Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe In Creamy Roasted Carrot Sauce
Creamy healthy sauce made from roasted bell peppers and carrot that is tossed with Penne to let your kids enjoy a Healthy meal for lunch. The sauce is luscious and has a bright orange tint that can go well with any kind of pasta too. Serve it along with fresh juice and a salad.
Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe Creamy Carrot Sauce is a wonderful way to use vegetables as a sauce for the Pasta. We often add them into our pasta and is sometimes left out by the kids.
But in this recipe the vegetables are well roasted and ground to make a delicious creamy sauce which will make the kids amazed to try this recipe. The sauce is luscious and has a bright orange tint that can go well with any kind of pasta too.
Serve the Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe along with a Light And Healthy Spinach Soup to make a delightful meal for kids.
If you are looking for more Pasta Recipes, here are some that you can try for your weeknight dinner:
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4 Servings
Ingredients
- 300 grams Del Monte Penne Rigate Pasta
- 3 sprig Basil leaves , for garnish
- 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese For the Sauce
- 2 Carrot (Gajjar) , chopped
- 1 Red Bell pepper (Capsicum) , chopped
- 1 Yellow Bell Pepper (Capsicum) , chopped
- 4 cloves Garlic , chopped
- 1/2 cup Milk
- Salt , to taste
- Olive Oil , for cooking
How to make Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe In Creamy Roasted Carrot Sauce
To begin making the Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe, we will first cook the Pasta and keep it aside.
*To Cook the Pasta:
Start by boiling the Del Monte Penne Rigate Pasta in hot water, keep a saucepan filled with water over a medium heat.
Drop in the Penne pasta and a pinch of salt and leave it to boil. Boil the pasta till it gets cooked until you get a biting consistency which is the al dente.
Strain the water from the cooked penne pasta and rinse it under cold water. Drain all the water and drizzle olive oil over the pasta so it does not stick to each other.
*To Make the Sauce:
To make the sauce heat a sauce pan with oil. Once the oil is warm, add garlic and let it saute for about 30 seconds.
After 30 seconds, add in the carrots, red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers and roast them well till it becomes soft.
Cool it down, and grind the vegetables in a mixer to a very smooth paste.
Heat a sauce pan, add the ground mixture and milk, whisk it well. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Leave it to thicken little.
Add the boiled pasta and coat the pasta well with the creamy vegetable sauce and check for seasoning again and adjust it according to your palate.
Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius to 10 minutes.
Add the Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe In Creamy Roasted Carrot Sauce into a baked ceramic pan and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of the pasta and bake it for 10 minutes until the cheese melts. Garnish it with basil leaves and serve.
Serve the Veggie Penne Pasta Recipe along with a Light And Healthy Spinach Soup to make a delightful meal for kids.
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