Yet another Salad!? My dear ‘not-so-health-conscious’ friends, please don’t be put off – this is one of the most interesting and delicious salads that I have ever had. However the best part is that it comes with such few calories!! You have to try this one to really believe “Salads can also make you drool!!”
- 1 ½ cup OR 150 gms cup pasta (fusilli /penne)
- 15-20 leaves fresh basil leaves
- ½ Red bell pepper
- ½ Yellow bell pepper
- 6-8 Mushrooms
- 2-3 bunch rocket leaves
- Parmesan cheese Shavings
- Chopped garlic (1 clove)
Ingredients – Sun dried tomato pesto
- 100 gms sun dried tomatoes
- 50 gms roasted pine nuts/walnuts/almonds
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 25 gms Parmesan cheese
- 1 clove garlic
Steps
- Boil pasta as per the instructions on the pack
- Grind the ingredients of the sun dried tomato pesto to get a thick paste
- Grill bell pepper and mushrooms and chop them in fine long strips (you could cut them and sauté them in a pan alternatively)
- In a large bowl, mix the pesto and chopped garlic with pasta
- Add strips of grilled bell pepper, mushrooms and basil leaves; roughly break the rocket leaves and add to the salad, season with salt and black pepper, toss the salad
- Garnish with Parmesan cheese shavings (refrigerate for sometime if you like) and enjoy an absolutely delectable salad