Pasta with Roasted Garlic & Tomato Sauce
Pasta meals are easy, quick & easily adaptable the way we want & with whatever we have at hand. Pasta, esp. spaghetti please my kids very easily & have become a thing to turn to quite often during the weeknights. I never buy store bought pasta sauce. It might take me extra 10 -15 minutes to make the sauce at home, but it is really worth it. The best thing about pasta is that they can be the delish all inclusive one pot meals, which means I do not have to cook anything else, other than may be a side salad.
This evening it was particularly easy since I had the Roasted Garlic & Tomato Sauce ready. I am not going to be writing exact amounts for the ingredients here.. because I really didn’t watch or pay attention to the proportions while cooking. Besides this recipe allows any amount of sauce or vegetables that you may want to use. The actual reason being - this was not meant to be blogged:-) & hence the less fancy photo, which was clicked while the hungry kids cried for their dinner after school & swimming.
Ingredients:
- Pasta (I have used Spaghetti here)
- Roasted Garlic (I have used one full garlic head)
- Onions – about 1 medium, chopped into chunks
- Some Veggies ( I have used Beans, Green Pepper & Zucchini), chopped/sliced
- Olive Oil
- Roasted Tomato Sauce
- Some Shrimps ( Optional – use substitutes or do not use at all)
- Salt
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- Some fresh herbs if available
Preparation:See How to make the Roasted Tomato Sauce?
(I you do not have the tomato sauce ready, heat some oil, add some minced garlic & some chopped tomatoes; cook at high heat for about 5 minutes, add salt & pepper, lower the heat & cover & cook the tomatoes till they are soft. Uncover & mush them up with the back of the spoon; add some fresh herbs for extra flavor)
Devein & Clean the Shrimps. Sprinkle some salt & minced garlic/garlic powder on them & let them marinate for about 10 minutes.
Coat a skillet with oil & sear the shrimps a couple of minutes on each side till they are pink. Set aside.
Cook the Pasta till al dente & drain, but save some of the liquid.
Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the onions & the vegetables & quickly stir fry till crispy tender. Stir in the Tomato Sauce, & the Roasted Garlic. Cover & simmer for about 2-3 minutes. Add the salt & Pepper. Stir them in.
Add the pasta & increase the heat of the stove while tossing quickly. Keep tossing till the sauce coats the pasta well. Add some of the reserved liquid if needed. Combine the Shrimps (if you are using them) & stir the pasta in the skillet for a couple of more minutes. Combine the herbs.
Serve hot.
See it was that easy! Great for lunch or dinner or even some summer parties. Sending this to Pasta Presto Night, hosted at Once Upon a Feast.
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June 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 am
Wow pasta with roasrted garlic and then on top there is shrimps added to it.
Who would be able to resist.
The palte looks so yumm.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:33 am
I made pasta for yesterday night dinner..next time will try with roasted tomato sauce..looks delicious!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:02 am
Hi
pasta looks so delicious and soma I want to tell you one thing that some body copied your pic. please check this link
http://telugu-recipes.blogspot.com/2009/05/dall-paratha.html
even they copied mine also
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 am
Yummmmm
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 am
That’s an amazing Pasta you have made…the shrimp and roasted garlic is enough for me to go for it
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:23 am
Roasted garlic and tomato sauce sounds awesome with this delicious pasta!
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:42 am
Shrimp and roasted garlic in pasta yum. Got to try the roasted tomato sauce too.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
its just soo awesome looking..roasted garlic and tomato sauce ansd shrimp!! wow..yummy!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:52 am
I love roasted garlic, I like to eat it just with bread……..if I add pasta, tomato sauce and shrimp I will be in heaven!
Great Recipe.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Totally yum dear..Pic is great..:)..Garlic n shrimp..two things that I love so much..:)
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
That sounds great with all that garlic… Garlic and pasta are a match made in heaven!
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I have utterly fallen in love with this !!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
that plate looks delish! Love seafood n pasta!
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Roasted garlic and shrimps mmm thats the cringe ingredients love the way the pasta has turned out!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I am yet to try making pasta sauce at home. Hey Soma, btw we tried the roasted garlic head yesterday and loved it. We baked some paotatoes yesterday and DH put in garlic too. Thanks for the same.
Supriya, Glad that you liked the garlic:-D
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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June 4th, 2009 at 4:35 am
Thanks Soma. Kids were craving for Indian food at last when I came back!!;D
So I made a chard dal for them even though I wasn’t feeling well, they loved it. They were living on fast food mostly, Arvind took them to diners sometimes but nobody cooked Indian food at home.
Have a fun Summer, see you in Fall!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Certainly delicious…YUM Soma. I think I’m gonna make this soon!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:43 am
my mouth waters soma.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I’m always up for pasta! Looks so appetising!
June 4th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Your pasta looks delicious with the shrimp! I love roasted garlic.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I mde something very similar last week, great minds think alike!
June 4th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Have tried and loved your roast garlic. What less fancy snap …. that plate looks too good.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
lovely paste dish, Soma…I’ve to try your roasted tomato sauce recipe and congratulations to be one of the finest foodie of this week in Foodie blogroll and win on DMBLGIT…you totally deserve all these..congrats again…
June 5th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Oh wow looks vibrant and yum…
June 5th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Brillliant dish and a gorgeous photo to boot! Thanks for sharing with Presto Pasta Nights.
June 5th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Thanks all !
June 6th, 2009 at 1:12 am
yummyummm!!! cant wait to try this delish pasta
June 6th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Roasted garlic is the star here. If I could use it in dessert I would!
June 7th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
again somethin yummy,,,;-0
June 12th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Now you’re using two of my all time favorites here: roasted garlic and roasted tomato sauce make so many dishes possible! Very lovely dinner.
Oh my yes things are warming up here.
Trust you didn’t wash away yesterday. That was really a texas rain!
September 6th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
This looks absolutely delicious. I have been having a look around the internet for tomato sauce recipes and this looks the most tempting.
I made my own tomato sauce using up what I had in and am so pleased with it but I will def be trying yours.
Have a look at mine at http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk if you have a second
October 5th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I just recently discovered roasted garlic, and can’t figure out why it took me so long. It would be perfectly subtle for the shrimp – sounds great.
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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