Spinach tomato pasta | Easy pasta recipes

Spinach tomato pasta

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins |Serves: 2

     Spaghetti pasta  a small bunch
     Oil  1 tbslp
     Garlic   3 cloves
     Cherry tomato  4
     Baby spinach  1 cup *
     Tomato puree  2 tblsp
      Fresh cream  2 tblsp
      Salt as needed
      Olives  4-5 (optional)
      Birds eye red chili  1/2 or red chili flakes  1 tsp  
    *I used 1 cup of baby spinach but felt it is less, you can add 2 cups of baby spinach.
If using normal spinach, you can add 2 cups finely chopped Indian palak too. 
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Method:

• • Cook the spaghetti with enough water and little salt and few drops of oil.

• Soaking the spaghetti for 10 minutes makes it very soft and cooks quickly.
• Drain the water and keep it aside. Reserve 1/4 cup of the cooked water aside. We will need it later.

• Chop the garlic finely. Half the cherry tomaotes. You can use normal tomatoes too. If using normal tomatoes use 1/2 tomato. Chop them into slightly big pieces.
• In a pan add 1 tblsp of oil and add chopped garlic and the red chili. If using red chili  flakes add in the later.
• Cook for few seconds and add in the cherry tomatoes. Half the tomato and add  it to the pan.

• Cook for a minute and add in the olives. I added whole pitted olives.
• Add in the tomato puree and fresh cream.

• Cook for a minute.

• Add in the washed baby spinach. The spinach gets cooked in few minutes.

• Add the reserved cooked pasta water to this.
• Mix well. If adding chili flakes add at this stage.

• Once the sauce starts boiling add the cooked spaghetti.
• Mix well gently and evenly to get the sauce coated well on the spaghetti.

• If you want to add some grated cheese you can add now.
• Switch off the flame.
• Serve hot.