Easy Comfort Food: Creamy Pasta with Prawns or Chicken
Creamy Tuscan Pasta
200 gm pasta (fusilli or penne) 300 ml fresh cream 1 cup grated cheddar cheese 2 tbsp olive oil 8 garlic cloves chopped 1 cup red onions chopped 200 gm blanched spinach 1 cup cherry tomatoes ( halved) 1 cup raw king prawns/ boiled chicken cubes 1/2 cup mushrooms chopped 1 tbsp pine nuts SEASONINGS Salt 2 tsp dried basil 2 tsp dried parsley 2 tsp crushed red chili flakes
Sauté garlic, red onion in olive oil. Add cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and blanched spinach. Fry for few minutes.
Alongside boil the pasta according to packet instructions.
Add prawns or boiled chicken pieces. Sauté for another few minutes.
Add fresh cream pine nuts and cheddar
stir and add boiled pasta . Creamy velvety pasta is ready to eat !
I felt surrounded and guided by the recipes that I learnt from my mother, grandmothers, mother-in-law, neighbours. All whilst living in different parts of UAE and then the United Kingdom. I found myself blessed with lovely people that I met in my life. Who would then go on to add to my culinary skills and variety that I am now able to enlist as my favourite dishes. I feel I was fortunate to have experienced a life with such contrasting backgrounds, cultures and religion. But there was always one thing in common, the passion to cook and satisfy the taste buds of everyone on the dining table. Born in to a Hindu Khatri family, I experienced one half of Indian culture. Then after marrying into a Khatri Muslim, I discovered the other half. The family traditions, cooking mediums were same yet so different, exposing me to a variety of taste and eating habits. Living and travelling to different parts of the world brought me closer to people who also shared passion for cooking.