Name: Sweet and Spicy Paccheri Pasta recipe by Vins Raj at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 Paccheri Pastas; 1/2 Cup chopped mixed vegetables; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp oil; 1 pinch orange food colour; 1/2 cumin seeds; 1/4 cup chopped onion; 1/3 cup cheddar cheese; 1 tsp Salt; 1 egg; 2 tsp pepper powder; 1 tsp ghee; 1/4 tsp cardamon powder; 1/3 cup bread crumbs; 1/4 litre oil for frying; 1/4 cup dessicated coconut; 100 gms sweetened Khoa; 10 chopped cashew nuts

Ingredients Serving: 4

8 Paccheri Pastas
1/2 Cup chopped mixed vegetables
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp oil
1 pinch orange food colour
1/2 cumin seeds
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup cheddar cheese
1 tsp Salt
1 egg
2 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp ghee
1/4 tsp cardamon powder
1/3 cup bread crumbs
1/4 litre oil for frying
1/4 cup dessicated coconut
100 gms sweetened Khoa
10 chopped cashew nuts

Instructions

Cook 8 Paccheri Pastas in boiling water for 5 minutes along with 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tsp oil.
Drain water and keep 4 paccheri pastas aside
In a sauce pan, add 1.5 cup of water, sugar and bring to boil. Next add 4 paccheri pastas, food colour and let boil for 5 minutes on low flame.. Let it cool and keep aside for sweeter version.
Heat 1 tsp of oil in tava and cumin seeds, later add onions and saute for a minute
Next add vegetables, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper powder and cook for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat , add cheese and keep aside to cool.
Now stuff 4 paccheri pastas with the vegetable mixture.
In a bowl mix egg, 1 tsp pepper powder and 1/4 tsp salt
Now coat the stuffed paccheri pasta into the egg mixture and later roll over with bread crumbs.
Deep fry the pastas in oil.
For the sweet pastas. Melt ghee in a pan and roast the cashew nuts.
Then add Khoa to the pan and stir for a minute.
Add cardamon powder mix and remove from heat.
Remove the pastas from the sugar syrup and stuff the khoa mixture into the pastas.
Roll over desiccated coconut so that pastas get coated.

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