A fuss free one pot pasta recipe that is flavorful and comes together in less than 30 minutes with the added bonus of very few dishes to clean up.
Convenient meals. Thats what we are looking for. Or at least I am, especially in this humid and hot as anything climate.
There are certain dishes I like sweating it out for. Sometimes the pleasure of spending time on a recipe brings the most flavor out of the dish. The chocolate ghiya ice cream is one such dish I don’t mind spending a significant amount in the kitchen. Probably because the entire process reminds me of my grandmom, and its my way of feeling some connection to her since I can no longer see her in person. There are other such recipes, but then there are meals you want to spend the least amount of time in the kitchen- either cooking or doing dishes. Today’s one pot pasta recipe lets you do just that.
What’s one pot pasta?
For a long time, I have seen one pot pasta recipes. It was all the rage when Martha Stewart/Nora Singley posted a recipe for it in 2013. You can read more about the discovery of the recipe here. Its only recently that I gave it a try and its been a game changer.
What is one pot pasta? Basically, you cook everything including the pasta in a single pot. No step of boiling the pasta separately, making the sauce separately and then mixing the two. Here everything goes in one pot and gets cooked for the same duration as you would your pasta when boiling separately. And voila, you have your meal ready, with only one pot to clean.
Why make one pot pasta?
Umm… because you only need to clean one pot. Do you need any other reason?
Full disclosure, you would also have the chopping board and the knife to clean, and the mug/measuring glass you use to add the stock/water. But yes, you can remove the second pot you need for boiling the pasta, and the colander for draining cooked pasta from your post cooking washing list. Even two dishes less to wash is a win.
But besides the slightly quicker method, and lesser dishes, do you get good results? With this recipe, you do. Anubhav and I were pleasantly surprised as to how good the pasta tasted. And how easy it was. You get a nice creamy pasta without any addition of cream thanks to the all the starchy water that the pasta releases. And the pasta is so flavorful since its cooked in the tomato-ey liquid.