Recipes
veg
Whole Wheat Penne
By Maninder Kaur
⏳ Prep Time: 30 minute
21 Sep 2019
Nutritional Overview
Calories
625 kcal
Protein
26 gm
Carbs
38 gm
Fats
41 gm
Ingredients
Whole Wheat Penne pasta - 40g
Olive Oil - 10g
Capsicum - 40g
Paneer - 25g
Cheese slice - 1
Garlic - 1 clove, minced
Salt to taste
Onion powder (or use some chopped onions)
Basil 4-5 leaves
Method
Step 1
Boil Water and add pasta to boiling water with a bit of salt. Boil till the pasta is soft. This depends on the Pasta, mine took about mins. see the instructions on the packaging. Strain the pasta and keep it aside. I usually do my chopping, prepping and sauteing while boiling the pasta. Just run it through cold water in the strainer and its ready to go into the pan.
Step 2
Heat Olive oil in a pan (You can either use entire g here, or divide into two parts. Use some here and keep some for drizzling on top. you can also swap out oil or part of oil with butter)
Step 3
Add Garlic minced, chili flakes (optional), onion (or onion powder) and Basil. Add and lightly saute capsicum (If you want a more authentic Italian taste, skip the capsicum and add chilli flakes I had to finish my veggies for the day).
Step 4
Add crumbled Paneer, stir in add salt enough for capsicum and paneer. (Optional - If you need to soften the capsicum add a bit of water and cover the pan. Let it simmer for a couple of mins.)
Step 5
Add boiled pasta, salt enough for pasta. I like to add about -ml water and cook pasta with the lid on for a couple of mins, especially for whole wheat pasta since it tends to cook slower.
Step 6
Add in the cheese to the pasta and stir. take off the heat. You can keep some cheese from the earlier step and add it on top as garnishing. Top with a dash of seasoning. I used Keya Pizza oregano seasoning.
Step 7
Tip: Swap out g paneer with an additional cheese slice or g of parmesan/mozzarella/cheddar cheese. I used what was available.
Step 8
Tip: using Red and yellow capsicums, will add more color without added (net) carbs. I just used whatever was available at home.
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