easy pasta salad recipe | macaroni salad | how to make pasta salad
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: international
Ingredients
- 4 cup water
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup elbow macaroni
- 4 tsp mayonnaise (eggless)
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- ¼ onion (sliced)
- ½ carrot (julienne)
- ¼ capsicum (julienne)
- 5 cherry tomato (halves)
- 2 tbsp spring onion (chopped)
- 1 tsp dill leaves / sabbasige soppu / soa (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large saucepan boil 4 cup water along with 1 tsp oil and ¾ tsp salt.
- once the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup elbow macaroni.
- boil for 8 minutes or till it turns al dente
- drain off the pasta and pour a cup of cold water to stop the cooking process. keep aside.
- now in a large bowl take 4 tsp eggless mayonnaise.
- also add ½ tsp pepper, 1 tsp lemon juice and ¼ tsp salt.
- mix well and salad dressing is ready.
- now add ¼ onion, ½ carrot, ¼ capsicum, 5 cherry tomato and 2 tbsp spring onion.
- also, add cooked and cooked macaroni.
- mix gently, making sure the dressing is coated well.
- cover and rest in the refrigerator for an hour to absorb all the flavours.
- finally, serve pasta salad / macaroni salad garnished with chopped dill leaves.
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.