Living in middle of cooking legends at my home failed to pressurize me and the chef in me woke up today. So I decided to make the yummiest Penne Arrabiata in the world and I felt super proud of it till I spoke to my sister. (Well, one of the other reasons was that eons ago, I bought the pasta box and if I had not acted sooner, it may have soon hit it's expiry date).
Anyway, I called up my sister to share my accomplishment and she went ROFLing over to say.."but didi..it's the easiest dish to make in the entire world".
(While I do agree with her,) I will still not let my sense of pride go down and hence am sharing the version of Penne Arrabiata.
Ingredients:
- 250 gm Penne (Al dente) - I used wholewheat penne
- 6 Tomatoes (medium size, blanched, roughly chopped)
- 3 Onions (Finally chopped)
- 1/2 Cup Tomato Puree
- 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 4 Cloves Garlic (can put 1-2 more too, if you really like garlic)
- 1 Tbsp Oregano
- 1 Tbsp Red Chilli Flakes
- 1 Tbsp Parsley
- Half cup Parsley leaves
- Salt (to taste, I used 1 or 2 Tbsp may be. Ok put whatever! )
Method
- Boil penne in plenty of boiling water with 2 Tbsp salt till al dente (I did that for approx 10 mins in the penne I had). Drain and set aside to cool.While it's getting cooled, you may want to add 1 Tsp of olive oil and toss very lightly so that the penne doesn't stick with each other
- Heat olive oil in pan. Put garlic and saute it for 30 secs
- Put red chilli flakes and onions (on medium heat). Cook till onions are translucent
- Keep the flame on medium heat. Put tomatoes, tomato puree, salt, oregano and parsley powder. Let this cook for 8-10 mins. Add parley leaves (save some for garnish). For fans of cheese,you can also add grated Parmesan cheese
- Add penne slowly and toss lightly.
- Remove from heat, add parsley leaves as garnish (and more Parmesan - actually you can add as much as you want) and serve hot!
