Pasta salad recipe
Easy summer salad recipe
Servings: 2
Ingredients
For the dressing
- 1 tsp dried oregano I used fresh ones
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp chili flakes optional
Other ingredients
- 1 cup cooked pasta
- ½ cup chopped cucumber
- ½ cup chopped cherry tomato
- ¼ cup olives
- ½ cup cooked chickpeas
- ¼ cup cubed capsicum
- 1 red onion
- Salt as needed
Instructions
Let’s make the dressing first.
- In a small bowl add the oregano, olive oil, chopped garlic, lemon juice, brown sugar(you can add jaggery too), pepper and chili flakes.
- Mix well.
- In a wide bowl add the cooked pasta ( I used fusilli, you can penne or macroni too), cucumber, cherry tomato, olives, cooked chickpeas, cubed capsicum and finely chopped red onion.
- Add salt.
- Now add the dressing to this.
- Mix well.
- Serve immediately.
- You can keep all the ingredients ready and just assemble before you serve.
Notes
1. Use any variety of pasta of your choice.
2. Instead of pasta you can add cooked millet too.
3. You can add cubed carrots to this pasta salad.
