Fresh, bright, and straightforward to put together, pasta salad recipe | macaroni salad | how to make pasta salad is a vegetarian international salad made with water, oil, and salt in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
