This is the simplest way to cook the pack: boil the pasta, drain it, toss it with the seasoning mix. No bottled sauce, no ketchup and nothing to grind.
Time: 10 minutes · Serves: 2 to 3 · Pans: 1
What you need
- 1 pack Priyam Organics Foxtail Millet Pasta, Penne or Macaroni
- The seasoning mix from the pack
- 1 spoon of oil or butter
- Salt for the boiling water
How to make it
- Boil the pasta. Bring salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 minutes. Stir once.
- Drain.
- Toss the hot pasta with the seasoning mix and the oil or butter until every piece is coated. Serve hot.
With onion and capsicum
For a fuller plate, use a second pan while the pasta boils.
- Heat a spoon of oil. Add half an onion, sliced, and half a capsicum, chopped.
- Stir on high heat for 2 minutes. The vegetables should stay a little crunchy.
- Add the drained pasta and the seasoning mix. Toss for a minute. Serve hot.
What is in the seasoning mix
Coriander seed, red chilli, onion, garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, curry leaves, fennel, black pepper, cassia, bay leaf, fenugreek, star anise, clove and nutmeg, with iodised salt, unrefined cane sugar and citric acid. The full list is on the pack and on the ingredients and nutrition label page.
Good to know
- For a child who likes less spice, use half the seasoning mix.
- If the pasta looks dry after tossing, add a spoon of the water it was boiled in.
- The seasoning mix already has salt in it. Taste before adding more.
- More on timing in how to cook millet pasta so it does not turn soft.
What is in the pasta
50% whole wheat flour, 40% foxtail millet flour, besan, cluster bean powder and iodised salt. No maida. Contains wheat.
Get the pack: Try-Me Duo, 1 Penne + 1 Macaroni, ₹349
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