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.
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.