Homemade Easy Red Sauce Pasta or Pasta in Quick Tomato Sauce is Continental food recipes. It is very tasty and yummy dish and very easy to make. Here are some simple methods to make it with less time.

Ingredients

• 2 cups penne or macroni or any other shape pasta
• 1 medium green or yellow capsicum – cut into thin strips
• 1 medium tomato – cut into 4 pieces and remove pulp, cut into strips
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp crushed garlic (Lasun)
• 1 tbsp ready-made tomato puree
• a few black olives
• 1/2 tbsp pepper
• 2 tbsp salt
• 3/4 tbsp oregano or mixed herbs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup cream or milk
• basil leaves

Method

• To prepare this homemade easy pasta in quick tomato sauce, microwave covered 6 cups water, 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp salt for 10 minutes.
• Add pasta.
• Microwave for  4 minutes.
• Stir once in between. Let it stand in hot water for 2-3 minutes till soft.
• Strain.
• Sprinkle 1 tbsp olive oil on the pasta.
• Microwave 2 tbsp oil, crushed garlic, capsicum, ready-made tomato puree, pepper, oregano and salt for 6 minutes.
• Add boiled pasta, mix well.
• Keep aside still serving time.
• To serve, add tomato, cream or milk and water to the pasta.
• Mix well.
• Microwave for 3 minutes.
• Now, add olives.
• Check salt and pepper.
• Garnish it with basil leaves.
• Serve hot.

Another Method to Prepare Red Sauce Pasta

 Ingredients

• 2 cups pasta
• 1 medium green or yellow capsicum – cut into thin strips
• 1 medium onion cut into thin strips
• 3 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tbsp pepper
• 2-3 tbsp ready-made tomato puree
• 3 cup water
• 3/4 oregano
• 1 medium tomato – cut into 4 pieces and remove pulp, cut into strips

Method

• To prepare this homemade easy pasta in quick tomato sauce, boil pasta in 3 cup water, 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp salt.
• Boiled it until pasta became soft. Strain.
• Sprinkle 1 tbsp oil on the pasta.
• Now, take a pan add oil and onion.
• Cook it for 2-3 minutes.
• Now add capsicum, ready-made tomato puree, pepper, oregano and salt.
• Cook it for 5 minutes.
• Now add boiled pasta, mix well.
• Add tomato. Cook for 2 minutes.
• Garnish with basil leaves. Red Sauce pasta is ready..
• Serve hot or with garlic bread.

Tip

• You can also add vegetables like broccoli, baby corns or mushrooms along with capsicum.