Spinach Pasta

A quick and easy recipe for pasta lovers.  Usually I try pasta recipes based on tomato pasta sauce. Nowadays my kid says a big no to red pasta.  I was searching for cheese based pasta and saw this easy recipe in my library cook book. Please check below for easy and quick Spinach Pasta.

Preparation Time:     5 mins

Cook Time :                20 mins

Ready in :                    25 mins
Yields :                         2 Servings 

Ingredients:

Pasta	1.5 Cups
Baby Spinach tightly packed	2 Cups
Olive Oil	1/2 tbsp
Lemon Juice	1 tsp
Onions finely chopped	1/2 Cup
Garlic finely chopped	1 tbsp
Red Chilli Flakes	1 tsp
Freshly ground pepper	1 tbsp
Ricotta cheese	1/4 Cup
Salt
Roasted Peanuts	1/4 Cup

Instructions:

• Cook  pasta with 1/2 tsp of salt in boiling water for 12 minutes or follow the instructions given in pasta packet. Drain the excessive water by transferring pasta to colander.

• Heat olive oil in pan. Add finely chopped garlic. When the raw smell goes off, add chopped onions and fry till they turn translucent.

•  Add baby spinach and fry it till spinach leaves shrink and the water left by spinach is fully absorbed.

•  Add pepper powder and red chilli flakes. Switch of the stove.

•  Add pasta, lemon juice ,salt and ricotta cheese.

Tips:

• To add crispness to recipe add roasted pine nuts. 
• Variation can be doen by adding lemon zest.
• Ricotta cheese can be replaced by paramesan  cheese
• Adjust pepper and red chilli flakes to your taste

Other spinach / pasalai keerai recipes you may be interested 

Palak Chappathi - Spinach Chappati
Dal Palak - Spinach Dal
Palak Paneer - Spinach Paneer Gravy
Pasalai  keerai Thuvaram paruppu kootu - Spinach Toor Dal
Pasalai Keerai Masiyal - Spinach Gravy - Palak Gravy
Palak Pulao - Spinach Rice
Pasalai Keerai Poriyal - Spinach Fry