🥦 Pasta with Longer-Cooked Broccoli

Jab broccoli ko thora zyada cook kiya jaye, wo sirf sabzi nahi rehti — wo sauce ban jaati hai.

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Pasta with longer cooked broccoli and garlic olive oil

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Why This Pasta Is Different

Aksar hum broccoli ko:

• sirf steam karte hain

• ya crunchy rakh dete hain

Lekin is recipe mein broccoli:

• dheere dheere cook hoti hai

• soft, jam-si texture bana leti hai

• aur pasta ke sath natural sauce ban jaati hai

Simple, healthy, aur surprisingly comforting.

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Ingredients Prep :

      Broccoli garlic chili flakes olive oil pasta ingredients

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What Makes It Special

• 🥦 Broccoli fully tender ho kar pasta se chipak jaati hai

• 🧄 Garlic ka mellow flavour

• 🌶️ Chili flakes ka halka kick

• 🍝 Pasta water jo sab kuch bind karta hai

Koi cream, koi cheese zaroori nahi — phir bhi rich taste.

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Recipe

Pasta with Longer-Cooked Broccoli

Servings: 2–3
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes

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🧂 Ingredients

• 250g pasta (rigatoni, spaghetti ya orecchiette)

• 1 large broccoli, florets + stems sliced

• 4 tbsp olive oil

• 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

• Red chili flakes, to taste

• Salt, to taste

• Black pepper, to taste

• ½ cup reserved pasta water

• Lemon zest or juice (optional)

• Parmesan cheese (optional)

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Broccoli Cooking Down :

                             Broccoli cooking down in olive oil with garlic

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Pasta ko salted boiling water mein cook karo jab tak al dente ho.
   👉 ½ cup pasta water reserve karna na bhoolna.

2. Ek wide pan mein olive oil medium heat par garam karo.

3. Garlic aur chili flakes add karo, 30 seconds tak cook karo.

4. Broccoli add karo, salt daalo aur achi tarah toss karo.

5. Thora pasta water add karo, pan cover karo aur 15–18 minutes low heat par cook karo.

   • Beech beech mein stir karo

   • Broccoli mash-si ho jaani chahiye

6. Cooked pasta pan mein add karo.

7. Remaining pasta water thora thora add kar ke toss karo.

8. Black pepper aur lemon se finish karo.

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🍽️ Serving Suggestions

• Extra olive oil drizzle

• Parmesan ya pecorino cheese

• Fresh lemon zest

• Chili oil for spice lovers

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💡 Variations

• Anchovies add karo (umami boost)

• Pine nuts ya breadcrumbs for crunch

• Vegan cheese ya nutritional yeast

• Spinach ya kale mix kar sakte ho

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Final Close-Up :

                                Close up of pasta with longer cooked broccoli

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Final Thoughts

Ye pasta proof hai ke:

• sab se simple sabzi

• thora time aur patience ke sath
  restaurant-level comfort food ban sakti hai.

Weeknight dinner ke liye perfect 🌿🍝