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Red sauce pasta | Kids snack recipe | Easy pasta recipe

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Now that my kids have grown ( 9 and 6 years), their food taste is evolving and they no longer want the same food everyday. Though dosa and idli tops the list anytime, for evening snacks, they want something different and unique.

My brain after becoming a mommy runs overtime 😀 and I keep scanning the supermarket seeing what else I can buy to cook a dish which they like. So in that pursuit, I bought pasta shells few months back which they had never tasted before. Made white sauce pasta with wheat flour and they did not like it as much.

So next I tried this red sauce pasta with fingers crossed and to my happiness, they loved it so much that now, I get requests for it to be made regularly. My son specially has become a huge lover of this pasta. Though I have limited it to once in a week as I know if they eat more than that, they will get bored of it, I honestly feel happy when they enjoy eating what I make at home..

This pasta recipe is super easy yet tastes heavenly. I am not a pasta fan but I love this one. So you can definitely try for a change. Hope you all love it too. Happy and healthy cooking ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: {Serves 2 to 3 people}

1 Cup = 240 ml

1 Cup Pasta shells of any shape you like

1 large Tomato

3 to 4 Garlic cloves

1 medium sized Onion

2 tsp Oil

2 tsp Butter

Red Chilli powder, to taste

1 tsp dried Oregano or mixed herb seasoning

1 Cheese slice or cheese cube

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

  1. Boil water with little salt and once it comes to a rolling boil, add pasta shells. Cook till it turns soft yet not fully cooked.

2. Now strain using a strainer and run tap water over it so that it stops the cooking process. Keep it aside.

3. Add garlic and chopped tomato in a mixer and grind to a paste. Don’t add water while grinding.

4. Now heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions. Fry till it turns translucent.

5. Add the tomato garlic paste along with red chilli powder and cook till the mixture leaves oil.

6. Now add butter, oregano and salt. Mix well.

7. Add cheese slice or cube and mix till the cheese melts. Adjust water consistency to make a thick sauce.

8. Add the cooked pasta and mix well, adjusting water consistency if necessary.

Red sauce pasta is ready! Serve hot and kids will love it..

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Notes:

  • I usually buy small sized pasta shells as it’s easy for the kids to eat. You can buy any pasta of your choice.
  • My kids love the red sauce pasta to be less liquidy. You can adjust the consistency as per your taste.
  • Red chilli powder, oregano and cheese can be adjusted to your taste too.
  • More snacks that I make for my kids:
  • Homemade Popcorn
  • Poha Vegetable Cutlet
  • Paneer Kathi Roll
  • Whole wheat Vegetable Pizza
Snacks

Homemade popcorn| Easy popcorn recipe from corn kernels

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Kids have gone to school today after many days of holidays due to semester break and then due to government holidays here in Qatar. What better to send in their tiffin than this favorite of theirs, popcorn. 😍

Two kids and three boxes, you may wonder! The third big box is for my daughter’s classmates who absolutely love the popcorn I make. So whenever I make popcorn for tiffin box, I send an extra box for the kids at school. Ashritha says, her friends come and finish it off in a jiffy. 😍

Cooking for others is my passion and kids are my love, so when kids eat what I cook, it’s sheer joy for me, which words can’t explain. ❤️

Woke up early this morning to take pictures too to share with all of you. Hope it’s helpful for atleast some of you. Happy and healthy cooking ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Makes 5 to 6 Cups of popcorn }

2 Tbsp Ghee or Oil

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

1/4 Cup Popcorn kernels

This is how we get it in Qatar

Step by step recipe:

  1. Heat 2 Tbsp Ghee or Oil in a pressure cooker.  You can also make in a thick bottomed pan. Add turmeric powder and salt.

2. Add the popcorn kernels and saute for few seconds.

3. Cover the pressure cooker lid without whistle, not tightly and leave just a little bit of space for steam to come out. Keep the flame on high.

4. Once popcorn starts popping, in a while, reduce the flame to medium or low and allow all the kernels to pop. You will know it’s done when you no longer can hear the popping sound. Now remove from flame.

5. Serve in bowls or add into tiffin boxes. Homemade popcorn is ready!

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Notes:

  • The last few kernels in the pressure cooker may be half popped or not popped properly. So make sure to check before giving to kids.
  • You can add either ghee or oil but I prefer ghee for my kids as they love the flavour.
  • 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels gives about 6 cups of popcorn. So when making less quantity, make sure to add only couple of spoons of kernels.
  • If you want to add more flavoring like cheese powder, chat masala or red chilli powder, sprinkle on top after popcorn is done when it’s still warm. Mix well.