Creamy Eggless Spinach Pasta

Eggless Pasta

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Creamy Eggless Spinach Pasta


  • Author: Hina K Batra
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 50 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 min.
  • Yield: 4 1x

Description

Simply, a healthy protein-rich spinach-based pasta is made with garlic sauce, colorful veggies, and a few spices. Here’s a simple and delicious pasta recipe that you can make for lunch or dinner. 


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Ingredients

For the Pasta Dough

  • 150 grams fine semolina (suji)
  • 110 grams of whole wheat flour
  • Salt to taste
  • 140 ml water
  • 5 ml olive oil

For the sauce

  • 2 cups blanched & chopped spinach leaves
  • 1 tablespoon chopped onions
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 2 dried red chillies
  • 1 teaspoon garlic chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chopped green chillies
  • 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon mustard oil
  • 2 sliced red chillies
  • 1 tablespoon julienne ginger
  • 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

For the Pasta Dough

  • In a mixing bowl, add semolina, whole wheat flour, salt to taste, and olive oil.
  • Mix it using a stand mixer or using your fingertips until you get a breadcrumb-like texture. Add little water and knead to make a semi-hard dough.
  • Cover the dough with a clean kitchen cloth or keep it in a zip-lock plastic bag and let rest for at least 30-40 minutes.
  • Meantime, prepare the sauce.

For the Sauce

  • Heat a large sauté pan, add butter to melt, and then add mustard oil.
  • Add the cumin seeds & dried red chillies, wait to hear the crackle.
  • Add the chopped onions, and sauté for 5 minutes until the onion is translucent.
  • Then add garlic, ginger, and green chillies.
  • Cook for another 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant (make sure don’t burn it).
  • Add the blanched spinach and sauté for 3 minutes.
  • Now add the cream, and salt to taste. Simmer for about 3 minutes until thickened.
  • Put this mixture in a blender jar and blend until smooth with a sauce-like consistency.

How to make Pasta

  • Place the dough on a flat surface. Then roll out the dough to make thin sheets about 3 mm thick sheets with either a pasta maker or rolling pin. Make sure, it should be transparent enough. Cut the sheet into 4 cm (about 1-1/2 inch) strips and then cut into squares.
  • Place one square of pasta dough on a garganelli board.
  • Start rolling the sheet with mini rolling pin with one corner toward you to the other to make the ridged texture. Then roll the dough around the mini rolling pin and roll it back toward you. In the end, give a little pressure to seal it. You can use a much thinner round chopstick or a round pencil for a more ideal size as well.
  • Remove the garganelli from the rolling pin (or chopstick) and put it on a baking sheet covered with a dry towel to dry slightly for about 30 minutes. Similarly, prepare the pasta.
  • Add the pasta to salted boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes or 30 seconds to 1 minute. Stir to ensure it doesn’t clump (fresh pasta will cook much faster than dried pasta!)
  • Once cooked as per your liking, transfer the pasta from the water. Make sure to save at least 1 cup of the pasta remaining water.
  • Use the sauce as desired to the drained pasta and stir to coat well adding a little pasta water if needed to loosen the sauce and also add grated parmesan cheese to the hot pasta.
  • Enjoy

Notes

  • You can make this pasta recipe with any type of pasta like fettucini, bow, tie, spiral, etc too.
  • I have added blanched spinach for the sauce. If you want your sauce must have a chunky texture, then add fresh spinach, and chop them finely before adding it to the dish.
  • You can use a variety of vegetables to give nutritious flavor and a colorful look.
  • Additionally, add steamed vegetables like peas, broccoli, cauliflower, green bean, etc. These veggies not only add color and nutrition but also give this pasta a crunchy texture. So, you can use desired pasta and veggies.
  • You may also add other herbs like basil, and oregano to give some variations in this spinach pasta recipe.
  • Category: Main Course, Side dish
  • Cuisine: Italian

Keywords: Creamy spinach penne pasta with cream, Pasta in Spinach Cream Sauce, How to make Eggless Penne Pasta