Pasta made in Pressure Cooker
Pressure cooker Pasta, is a quick, easy and delicious one pot meal. Fresh pureed tomatoes , veggies and spices are cooked with dry pasta in a pressure cooker. Perfect dish to make for those busy week day dinners.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry pasta ( I used rotini)
- 4 medium Tomato, pureed in a mixer
- ½ cup green beans
- ⅓ cups carrots
- 1 small shallot, finely chopped
or onion - ¼ cup cheese or to taste
- ½ tsp red chilly flakes or to taste
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- ½ tsp sugar
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Finely chop the onion, garlic, green beans and carrot. Set a side.
- Wash the tomatoes and puree them in a mixer.
- In a pressure cooker, add the olive oil.When the oil gets hot, add the onion and cook for till soft, about three minutes.
- Now add the crushed garlic and saute for 30 seconds.
- Add the green beans and carrot. Saute for two to three minutes.
- Add the chilly flakes, Italian seasoning and black pepper. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Now add the fresh tomato puree, salt and sugar. Cook the whole mixture for three to four minutes.
- add dry pasta and two cups of water in to the cooker.
- Mix well and close the lid and put the whistle.
- Pressure cook the pasta in medium flame for two whistles
- Wait until the steam releases naturally.
- Give a mix and add the grated cheese and fresh parsley. Combine well and cook for another five minutes. Adjust the seasoning and serve with extra cheese.