Naughty Curry Pasta Salad

Submitted by Courtney-Clove

"Indian spices and Italian dressing? YES! No tired old 'curry powder' here. Spiral noodles and colorful vegetables, all mixed up with a light Italian dressing and a shimmering Indian spice mix of its own..."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 709.77 ml rotini pasta
• 315.37 ml light Italian dressing, plus more as needed
• 473.18 ml broccoli florets
• 3 green onions, minced
• 118.29 ml grape tomatoes
• 78.78 ml carrot, chopped
• salt
• 9.85 ml black mustard seeds
• chili flakes (optional)

• Spice Mix (use 1 1/2 Tablespoons)

• 59.14 ml cumin seed
• 59.14 ml coriander seed
• 4.92 ml black peppercorns
• 2 whole cloves
• 2.46 ml fennel seed
• 4.92 ml paprika
• 2.46 ml ginger powder
• 2.46 ml asafoetida powder

directions

1. Dry roast the Spice Mix spices, except for the ginger powder and the paprika. Whizz it to a powder in your coffee grinder, then mix in the ginger powder and paprika. Set aside.
2. Cook the pasta until it is done but still somewhat firm. Rinse with cold water.
3. Combine the pasta with the vegetables in a large bowl. Stir in the salad dressing. Add salt and 1 1/2 Tb of the spice mix.
4. In a small skillet, heat a dab of oil until it is sizzle-hot. Add the black mustard seeds. As soon as they have quit popping, dump them in the pasta bowl.
5. Mix everything together. Cover and refrigerate. It's best to let it chill at least an hour before chow time, if you can stand it.

Reviews

[Three Kids Make Me Crazy]

This was good even though I'm an airhead. I had started out making another pasta salad with tuna, then decided to make this. Soooo, I mixed in the tuna with everything else without thinking. But it ended up tasting pretty good and made a more complete lunch so I guess it all worked out! Thanks Courtney.