cumin powder, and garam masala
• After a min or two, add the tomato paste
• Cook till all the veggies semi-cooked and add the pasta and mix it well
• Add some of the water left from the pasta to make the curry
• Garnish with coriander leaves, mint leaves, minced green mango, and chat masala
• Ready to serve

Bone Appetit!