Pink sauce millet pasta in 10 minutes (no maida)

Red sauce swirled into white sauce in a pan, turning pink

Pink sauce is red sauce and white sauce in one pan. This one uses fresh tomato, milk and butter, with the seasoning mix from the pack. There is no maida and no cream in it.

Time: 10 minutes · Serves: 2 to 3 · Pans: 2

The video makes the two sauces side by side and pours one into the other. The steps below reach the same pink sauce in a single sauce pan.

What you need

  • 1 pack Priyam Organics Foxtail Millet Pasta, Macaroni or Penne
  • The seasoning mix from the pack
  • Half an onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • Half a cup of milk
  • 1 spoon of butter
  • 1 spoon of oil
  • Salt for the boiling water

How to make it

  1. Boil the pasta. Bring salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 minutes. Stir once. Drain.
  2. Make the red sauce while the pasta boils. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the onion and garlic, then the tomatoes. Cook for 5 minutes, until the tomatoes turn soft.
  3. Add the seasoning mix. Stir.
  4. Turn it pink. Pour in the milk and add the butter. Stir for a minute on low heat.
  5. Add the drained pasta. Toss until it is coated. Serve hot.

Good to know

  • Keep the heat low once the milk goes in.
  • For a child who likes less spice, use half the seasoning mix.
  • For a smoother sauce, mash the tomatoes with the back of the spoon before adding the milk.

What is in the pasta

50% whole wheat flour, 40% foxtail millet flour, besan, cluster bean powder and iodised salt. No maida. Contains wheat. More on the no maida pasta page.

Get the pack: Try-Me Duo, 1 Penne + 1 Macaroni, ₹349

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