Recipe- Healthy To Eat Beetroot Pasta

Beetroot Pasta is a quick, healthy and nutritious way to include pasta along with cheese, topping and seasoning. Beetroot Pasta was new to me until I saw it in Nadiyas cooking show in Netflix. It was the quickest pasta recipe I had ever seen so I thought should give this a try. I did tweak the recipe a bit to suit our taste still it turned out so delicious that mittu wanted me to make this often.

Ingredients

1.5 cups fusili pasta
4 cups water
salt to taste

For beetroot sauce:

1 small sized beetroot
2 nos red chilli
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
salt to taste

Seasoning & Topping:

cheese
lemon juice
mixed herbs
spring onion

Method

- To begin with first add water.

- Boil well add salt and few drops of oil.

- Add pasta. I used wheat pasta.

- Cook well.It takes atleast 7-10 mins to cook, depends on pasta variety too.

- Keep an eye and keep checking.

- Check by cutting it with a spoon.If it cuts through easily then pasta is done.Switch off.

- Drain immediately. Rinse with cold water to prevent from further cooking. Set aside.

- Pressure cook beetroot along with little water for 3-4 whistles. Reserve the water and set aside.Cool down.

- Add it to blender along with red chillies, garlic and olive oil.

- Add reserved beets cooked water little by little and blend it to a smooth puree. That's it beetroot pasta sauce ready.

- Add this to cooked pasta

- Mix it well.

- Transfer to serving plate, sprinkle cheese, mixed herbs or oregano, add a dash of lemon juice along with a sprinkle of spring onion. Enjoy Beetroot Pasta!!