Treat Your Tastebuds With Makhni Pasta
Here’s a super easy and fun recipe of blending Italian pasta with Indian desi flavours and merging it to form a super tasty recipe of Makhni pasta. Take a look at the recipe here.
Imagine merging your Italian and Indian food cravings together. Doesn’t it seem like a good idea? Imagine your old favourite pasta in a super tangy and desi sauce that will not only treat your tastebuds, but also create a burst of flavours in your mouth.
Ingredients:
For Makhani Sauce:
- Tomatoes, Diced – 5 cups
- Cashew – 12 nos
- Ginger – 1 small piece
- Onion, Diced – ½ cup
- Green chillies – 3 nos
- Green Cardamom – 3 nos
- Garlic – 8 cloves
- Kashmiri Mirch Powder – 1 tbsp
- Butter – 2 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Water – 1 cup
For Finishing:
- Butter – 2tbsp
- Green chillies – 1 no
- Ginger, Chopped – 1 tsp
- Fenugreek leaves powder – 1 big pinch
- Sugar/Honey – ½ tsp
- Coriander, Chopped – 1 tbsp
- Cream – 3-4tbsp
- Mozzarella, cubes – ½ cup
For Boiling Pasta:
- Penne – 2 cups
- Salt – 1 tbsp
- Water – 1lt
Method:
- In a pressure cooker, add tomatoes, a handful of cashew nuts, some ginger along with roughly diced onions, green chillies, green cardamom, garlic, kashmiri chilli powder, butter and salt. Pour water into it and close the lid.
- Cook it together for one whistle and then continue to cook it in low flame for two more whistles or at least till the tomatoes are mashed.
- Once the tomatoes are properly cooked, grind it with a hand blender and pass it through a sieve to remove any seed.
- In a pan, add some butter, some green chillies, some chopped ginger and sweat it together.
- Add the freshly prepared Makhni sauce to it and bring it to a boil and cook for 3 to 4 minutes in low flame.
- Separately add pasta to a pan, add water and salt and cook as per the instructions given on the packaging.
- Drain the pasta and add it to the Makhni sauce.
- Add some dried fenugreek leaves, coriander leaves and some fresh cream to the mixture.
- After adjusting the seasoning and balance, place the pasta in a bowl and garnish with grated cheese. Serve hot.
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