Thursday, May 28, 2009

Peperonata: Pasta in Sugary-Peppery Sauce

Once upon a time, the name pasta was enough for me to skip the office party, as I used to hate it. May be I never felt like giving a try because of the ‘not so usual’ shapes of pasta & also because I tasted it at a wrong place first time. My first experience with pasta was in one of the restaurants in Central Mall, MG Road, Bangalore. It was pathetic. After that, I avoided all pasta parties. I repent my decision now after tasting delicious pastas here. I see a whole lot of change in myself within a year. I have not only started eating pastas, but started experimenting at home too.

All food bloggers love to blog hop. I’m not an exception to that; however my blog hopping is limited. My hubby takes control over my blog hopping & does not let me do it for more than 10 minutes. So, I always forget to bookmark the wonderful dishes that I dream to cook someday. One such recipe that I wanted to try from sometime was this pepperanata. I found this simple & delicious recipe at Madhuram’s place. I made few modifications to suit my needs & cooked it couple of weeks before. The sugary-peppery sauce with cheese makes you crave for third & fourth helping too. Thanks a lot for the nice recipe Madhuram.




Ingredients: (Serves 3)
Pasta: 250gms (I used whole wheat penne)
Yellow capsicum: 1 cup (cut into strips)
Green capsicum: 1cup (cut into strips)
Onion: 1 medium to big sized (sliced)
Green chilli: 2 nos (slit into 2)(Original recipe didnot have this)
Garlic: 4 pods (minced & finely chopped)
Sugar: 1 tbsp
Salt: According to taste
Pepper powder: 1tbsp
Parmesan cheese: 4 tbsp
Tomato: 2 nos (discard seeds, pulp & cut into strips) (Original Recipe didnot have this)
Water: 1/4th cup
Pasta Herbs: 1 tbsp
Olive Oil: 2 tbsp





Method:
  • Cook the pasta until soft by following the package instructions.
  • Add oil & salt while cooking. Drain the water & preserve some water to be used while sautéing the vegetables.
  • Heat a broad pan, add oil to it. When oil is hot, add minced garlic, and fry till it turns golden brown.
  • Add, onion, capsicum, water & cook it on a high flame for 2-3 minutes.
  • Reduce the flame, add sugar, pasta herbs & cook the capsicum, onions on a medium to low flame for 10-15 minutes.
  • Throw in the tomatoes & cook again on high flame for 1 minute only.
  • Add cooked pasta, salt, pepper powder, cheese & toss them well. Serve it hot/warm with a bread of your choice.

PS:
  • If available, use cherry tomatoes instead of tomato strips.
  • I followed Madhuram’s suggestion & did not skip the sugar. She was right, addition of sugar takes this pasta to a different level altogether.
  • I strongly recommend you to add cheese (this was not in the original recipe) as it blends quite well with the “sugary-peppery” sauce. However, you can be flexible on the quantity of cheese.

Update: Goes to MFT:Cheese hosted by Poornima Nair of tasty treats & started by Bindiya.

15 comments:

  1. Delicious pasta dish..i too add sugar in my tomato pasta sauce..love the taste of tangy and sweet together :)

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  2. pasta looks delicious Sush. Love the photo

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  3. Oh wow colorful and yum........

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  4. I love pasta, there are very few varities I like, I mostly dislike those bland ones ..

    This one is yumm

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  5. Lovely pasta Sush....looks very tempting...

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  6. This is one tangy, spicy and sweet pasta with delicious combo

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  7. wow! [ics r awsome ...camera change madidra ? lovely shots /.hey this pasta looks great

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  8. Wha? You don't like pasta? Like J!!! I am just the opposite love pasta in anyform-lasgna, ravioli you name it I can have it!! This looks interesting!

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  9. hey sushma,
    pasta with bell peppers and tomatoes are super simple and yummy, nice click. I agree adding sugar elevates the taste quite a bit:) yeshtu chenngi explain madtiri kanri ...nangu pasta madbeku anistide...bahushyah nale madtene friday alwa ;)
    My hugs and kisses to ur kiddo!
    be happy, tc

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  10. I love pasta! this looks so delicious and tempting Sushma!

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  11. Guess my first time here...pasta looks wonderful.I agree adding sugar makes a difference.Nice recipe!

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  12. @Paritha, Trupti, Kitchen Flavors, Sowmya,
    Thanks a lot for your kind words.

    @Deesha,
    Same pinch, even I donot like the bland ones.

    @Prathibha, Purva Desai,
    Thanks a lot.

    @Mangala Bhat,
    illa ri, camera change madilla.., same old camera, but now my hubby started clicking the snaps for me :)

    @Vincent,
    Thanks a lot for visiting, I'll add my site soon :)

    @Suparna,
    dhanyavadagalu ri..,khanditha madi, hegittu antha heli aitha? andahage neevu eega yellirodu?

    @Uma,
    Thank you.

    @Nithya Praveen,
    Welcome to my blog, thanks a lot for your kind words. Do keep visiting.

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  13. Hi Sush, thank you for trying the recipe. I'm going to try it with cheese the next time.

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  14. Looks DELICIOUS!! Thanks for the recipe!

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