Indian style Masala pasta is a spicy Indian style pasta with all the spice powders to jazz up the dish to suit our taste buds. Step by step detailed post.
I have tried masala pasta in Indian style twice before. Both times, I could not balance the taste so ended up as total flops. So after that I never dared to try that way. But off late been craving for a spicy, desi style pasta, so wanted to give it a try. And until I finished, I wasn’t sure about the taste. But it turned out perfect. So I should stick to this recipe for a while😁. I always have pasta in stock as I pack it for one day’s lunch box for Aj. Mostly he likes penne pasta. Then if he gets bored, he ask me to buy either fusilli or macaroni.
But few weeks back I found this farfalle aka bow-tie pasta at CPB fairprice. I have never bought that cute shaped pasta before so, quickly bought it and kept. I wanted to try something Italian with it, but I could not wait to try this masala pasta, so used it to make it. For this masala pasta, I would recommend these kind of shapes rather than the long spaghetti kind of pastas. This fits in perfect for lunch boxes or for dinner. Do try this and send in your pictures to [email protected] or as a message to my Rak’s kitchen page
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Indian style masala pasta recipe
Ingredients
- Pasta- 1 cup I used Farfalle
- Onion - 1
- Tomato - 1 large
- Garlic- 1 tbsp finely chopped
- Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
- chopped carrot - 2 tbsp
- Peas - 2 tbsp
- Chopped capsicum - ¼ cup
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
- Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
- Black pepper powder - ¼ tsp
- Kasoori methi - A pinch
- Any Italian seasoning - ½ tsp
- Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
- Salt - As needed
- Olive oil - 3 tbsp
- Jeera/ cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Instructions
- Boil 4 cups water and add the pasta, required salt. Cook for 10- 12 mins or as per the package instructions.
- Drain in a metal strainer, once the pasta is done. reserve ¼ cup water drained for later use. Boil water and keep the tomato immersed for a minute. Water should be really hot. Or you can also boil for a minute with the tomato.
- Take out the tomato, run through cold water, peel off the skin. This is called blanching. Grind coarsely.
- Heat a kadai with oil and temper with jeera. Do not let it burn, so do it in medium flame. Add garlic and give it a stir for half a minute.
- Add finely chopped onion and fry until transparent. Add the vegetables. Add required salt and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add pureed tomato, red chilli, garam masala, turmeric powders, kasoori methi, italian seasoning.
- Fry until the oil separates. May take a couple of minutes in medium flame. Add chopped capsicum lastly and fry for a minute.
- Add the cooked pasta. If the pasta is stuck to each other, add the reserved water to loosen it up. Stir well for a minute or two and lastly add black pepper powder and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Notes
- If you are an office goer, you can soak the pasta and when you are back from office, just boil water and add the pasta to it. Instantly, pasta gets cooked. But make sure not to over cook as there is more probability. This works only with best quality pasta. Low quality pasta or quick cook pasta gets dissolved when soaked.
- If making for kids, you can mix some butter along with olive oil.
- You can use vegetables of your choice. Like broccoli etc.
- Olive oil is good for health, so no need to be stingy in adding it.
Indian style masala pasta method:
- Boil 4 cups water and add the pasta, required salt. Cook for 10- 12 mins or as per the package instructions.
- Drain in a metal strainer, once the pasta is done. reserve ¼ cup water drained for later use. Boil water and keep the tomato immersed for a minute. Water should be really hot. Or you can also boil for a minute with the tomato.
- Take out the tomato, run through cold water, peel off the skin. This is called blanching. Grind coarsely.
- Heat a kadai with oil and temper with jeera. Do not let it burn, so do it in medium flame. Add garlic and give it a stir for half a minute.
- Add finely chopped onion and fry until transparent. Add the vegetables. Add required salt and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add pureed tomato, red chilli, garam masala, turmeric powders, kasoori methi, italian seasoning.
- Fry until the oil separates. May take a couple of minutes in medium flame. Add chopped capsicum lastly and fry for a minute.
- Add the cooked pasta. If the pasta is stuck to each other, add the reserved water to loosen it up. Stir well for a minute or two and lastly add black pepper powder and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Enjoy hot, perfectly jazzed up masala pasta, just to satisfy the Indian taste buds. Try for this winter.
Yummy..!! We Indians love every masaledar.. whether it is italian pasta or chinese noodles, we can make anything in our style.. 😉
yummy, so may spices and delicious!! love pastas this way!!
I too make the same way except for kauri methi!looks very tasty!
My mum does this version and I never get same taste even after few tries.. This version looks interesting too
wow..best Tea-time snack or breakfast!!! soaking pasta before time is the great tip!! thanks for sharing!
Lovely pasta. My all time favorite
Very colorful & interesting!!! Will definitely give it a try…. Btw u've mentioned the ingredients like turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala pow, Kasuri methi, Italian seasoning In your ingredients list but haven't mentioned then in the method, so r these optional ingredients? If not then at what stage do we add them? Thanks
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Tempting. .mouth watering dish.. I can't delay trying it..yummy pasta:)
Sorry updated now 🙂
Yummy Indo Italian dish to satisfy our cravings 🙂
YUM! masala pasta looks perfect and very inviting!
hahahahaha votta comment…loved it 😉
Nice
I am going to try first time pasta for that searching in google i was confused with many. This is quiet intersting from other. I am going to try this one…
Hi rak, u r t rock star… U always give me basic idea how to cook certain dishes… The pasta u given here, I made it with penne pasta.. And no olive oil and Italian seasoning.. But it was awesome… And I made it for first time.. And my in laws were like "yey divya".. And so much thanks to you..
Looks yummy Thanks for sharing
Hi rak
I tried it came out awesome yummy taste. Thanks for sharing
I just tried this recepie…awesome!!! Thank you:)
Delish! I added fresh mint and it really complimented the pasta!
Simple and full of vegetables and even spices all in one pasta….lovely recipe i am going to try it today…..thks for sharing your lovely recipe….
Thank you so much for sharing making it for Sunday breakfast
Tried this today and as with your other recipes this too tasted awesome and we loved it a lot:)thanks for providing such a delicious twist to the pasta
Yummy to see tis but if i try na its not coming like this.instant pasta mix is coming well.Can u give some tips to make it like instant pasta.
Cooked this masala pasta several times… My husband loves it… Thanks for the perfect recipe 🙂
Thankyou for your feedback 🙂 YOu can share your picture to my facebook page attached as a message or to [email protected], I have a tried tasted album to which I add these 🙂
What type of glass bowl are you using?
VISIONS corning ware, Akila
You haven't mentioned how much pasta (in gms)… So that it would easy for us to measure
I made this pasta for my kids and they loved it. Thanks RAKS for this amazing recipe.
Thanks a lot for the feedback 🙂
Mam can we make without Italian seasoning
Yes but it adds nice flavour
Excellent receipe..I added 1 cup finely chopped spinach and shredded panner..
We all enjoyed it..
Thanks for a wonderful twist
That’s a healthy add 🙂
Hi raks I made the masala pasta for lunch today. Very tasty thanks for a lovely recipe
Thank you 🙂