Grilled Veggie Pasta Salad is nutritious, tasty and full of flavor. This salad is made with a combination of vegetables and pasta. These are then tossed with a homemade dressing. Grilled Veggie Pasta Salad will make a very enjoyable lunch box meal.
Course Salad, Soup
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4people
Ingredients
3/4cup elbow pasta,
2 cups bell pepper cut to the bite size – use different color bell pepper of your choice
2cups zucchini with skin on cut to the bite size
2 cups tomatoes cut to the bite size
1tablespoon oil
1/2teaspoon salt
Dressing
2 tablespoons olive oil
2tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1teaspoon ginger zest
1teaspoon salt
1teaspoon sugar
1/8teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Cook pasta as directed on package. Set aside.
For dressing mix all the dressing ingredients oil, vinegar and seasonings in small bowl and whisk until well blended. Set aside.
Add the oil in a frying pan with a spatula spread the oil to coat the frying pan. Notes: wide bottom frying pan works the best. Add the zucchini and bell peppers, sprinkle the salt.
Turn the heat to high and grilled the vegetable moving the around slowly until they are nice brown color looking like grilled. This should take 4-5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes and cook just for a minutes stirring continuously. Tomatoes should not be soft. Toss the pasta with vegetables.
Transfer salad into the bowl. Add the dressing and toss the salad making sure all the vegetables and pasta are coated.
Let salad sit for about fifteen minutes before serving.
Notes
Suggestions
You can also refrigerate this salad for a day.
Grilled vegetable pasta salad makes a nice lunch box meal.