Creamy Avocado Pasta is a super healthy, delicious and packed with hidden spinach, avocado.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For Cooking Pasta:

  • 8 oz penne pasta (i used semolina pasta (about 2-2.5 cups) or any pasta)
  • 2 cups water
  • salt (to taste)

For Avocado Sauce:

  • 1 large avocado (ripened)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 cup baby spinach ((or basil), optional)
  • crushed black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • salt (adjust to taste)
  • 1/4 cup water (or as needed)

Garnish

  • red chilli flakes

Method

How to Cook Pasta:

  1. Stovetop Pot Method: In a large pot, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the salt. Add the pasta to the water, stir a few times to prevent the pasta from sticking together. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions (about 10-12 minutes) stirring occasionally, until al dente or softer according to the desired texture. Once the pasta is cooked, drain excess water and keep it aside.
  2. Instant Pot Method: Add dry pasta, water, salt to the Instant Pot. Most of the pasta should be covered in the water. If it is not, add some more water.
  3. Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to Sealing. Cook on High Pressure for 4 minutes. Note: Using penne pasta in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stovetop. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta. So its 4 minutes. For softer pasta do 5 minutes.
  4. When the instant pot beeps, wait for 5 minutes and Quick Release the remaining pressure manually. Then open the lid, drain if there is any extra water.

Prepare Avocado Sauce for Pasta:

  1. Put the avocado, lemon juice, oil, garlic, spinach, salt, pepper, water into a food processor and blend until smooth. Start with ¼ cup of water and then add more as needed to get the desired consistency. Avocado spinach pasta sauce is ready. **Note: You can also add some parmesan cheese if desired.

Assemble:

  1. Add the avocado pasta sauce to the instant pot insert, and then toss until evenly coated. This avocado pesto pasta is best served within 2-3 hours it is made, as it uses avocados which will turn a brownish color.
  2. Sprinkle over some chilli flakes and top with parmesan cheese, if desired. Enjoy!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.