Recipe- Pasta Salad

Pasta Salad

Ingredients
Pasta 1 cup
Broccoli 1 medium flower 
Mushroom 2 cups
Capsicum 1 small
Baby Carrot 1 cup
Olives 2 tbsp
Garlic Sauce 2 tsp
Red Chilli Flakes 2 tsp
Crushed Black pepper 1 tsp
Chilli Vinegar Seasoning 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp or as per taste
Olive Oil 2 tbsp 

Method

• Boil the pasta in a salty water, wash with cold water and apply 2 tsp olive oil. Keep aside (Fig 1).
• Wash and cut broccoli in medium size flowers. 
• Take broccoli in a microwave safe bowl fill with water and add a pinch of salt.
• Microwave for 2 minutes.
• Drain broccoli and keep aside.
• Wash and cut mushrooms lengthwise and keep aside.
• Wash and cut capsicum lengthwise and keep aside.
• Wash and cut baby carrot in to 4 lengthwise. Take in a microwave safe bowl fill with water and add a pinch of salt. 
• Microwave for 2 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
• Roughly chop olives and keep aside.
• Now In a large pan take 1 tbsp of olive oil and heat on high flame.
• Add broccoli and toss for a minute.
• Add baby carrot and toss for few minutes.
• Add mushrooms and capsicum, toss well.
• Partially cover the pan and let the vegetables cook for 2-3 minutes (Fig 2).
• Now add 1 tsp red chili flakes, salt and pepper. Toss well.
• Now add pasta, 1 tsp chili flakes, chili Vinegar Seasoning and garlic sauce (Fig 3). 
• Toss well on high flame.
• Switch off the flame and cover the pan for 2-3 minutes.
• Serve hot.

Tips

You may use your choice of vegetables.

If you do not have Chilli Vinegar Seasoning, add some chilli and mixed hurbs to some vinegar and use it.

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