Recipe: Perfect Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar

Recipe: Perfect Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar. Place the lid firmly on the jar and shake until completely combined. Layer the chopped pepper, grated carrot, sweetcorn and grapes on top of the rice in each jar. After draining your pasta add a little olive oil to prevent it from sticking together.

Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente.

Drain pasta; rinse with cold water and drain well.

Add vinaigrette to pasta; toss to coat.

You can have Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of ferrelli pasta or any other shape.

2. You need 1/2 cup of elbow shaped pasta (I have tossed it in mint chutney).

3. Prepare 1/4 cup of driced carrot.

4. You need 1/4 cup of dice cucumber.

5. Prepare 1/4 cup of canned chickpeas.

6. Prepare 1/4 cup of diced red tomatoes, pulp removed.

7. It’s 1/4 cup of canned red kidney beans/chickpeas.

8. You need 1/4 cup of pomegranate.

9. Prepare 1/4 cup of mix bell pepper.

10. Prepare 2 tbsp of chopped spring onions.

11. You need 1 tbsp of chopped coriander for garnishing.

12. It’s 1/2 tsp of dry mix Italian herbs.

13. You need For of salad dressing:.

14. You need 1 tbsp of vinegar.

15. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.

16. It’s 1 tsp of crushed pepper.

17. It’s 1 tbsp of honey.

18. You need to taste of Salt.

19. You need For of green chutney:.

20. Prepare 1/2 cup of mint-coriander leaves mix.

21. It’s 1/4 tsp of cumin seeds.

22. Prepare 2 of green chillies.

23. It’s 2 of garlic cloves.

24. Prepare 2 tsp of lemon juice.

25. You need to taste of Salt.

Add vegetables, basil, cheese, pepperoni and olives; toss to combine.

If desired, transfer to covered jars.

Cook pasta according to box directions and rinse under cold water until cool.

Mix pasta together with the rest of the ingredients and toss with the dressing.

Rainbow Pasta Salad Jar instructions

1. Chop all the veggies..

2. Mix all the ingredients given for the dressing, whisk it well..

3. Grind all the ingredients given for the chutney by adding little water.

4. Boil both the pasta one by one as per the instructions given on the packet.

5. Take elbow shaped pasta in a bowl, add 1 tsp green chutney, mix it. Mixing chutney is optional..

6. Canned rajma and chickpeas need to be drained and washed. If not using tinned ones, soak them overnight, boil with a little salt, drain and use it..

7. You can assemble your salad in layers in a mason jar, pour the dressing on top, sprinkle some herbs and chill it. OR mix all the ingredients in bowl, pour dressing, mix it, garnish with dried herbs and fresh coriander..

8. My 1st and top layers are pasta, you can have your own choice of layers..

Noodles: Heat a large pot of boiling water and cook the noodles according to package directions.

Raise the whisk to see if the dressing easily falls in ribbons, add additional water to help thin dressing until it does.

The best pasta salad I ever had.

I followed a reviewers suggestion and used Good Seasons dressing.

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