Ingredients

• 150 g pasta
• 1 pinch salt
• 150 g carrots (peeled and grated)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp crushed pepper
• 1/2 tsp crushed garlic
• For the pasta sauce:
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp finely chopped onion
• 6 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 tsp crushed garlic
• 3 red chillies
• 1 tsp peeled and crushed fresh ginger
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp sugar

How to Make Carrot spring pasta in tomato sauce

• Boil one litre of water with a pinch of salt and one tbsp of olive oil in a large vessel. Add the pasta and cook till soft but not mushy, stirring now and then. Drain the pasta and keep aside.
• Heat one tbsp of olive oil in a pan and add the crushed pepper.
• When the pepper gives out a good aroma, add the crushed garlic.
• Add the carrots and gently toss till al dente and keep aside.
• To make the sauce:
• Blend the chopped tomatoes with garlic, red chillies, ginger, salt and sugar in a mixer.
• Heat oil in a pan and saute the chopped onion till it becomes soft.
• Add the tomato blend and cook till it thickens into a sauce.
• Add the pasta sauce to the cooked pasta and sauteed carrot spring and gently coat each and every strand using a spatula.