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Whenever we go to Pasta Mania we have few options for vegetarians and one among them is this Simple Agilo Olio pasta . I wanted to try this agilo olio pasta , a simple vegetarian pasta recipe at home for a long time and finally made few days back. Let us see how to make Agilo Olio Pasta recipe also called as Spaghetti Aglio e Olio .

INGREDIENTS: SERVES 2

METHOD:

• Cook the  spaghetti pasta with 4 cups of water by adding enough salt to this pasta.
• Do not add oil to this while cooking.
• Once cooked drain the excess water and run the pasta through cold water.

• Chop the garlic into thin roundels.

• If using fresh red chilli finely chop this finely.
• Roast the bread crumbs in a pan till golden brown . Be careful not to get it burnt.

• In a pan, add olive oil and when the oil is hot lower the flame and add the Garlic. If adding fresh red chilli add it now.
• Toss the garlic gently in the oil without burning it. Do not change the colour of the red chilli.
• Then add the cooked spaghetti and toss it gently.
• Add the red chilli flakes (if using red chilli flakes) and bread crumbs too.

• Mix it gently and put off the flame.

• If you want you can add fresh parsley for garnishing.

Note:

1. Bread crumbs give a crunchy taste to the pasta. But if you do not have in hand, feel free to skip this.

Pasta is a most welcoming dish at my home and i generally make it with Home made Sauce and usually pack it for kids lunch box or sometimes for weeknight Dinner too. Usually i make pasta in  this way but my kiddos love the pasta in white sauce too. Most of the times i make it either for lunch box or dinner and i couldn’t click the pictures, but two days back i made Penne pasta in White sauce and gave them for evening tiffin after they are back from school. Normally i try to include little bit of veggies in this as they will not fuss eating veggies if i put them in pasta.

For Recipe of white sauce pasta click Here.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 3 )

METHOD:

• Chop the veggies finely (i used carrot,green peas, corn and broccoli)
• Boil the veggies in little water by adding little salt to this.
• Do not over cook, let the veggies be crunchy.

• Cook the pasta as per the instructions by adding salt and few drops of olive oil.
• Drain the water and run the pasta thro cold water.

• In a sauce pan, add oil and add the capsicum and saute for a minute.

• Add the veggies to this and saute for few seconds and add the oregano and pepper powder.

• Add the white sauce to this and mix well.
• Let this boil for a minute.

• Add the cooked pasta to this and give it a nice stir gently.
• After 2 minutes switch off the flame.

• Serve it hot by sprinkling little parmesan cheese on the top .( i didn’t have cheese in hand , so i didn’t add)

Note:

1. You can soak the pasta in water for 10 minutes before cooking which will ensure easy and fast cooking.
2. You can veggies of your own choice.
3. You can add red chilli flakes to this while serving if you want this little spicy.