Shrimp Pasta Salad#FishFriday

A quick and easy summer salad, shrimp pasta salad comes together quickly and makes a complete meal. For this I used mixed pasta, you can use any pasta of your choice.

Serves 2
Ingredients

1½ Cup Mixed Pasta - boiled
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon Butter
2 Shallots- thinly sliced
4 Cloves Garlic - chopped
A Juice Of One Lime
4 Tablespoons Tomato Puree
1 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper
15 - 16 Shrimps - deveined & cleaned
2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley
½ Cup Diced Colored Capsicums
Salt to taste
Method
Cook the pasta in boiling water according to package instructions; add a dash of salt olive oil. When the pasta cooks to al dante, remove from the heat drain and keep aside.
Heat the butter and olive oil in a large heavy skillet. Sauté the shallots and garlic on medium high flame for 2 minutes. Now add the tomato puree, cayenne pepper and sauté for 3 - 5 minutes or until it's cooked on medium low flame. Add the shrimp and salt to taste. Cook for just 4 - 5 minutes or until the shrimp turns pink. Stir occasionally so that the shrimp is nicely coated in the sauce. Do not over cook the shrimp. Finally, stir in the colored capsicums and lemon juice, cook on medium flame for a minute or two only. Stir in pasta and parsley give it a good mix, remove from the heat.
Serve garnish with a generous sprinkling of chopped parsley.
Enjoy a complete and delicious shrimp pasta salad as a filling meal.
Labels: Shrimp, Prawns, Pasta & Noodles, Tomato, Parsley, Seafood/Fish, Fish Friday, Salad, Main course, Complete Meal



Fish Friday August 2022

2 comments:

  1. Great minds Sneha. Your salad is colorful and delicious looking

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  2. This sounds delicious and I love the spiciness!

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