Tomato Basil Wontonelli

This is a recipe that I invented while trying to use bumper harvest of tomatoes in my backyard.
Fresh home grown tomatoes were my main motivation for this recipe. Freshness is the key to it.

There can be various variations to this recipe like adding pasta or ravioli or fettucini or tortelini. Also, in the sauce we can add capsicums, olives or mushrooms or any kind of meat (chicken, prawns etc.)as preferred. Also, we could use any ready made sauce as well.

This recipe is good for calorie conscious folks out there and is healthy food alternative and completely oil free. After all healthy food doesn’t have to be boring or has to taste bad.

I am sharing the recipe that I tried and the end result is depicted in the picture.

Ingredients:

For Sauce:

20-30 Cheery tomatoes (or 4-5 Gourmet or Roma tomatoes)
2 tablespoon Basil paste (alternatively we could use fresh basil)
salt to taste
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
Cracked Black pepper according to taste

Wontons:

1.5 cups of boiled wontons (you can substitute this with penne, spiral or any other pasta or ravioli, fettucini or tortelini as per your choice)
Also, olives, shallots or capsicum will go really well with this recipe.

Recipe:

1. Boil Wontons and set them aside.
2. Wash and crush tomatoes in a blender.
3. Heat a pan and add crushed tomato paste and let it cook till it thickens a bit.
4. Add Basil paste and all ingredients for sauce and let them simmer.
5. When sauce is ready, add wontons to it. If you are a fan of Parmesan, please feel free to use it.

Tomato Basil Wontonelli is ready to be served steaming hot!!!

Tip: This can also be had with salad on the side!!

Enjoy