I did the craziest thing today. Its Sunday and Sundays are usually either extremely relaxing or extremely boring for us. We party or meet with family on Friday and Saturday. Today was both a relaxing and boring Sunday. Relaxing in the morning and boring in the evening. I did not feel like making anything for dinner but did not want to go out either. Also, our fridge and pantry had the basics but no good veggies for a subzi. I always have dals and pastas in the pantry because they make for quick dinners on days like today. So I thought, if nothing, I can always toss pasta in olive oil and life’s good. Anyhow, in rummaging through the nearly empty refrigerator, I came across leftover aloo paratha stuffing from yesterday and an avocado that would go bad if I did not use it. I wondered if I could make a pasta sauce out of leftover aloo paratha stuffing and an avocado. Weird right? Well, the pasta turned out to be pretty good with an Indian twist! Here’s what I did.

Desi Pasta Recipe:

Leftover aloo paratha stuffing
About 2 cups pasta, any kind. I used fusili for this recipe (basically in a 3 or 4:1 proportion with the amount of stuffing leftover)
Olive oil, never can have too much good olive oil
Several cloves of garlic, I used about 5 good sized ones
Black pepper to taste
Salt to taste, barely a pinch
Dried red pepper flakes – as spicy as you want to make it
Dash of dried basil
Dash of dried italian seasoning
1 avocado, thinly diced, almost mashed
Butter – 2 tbsp but optional

1) Boil some water and salt to cook the pasta. While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce.
2) I infused garlic in the olive oil. Basically, smash the cloves of garlic and let them brown in the olive oil. Remove them and set aside.
3) Add the butter if you prefer it, avocado, the mashed aloo paratha filling, salt, good splash of freshly ground black pepper, the basil, the italian seasoning, and the red pepper flakes.
4) Cook for a few minutes until the mixture is a nice gooey saucy mixture.
5) Drain the pasta once its cooked. Add cool water to stop cooking and toss it with some olive oil and the browned garlic that you set aside. You can then trash the garlic.
6) Add the pasta to the “sauce” and toss.
7) Let it mix and cook for a couple of minutes and voila! Desi pasta is ready.

It was delish! Perfect for lazy days like today.