A simple baked pasta recipe which serves as the perfect dinner option, full of health and taste!
N, Ojas and I – all of us love pasta, and this is the simplest and frankly, the most delicious pasta recipe. This simple baked pasta recipe works well with almost all pastas. I have tried it with Frafalle, Penne, Fussili, Alphabet Pasta, the shells and it tastes well with everything. Of course, the colored alphabets pasta are Ojas’s favorite and we often end up buying those and making this pasta.
I usually take out my portion, spice it up with more chilli flakes and Tabasco sauce before baking the rest. I used cabbage, capsicum, carrot, baby corn, but you can use whatever vegetables you like. And if you like your vegetables crisp, just skip blanching them. I usually blanch my vegetables for Ojas.
Since, I was in a baking mode today, I made some yummy banana muffins courtesy the Baking Buddies. I ended up modifying her recipe a little. Instead of using maida completely, I used 3/4th whole wheat flour and 1/4th maida. I increased the eggs to two and the result was healthier and still yummy muffins.
I also experimented with bread the first time in life.. Again with Mandy’s recipe. but what a disaster it was! It is edible but doesn’t have the bread texture at all. My bread is shouting for help, Mandy. I feel there was some problem with the way I handled yeast or maybe, the yeast I bought was not good enough because the dough didn’t raise at all, even after keeping the dough for four hours!
It was definitely a day of baking for me, and I must admit I have fallen in love with the baking process. Who am I kidding? I have always loved baking and trying out these new recipes does give me a lot of satisfaction. So what, if the bread didn’t come out well, I will conquer that one day too!
A day for Baking
Ingredients
- 1 cup pasta (I use whole wheat/semolina)
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1 cup veggies chopped and blanched
- 1 onion chopped
- handful oregano thyme basil fresh or dried
- to taste salt and red chilli flakes
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp butter
Instructions
- Boil pasta as per instructions.
- Heat olive oil and butter in a pan.
- Add the herbs and onions and fry for 3-4 minutes. The onions won't really turn brown because of olive oil and butter.
- Add the veggies and stir fry for 3-6 minutes depending on whether you have blanched your veggies or not.
- Add salt and red chilli flakes.
- Fry for another 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer to a baking dish, sprinkle the grated cheese.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for about 5 mins till the cheese is nicely melted.
- Serve hot.
That pasta looks yumm…
You are on a roll. So many goodies and that too I see them on an empty stomach :(. I love the combination of colors in all the pic and how it’s making the post so colorful. And your header is beautiful.
Third! The pasta looks drool-worthy!
thanks aathira try it out its fairly simple too 😀
he he he
see mine wednesday’s and friday posts are fixed rest I guess I have gone mad… think I should slow down?
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thank u shilps
We shud hv come home for lunch! White magic ws nothing in front of Monu’s magic 😉
BTW lady, u hv awards waiting for u 😉 Pls collect them plsssssssss 🙂
I will definitely need to add exra chilli and tabasco to my portion 🙂 Am making it this evening, Daughter will love it too!!
My Daughter and Son are the newest bakers in the house so I will show them the Banana Muffins too. I only use whole wheat atta and saffola/mustard oil or olive oil Monika, my kids have never had cakes and rock buns (cookies) made from maida (when cooked at home) but never tried this with muffins! Def. going to try …!! Thanks!
Wow, Monika, Baking day sounds delicious! The pasta sound delish too! I will give this a try. I make something similar – but I don’t bake it – just a stir through pasta. Will try baking it like this next. Poohi and I love pasta – so we make it every so often 🙂
Banana muffins! I have to bake -have been trying to stay away from baking 🙁 Yesterday, Poohi wanted cake – so I baked a micro cake in a coffee cup – but it was nothing like the real thing 🙁
About your bread – it does look like a problem with the yeast – for me it rose very easily. The yeast I used needed to be activated in warm water/milk. But from what I have seen, there are some yeast that can be added directly without activating and some that need activating.. So it must be a yeast issue, I guess. Am sure it will turn out fine the next time.
i never bothered to note the names of diff pasta 🙂 .. I know them today, courtesy monu !
I love pasta too.. will try this after navmi..
he he I gave u guys offer too!!!!
hey will hop over for the awards… been running very busy but soooooooooooon I will come
IHM let me know if u liked it…. and i hope she likes it too
wow that shld be good , daughter and son baking for u 😉 ya me too usually make cookies with whole wheat only but muffins i tried for the first time
ya same here and plus the fact that in dishes like pasta and all veggies are easier to get inside… try the bake
me is baking but not eating… but i did give in for a small bite of muffin though…
u think so abt the bread na… let me do some research and try again
he he I am fascinated by Pasta’s dear… I keep buying all shapes and then reading on them
The pasta looks yummmmmmy… I’ll definitely try this one out… Thanks for sharing the recipe…
yummy!
