Oriental Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is welcome change from traditional pasta dishes,easy to makeand a super-hit with all- especially kids.
Ingredients
• Diced Celery – ½ cup
• Diced Green Pepper – ½ cup
• Diced Red Pepper – ½ cup
• Boiled Sweet Corn – ½ cup
• Boiled Green Peas – ½ cup
• Shredded Spinach – 1 cup
• Diced Olives – ½ cup
• Diced Cherry Tomatoes – ½ cup
• Any pasta – 2 cups
• Sesame Oil – 1 to 2 tspn
• Salt – to taste
For Dressing:
• Soy Sauce – 1 tblspn
• Soy Sauce– 1 tblspn
• Honey – 1 tblspn
• Sesame Oil – 3 tblspn
• Red Chili Paste/Cayenne Pepper – 1/2 tspn
• Salt – to taste
Preparation
1. Boil pasta as per packet instructions. Drain and keep aside.
2. Mean while heat sesame oil in a frying pan. When sufficientlyhot add diced celery, red and green peppers and sauté for a minute. Now add theboiled corn and peas and mix well. Finally fold in the tomatoes spinach,olives and salt and mix well. Remove from heat and keep aside.
3. Add all the dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk to mixwell. You can altar the amount of chili and honey to suite your taste.
4. In a large mixing bowl add the cooked pasta to the veggies anddrizzle enough dressing to coat the pasta completely. Mix well. Let standfor an hour before serving.
Serves
4-5
By Dipti Naik
