Vegan Broccoli Pasta
Vegan broccoli pasta is a quick 15 minutes pasta - perfect for your quick lazy dinner menu.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 16 oz spaghetti pasta or any small pasta
- 1 ltr water to boil pasta
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced/pressed substitute - 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp chopped onion sub- 1 tsp onion powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 cup plant-based milk preferably unsweetened almond milk
- 3 - 4 tbsp flour/ whole wheat flour
- 1/2 - 3/4 tsp Italian herbs or oregano
- Chilli flakes optional
- 2 tbsp Nutritional yeast optional for cheesy flavor
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat water and bring it to a boil.
- Add salt to the water.
- When it starts to boil, add pasta.
- Cook the pasta as the packet instructions mentioned.
- While cooking pasta, preserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water for further use.
- Once cooked al dente, strain out using a colander.
- In a pan heat some oil.
- Add garlic, onion saute for 10 - 15 seconds.
- Then add the broccoli florets and saute for 3 - 4 minutes, till they turn tender.
- Don't overcook the broccoli as well.
- When cooked, remove the broccoli to another bowl or just push them to one side of the pan making space to saute the flour for sauce.
- If required, add a teaspoon oil on the blank side of the pan.
- Add 1.5 - 2 tbsp flour and stir continuously while sauteing the flour on low heat.
- It may take 1 - 2 minutes maximum.
- Then add plant-based milk to the flour slowly and gradually mixing it well.
- Stir continuosly making this completely lumps-free.
- Once it's lumps-free, bring it to simmer.
- Add some preserved pasta water to increase the sauce amount if you need.
- Simmer till get the creamy saucy consistency.
- Add salt (if required at all), pepper, oregano to the sauce. Also, add nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor. (optional)
- Next add the broccoli florets, followed by the pasta.
- Stir them gently to mix them all well.
- Turn off heat and serve hot.
- Sprinkle some chilli flakes, parsley for seasoning. (Optional)
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Notes
Boil the broccoli - Can also blanch the broccoli along with the pasta. Add broccoli to the pasta in the last 3 minutes. Don't overcook the broccoli as well.
Preserve pasta water - while cooking the pasta, scoop out 1/2 cup pasta cooking water which is required in the further step of making sauce.