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Some days ago, I had made some pasta
I had posted it's picture on community
all the people were asking for the recipe
so today's pasta recipe is specially for you all
Children especially love pasta, so definitely try this recipe!
it needs less ingredients and is very easy to prepare
finely chop a big onion
10-12 peeled garlic cloves
these are big garlic cloves
but if you have small cloves, you can take more of them for this dish
instead of beating it like usual, chop it finely for the pasta
now let's add some capsicum
if you cut vertical pieces, kids separate them out from the pasta 
but if you cut it into small pieces, it will be eaten by everyone easily
not a lot but I am adding half of the capsicum in this
now take 4 big tomatoes
the tomatoes should be ripe, bright red and pulpy
so that the sauce gets a beautiful colour and you can make a lot of it
let's grate the tomatoes
cut them into two pieces first
and then grate them like this
the point of cutting them first is that, one- the peel can be kept separate and it won't get grated,
and secondly, when we usually crush these grated tomatoes in a mixer it becomes thick and uneven
but due to this step, we get a nice and smooth textured sauce
so don't take the peel
if possible you can gently separate out even the seeds like this
if some seeds remain it's okay
so all the tomatoes are grated
now for the pasta sauce, the other ingredients that we need are,
3-4 spoons of tomato ketchup
a tablespoon of kashmiri or bedgi chilly powder
a tablespoon of maida or all purpose flour
and an important ingredient is the mixed herbs, without which the pasta can't be complete
but if you have any ready made pasta masalas at home, you can use them instead
since these mixed herbs have chilly flakes in them, I won't be adding more chilly flakes to the pasta separately
If possible, use olive oil while preparing the pasta as it gives a nice flavour to it!
but if not, you can just use the normal, usual cooking oil that you have
pour some olive oil in a pan
usually we heat the oil before preparing the tadka
but here we won't be heating the oil that much
when it becomes warm, add the chopped garlic immediately
see how the temperature of the oil is less than usual
keep the flame from medium to low
stir a bit but don't wait for the garlic to turn pink
immmediately add the onion
even while frying the onion, keep the flame low
so that it won't be fried completely but will be cooked enough
don't let it turn too reddish pink
see how opaque this onion looks
add the maida in this
due to the maida, the sauce gets a nice thick texture
and the tomato and water doesn't get separated
after 2-3 minutes, when the onion cooks, add the capsicum 
stir-fry the capsicum with the onion properly
don't cook it too much and too soft, keep it crunchy
just that it should not be raw
now add the bedgi or kashmiri chilly powder 
add some salt to taste
add the chilly powder before adding the tomatoes
so that the colour would be deepened 
now add the grated tomatoes 
now add a bit of sugar just to lower the sourness of the tomatoes
we are anyway going to add the ready-made tomato ketchup later
the ketchup is already sweet so add very little sugar right now
the sauce shouldn't become sweet in taste
now let this pasta sauce cook on a low flame
stir it from time to time
some other vegetables like,
red and yellow capsicums,
babycorn, mushrooms or broccoli
these can also be added in the pasta if you like 
till the sauce is cooking, let's cook the pasta
you get different shaped pastas in the market
I have taken this spiral fusilli pasta
behind the packet, you'll get all the instructions about how much water to use and how much time it will take to cook; do it accordingly
I have taken 1 litre of water here
and I am going to add some more water in it
some salt
don't add oil
when the water comes to boil, add the pasta
let the pasta cook on a medium flame
not continuously, but stir from time to time
do keep an eye on the sauce that is cooking on the other flame
you can prepare the sauce beforehand
the packet said that the pasta cooks in about 10-12 minutes
so yes, our pasta is cooked in about 10 minutes
eat and check once if there is any rawness remaining in the inside of the pasta
don't cook it too much
or else it will break while stirring 
take it out in a sieve
pour cold water on it
so that it won't keep cooking on the inside
and it wouldn't become too soft 
remember that it breaks if it cooks too much
it remains non-sticky and dry like this
I haven't poured any oil on it
because the pasta does not get nicely blended and dipped in the sauce due to the oil
our pasta sauce is also ready
if you feel that the sauce is too thick, you can add some water
add the mixed herbs
these herbs are basically parsley, basil and oregano dried and crushed together
it really gives an amazing flavour to the pasta
sprinkle it according to your preference of taste
since it already contains chilly flakes, it gives a nice spicy flavour to the sauce
now add the 3-4 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
it is sweet in taste so keep that in mind while adding
now let's add the cooked pasta
very gently stir and mix the pasta with the sauce while making sure that the pasta doesn't break
If you want to add cheese you can grate it and sprinkle it right now. I am going to add it later.
Steaming hot pasta is ready to eat!
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sprinkle some grated cheese now
also garnish it with some mixed herbs 
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