Girelle Pasta with chickpeas and Olives

Chickpea Pasta tossed with Olives, amazingly tasty and 100% easier to make. This combo is pasta is very healthy, rich in protein. An impressive recipe for the growing children to make them stay in their high energy levels.

Pasta for the dinner, always makes me feel guilty as it loaded with carbs. Carbs are good for the children if they accompany with other important nutrients. Chickpeas are one such ingredient which provides nutrients which are the basic necessity for building up muscles. Children ignore it when they are served with chickpeas alone. But they highly appreciate and welcomes these types of fusion foods.

The preparations process is very simple like counting the single digit numbers. Olives and the chickpeas are the best combos forever. The creaminess of the chickpeas and the sharp taste of the olives makes this dish wonderful.

You may also interested in looking into other pasta recipes like Carrot shell pasta, super creamy avocado pasta, creamy corn bow n tie pasta.

Chickpea Pasta tossed

Chickpea Pasta tossed with Olives, amazingly tasty and 100% easier to make. This combo is pasta is very healthy, rich in protein. 

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 2 people

Calories: 400kcal

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Girelle Pasta  
• 1/2 Cup Chickpeas cooked
• 1/2 Cup Olives
• 1 tsp Dried Basil Leaves
• 2 tbsp Olives Oil
• 2 tbsp Garlic Chopped
• 1/2 tsp Salt  or as per required

Instructions

• Cook Girelle pasta as per the package's instructions. I cooked mine for about 12 minutes. This stays swirled and stiff and blends well with the added ingredients
• Heat pan over medium to high flame. Add 2 tbsp of olive oil, followed by chopped garlic. Add cooked pasta, followed by dried basil leaves. Toss them in high flame, to make all the added ingredients gel with each other.

  Hint: I love the garlic flavor, so I opted for 2 tbsp but you can increase or decrease as per your choice.
  

Nutrition

Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1239mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2.7mg

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Author Sujatha Muralidhar

Serving Suggestions:
1. Serve with steamed broccoli and carrots.
2.Can also be served with regular tomato pasta sauce.

Tips and Variations Chickpea Pasta:
1. For serving olives, always prefer to go with pitted ones.
2. Olive oil can be substituted with regular cooking oil

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