Pasta with red sauce

I must admit pasta was pretty late discovery for me. I love all kind of pasta, be it with white sauce or tomato sauce or any other sauce I love to eat it. Here is my try for pasta with red sauce. I don’t claim it to be authentic pasta recipe, I have made my own changes to it.  This recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients:

-         - Pasta of your choice (I prefer penne).

-         - Medium size red tomatoes 8-10 nos.

-         -1tbsp. Minced ginger.

-         -1 tbsp. Minced garlic.

-          -½ cup finely chopped red onion.

-          -2 finely chopped green chillies.

-          -1/4^th cup fresh coriander/parsley finely chopped.

-          -1tsp. Oregano.

-          -1 tsp. basil.

-          -1 tsp. rosemary.

-          -1 tsp. sugar (preferably white).

-          -1tbsp tomato ketchup.

-          -Salt to taste.

-          -1 tsp. vegetable oil

Prepare pasta:

-         - Boil up 1 liter of water in a big woke, add a tbsp. of salt to it.

-         - It should take about 10-12 minutes for pasta to be cooked.

-         - Drain water and then sprinkle little bit oil to prevent pasta from sticking to each other.

Prepare sauce:

-         - Take woke and put all tomatoes in, fill in water until all tomatoes are submerged.

-         - Bring water to boil and turn off flame when tomatoes skin separates.  Let it cool down

-         - Peel of tomato skin and get rid of stem and seeds and prepare smooth paste.

-         - Take a frying pan and add vegetable oil, ginger-garlic and sauté for a minute or 2.

-         - Now add finely chopped onion and sauté till they are translucent.

-         - Now add tomato paste and bring it to simmer

-         - Now add oregano, basil, rosemary, sugar, tomato ketchup, salt and give it a nice stir.

-         - If sauce becomes too thick, add little water and simmer for a while, turn off flame.

Serve:

Add pasta to prepared sauce in frying pan and sauté, put lid on and let it steam for couple of minutes. Take a portion of pasta along with sauce in bowl, put some shredded cheese on top and serve hot. Enjoy while its hot :)