Ooh nice recipes..I just made Whole wheat Banana Bread day before ..next time I’ll try your muffins recipe..
Aas for the bread, I think yeast must be the problem. When I used to bake back in India I also used to face the same problem with dry yeast.
I finally went to a small local bakery and bought yeast from them , wrapped it into small portions and froze them. That way they kept for some time too.
http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/ this is a good site for whole wheat baking recipes.
and oh by the way…its me avanti 🙂 commented by mistake from Neerajs login..
The pasta looks absolutely delicious….lip smacking…am going to do it for my girls right now !!! 🙂
And those yummy muffins – you used atta more and maida less – thats a gud try – I shld also do that !!!! Atta is better than the refined maida !!!! 🙂
wow welcome to the club… we shld all form a group where we can exchange recipe and tips
oh that sounds like a good idea…. let me try it out…
hey will check out the site and thanks for telling I was wondering wow two bakers in the same house 😉
ya I abs hate maida try to use it as less as possible
Love this header !!! 🙂
So colourful !!!1
Header is lovely Monu!! 🙂
And the pasta looks delicious. Can I use the microwave for this?
And baking – yummy!
The cookies were delicious the other day! 🙂 🙂
I wish I had taken a couple more of them!! 😉
Hugs!!
Fantastic Header… !!!! I will have my pics loaded once I am back !!!!! 😀 😀 😀
Wow… new recipes !!!! and again items that sound yum to me… !!!! 😀 😀
hey Mon! sexy looking pasta there.. dont worry too much about the bread… it takes a while to get it right.. sent u a mail…. check it out. 🙂
btw, i have always wanted to try cakes/muffins with atta.. never had the guts.. it turns out ok na?
Yum! I am all for baking! I am going to try these out. Especially the banana muffins. Awesome!
Any left overs? Can I drop by!?!?
Am so impressed with your baking skills!
Do u have any recipies for pasta sauce? They like it soaked in sauce in my house (goosh included!) and my sauces turn out terrible. So afar the best sauce I made was outta a packet – Maggi Rich Tomato Soup! 🙂
Gee, never thought I could bake pasta too. Will try 🙂
Have never baked muffins….should experiment I guess. These look awesome 😀
Yummyyyyyy!!! Love pasta too 🙂 Let me try this one out! 🙂
oh my the header pic is beautiful…and we love pasta too, i try to make it atleast once in a week…
thanks… in the spirit of dandiya
thanks dear i think microwave shld be ok…
i told u take more now they are over 😉 will call u next time I make some
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he he I know u will come with a whole lot of them… meis turning totally green
he he do try and let me know if u liked them
yes got it!!! thanks dear
oh yes they were yummy made 12 of them and got over the same day 😉
let me know if u liked them
sadly its over… will call u next time I make something… or may be u come and I will make something 😀
here is one http://monikamanchanda.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/pasta-with-sun-dried-tomatoes/
i also make arabatia a lot and for ojas pasta with white sauce… let me see if i can post them or i will mail them to u
wow i would be very happy if i could tempt u into try baking 😉 go for it girl
let me know if u liked it
thanks dear…. same here
sure. thanks!
i said na i will try this.. went to buy cheddar cheese yday and there were around 15 kinds of cheddar cheese.. I missed having your no. to call u right there n find which one do u use for that taste u so dearly love.
I just bought one randomly.. it tastes fine and will use in pasta soon..
right now i feel like doing a research online on cheddar cheese. The supermarkets here are only good to confuse me
LOL I know when I go to the cheese counter of the super market I feel the same, I usually buy the simplest britannia cheddar cheese for this and the other fancier varieties for special occasions or to have with wine…
hey do that and share the results it would be good
BAKING!!!!!
😀 i have an off today monu, and am planning to bake! its been such a looong while!!!
that pasta sure looks yummmm! and co-incidence! me made it for breakfast 😀 😀 😀
no cheese tho 😐
i made fusilli with bell peppersa and baby corn, and only seasoned it with parsley and oregano… and made white sauce for it 😀
damn! i shud have clicked!! 😛 if bakin goes well, will click it! 😀 😀
those banana mufins from baking buddies me also tried! i will give ur atta version a go! like mandy, me too didn’t have guts to have a go with wheat! but they look yummmm!!!
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hugssssssssss!
Drool baby Drool! Me likes Pasta. Easy and yum!