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    Home » Salads & soups » Pasta Salad | How to make a Pasta Salad | Vegan

    Pasta Salad | How to make a Pasta Salad | Vegan

    Jul 7, 2020 · Modified: May 27, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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    Pasta salad, a quick and easy meal with boiled pasta and veggies of choice put together with minimal dressing.

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    Pasta salad in a bowl

    If you are following me in FB/instagram, you must have noticed that i m sharing a lot of salad pictures recently. Yes, we are including a salad everyday as part of our regular meal.

    I keep the dressing minimal and use just ACV, salt and pepper. If you don’t like ACV you can use lemon juice instead. Salads help us to eat fresh veggies as much as possible. Something very simple to include as part of our daily routine, that gives so much health benefits.

    About the Recipe

    Coming to todays recipe, who doesn’t love pasta? Both my kids love pasta, and because of them i learned to cook it properly. I can proudly say, i do have a winning pasta dish, Instant Pot Masala Pasta.

    Today’s pasta salad, is quick and easy recipe that can be made even by a kid. This recipe was shared by asiya omar ji, a fellow blogger who brought this pasta salad for one our bloggers meet. The salad was super hit and we immediately asked for the recipe, she too shared it with us.

    It is a very simple recipe, just cook pasta according to package instructions, add some fresh veggies and lentils, dress according to your preference and tadaaaa, it is done.

    The Ingredients

    • Pasta, i have used fusilli, you can use any medium pasta variety, you can use elbow pasta or even farfalle.
    • Vegetables, go ahead and be creative, i have used carrots and peas, cherry tomatoes in this salad recipe. You can also include cucumbers and bellpeppers too
    • Lentils/Legumes, i have used cooked ground nuts/peanuts in the salad, it is purely optional
    • Dressing, I have kept it simple with Olive oil. pepper and red chili powder.
    colorful salad

    Recipe

    Pasta Salad | How to make a Pasta Salad | Vegan

    Pasta salad, a quick and easy meal with boiled pasta and veggies of choice put together with minimal dressing.
    5 from 4 votes
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    Course: Appetizer, Salad, Snack
    Cuisine: Asian, fusion, Indian
    Keyword: Colorful pasta, colorful salad, How to make easy salad, How to make pasta salad, pasta recipe, quick and easy meal with pasta, Salad recipe
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Serving time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 3
    Calories:

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup fusilli pasta or elbow pasta or farfalle
    • ¼ cup frozen green peas
    • ¼ cup ground nuts
    • ¼ cup shredded carrots
    • 2 nos cherry tomatoes
    • salt to taste

    Seasonings Suggestions

    • Cajun spicemix
    • Red chilli powder
    • Blackpepper powder
    • Chili oil

    Instructions

    • Cook pasta according to the package instructions. Take care the pasta should be cooked al dente.
    • Cook peanuts with little salt, until soft. Drain the excess water and keep aside. Add Frozen peas to ½ cup of water and microwave high for 5 minutes.
    • Drain the excess water and keep aside. The drained water from all this can be used in soups or in rasam or any other gravies. 
    • Now let's put the salad together. In a large bowl, add pasta, the cooked peanuts and peas. Add shredded carrots. Add your desired seasoning as per your choice.
    • I have used 2 pinches of red chilli powder ,a pinch of pepper powder and salt. Drizzled olive oil on top. Garnished it with cherry tomatoes and serve.

    Notes

    • You can also add cucumbers, capsicum and onions to the salad. 
    • You can also use boiled chickpeas instead of peanuts. Or any other boiled beans instead of peanuts.
    • A tadka of fresh green chili can also be tried,  instead of other seasonings. 

    Disclaimer

    I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Varada's Kitchen

      November 03, 2015 at 4:36 pm

      Good to see you back. The addition of groundnuts sounds so good.

      Reply
    2. Priya Suresh

      November 03, 2015 at 7:01 pm

      Wow, you guys have a meet, fantastic Priya, hope u had super time with them.. Pasta salad looks prefect for me.

      Reply
    3. rajani

      November 03, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      My 18-55 would refuse to get into my hands I guess :D. But the other two are quite friendly with me :D. Anyway good to see you back!

      Reply
    4. Sowmya :)

      November 03, 2015 at 9:40 pm

      My fav kind of salads are pasta salads….yours look vibrant and wonderful!

      Reply
    5. cookingwithsapana

      November 03, 2015 at 10:54 pm

      Pasta salad looks wonderful.Boiled groundnuts must have given a nice taste.

      Reply
    6. Suma Gandlur

      November 03, 2015 at 11:14 pm

      What an interesting and colorful pasta salad!

      Reply
    7. Rafeeda AR

      November 04, 2015 at 5:11 am

      Hehe… I have only used my kit lens all this while, but ever since I got my 55 mm, I am playing with it more now… my 55-300 lens is safely sitting in my camera bag, maybe when we go outdoors next week, I may carry it with me just to check if it is still ready to cooperate with me… hehe… I also made this salad a couple of times, it was so sweet of her to get it… 🙂 Lovely pics as usual dear… 🙂

      Reply
    8. Jayashree

      November 04, 2015 at 5:16 am

      I like how you've added peanuts to your pasta salad.

      Reply
    9. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      November 04, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      Love the conversation between you and your lens. THis is such a flavorful salad and you have done a total justice by feeding this to the blog to bring it out of starvation 🙂

      Reply
    10. Srividhya

      November 04, 2015 at 3:45 pm

      I am big fan of these pasta salads. Keeps you filled.

      Reply
    11. Chef Mireille

      November 05, 2015 at 3:08 am

      so nice to get to meet blogger friends in person. like the addition of the nuts ..unique twist to pasta salad

      Reply
    12. Srivalli

      November 05, 2015 at 6:31 am

      I love these pasta salads though I never got around making it..thanks for sharing, I won't mind making it myself soon..its always fantastic meeting bloggers..

      Reply
    13. Pavani

      November 12, 2015 at 9:23 pm

      Wow meeting fellow blogger friends is always so much fun. That pasta salad is very innovative with boiled peanuts and the spices. Sounds delicious.

      Reply
    14. Harini R

      November 16, 2015 at 11:54 pm

      Boiled peanuts in a salad sounds so yumm. Been a while since I had them.

      Reply
    15. Shobha Keshwani

      June 07, 2020 at 1:12 pm

      5 stars
      Simple and healthy salad. I have never tried adding penuts in pasta salad. They must be tasting Yum.

      Reply
    16. Renu

      June 09, 2020 at 4:09 pm

      5 stars
      Interesting fusion I would say, the addition of green peas to a pasta is so different. Looks very colourful as well

      Reply
    17. Mayuri Patel

      June 10, 2020 at 5:28 pm

      5 stars
      Simple seasoning and addition of peanuts.. now that’s a perfect pasta salad to enjoy as a light meal. Would love to try using Sriracha powder as I don’t have cajun spicemix.
      Mayuri Patel recently posted…Eggless Pear Upside Down CakeMy Profile

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    18. Archana

      June 10, 2020 at 9:35 pm

      Wow, Priya I live the addition of peanuts n peas to pasta salad. The spice mix is awesome, must have been very tasty.
      Archana recently posted…Pound Cake the “High-Ratio” FormulaMy Profile

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    19. NARMADHA

      June 13, 2020 at 3:59 am

      5 stars
      Crunchy pasta salad is one of my favorite and looks too tempting. Love the idea of using cajun spice mix. Next time going to try this way.

      Reply

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