Simple and yummy penne pasta with homemade tomato sauce. It takes very less time to prepare and kids will love this for sure.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Penne pasta
• 1 tsp – Olive oil
• Salt as needed

For tomato sauce: Yields 1 cup of sauce

• 2 nos – Tomato (bigger size, vine tomato is preferred)
• 3 nos – Garlic (chopped or crushed)
• 1/4 tsp – Dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp – Sugar
• Salt as needed
• Pepper powder as needed
• 1 tbsp – Oil

Preparation method:

1. Heat water in a pan, bring it to rolling boil and switch off the stove. Now add tomatoes (slit them) and allow them to sit for 5 mins. Then peel off the skin and chop them into big chunks, set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped or crushed garlic and saute until they are slightly golden brown in color.
3. Next add pealed and chopped tomatoes, saute for few minutes. Then add sugar, dried oregano, required salt and pepper powder, saute until raw smell goes. Switch off the stove and allow the mixture to cool completely.
4. Transfer sauteed tomatoes into a mixer grinder or blender and grind or pulse them to a coarse paste. Tomato sauce is ready.
5. In a deep pan, heat water with a few drops of oil and brings it to a boil. Add penne pasta along with enough salt and let it cook for 10 minutes, until it turns soft and firm. Now check the pasta and drain excess water using a colander and keep it aside.
6. Take a mixing bowl, add cooked penne pasta and homemade tomato sauce, mix well until sauce is evenly coated to pasta. Sprinkle cheese on top and serve hot.

Notes:

• Do not over cook or under cook pasta otherwise pasta will lose its texture.
• Do not grind the tomato mixture to a fine puree or fine paste. It should be coarse paste otherwise it wont look good.
• Juicy tomato is required for this recipe. I prefer using vine tomatoes or roma tomatoes for this recipe.