Hot and Sour Pasta

After a long day at work, all we went to do is sit down, relax and have a glass of wine. When we suddenly realise that we have to cook dinner…there goes our “sit-down-relax-with-a-glass-of-wine” mood.
It happened to me many a time, even though I love cooking. Here is the recipe which will still let you “sit-down-relax-with-a-glass-of-wine”, while you cook dinner.

Sorry, the picture turned out to be silly looking. My mistake but this does taste great.

Ingredients:
Tiger shrimps, cooked- 350g (I use frozen/cooked)
Salt- desired amount
Soya sauce- 2 tbsp
Lemon juice- 1 tbsp
Pepper- 1 tsp
Red chilli powder- 1 tsp (use more for extra hot recipe)
Garlic- 1 clove, crushed

Marinating:
Clean the shrimp and marinate with all the mentioned ingredients at least for 1 hour. You can freeze this marinating and use as and when you want (this is what I do).

Continuation…
Shallots/onion- 4 stems/1 small onion
Dry White wine- 5 tbsp
Pasta- 225 grams (I used shell pasta)
Tomatoes- 3, firm and ripe, chopped.
Fresh Parsley- 2 tbsp
Salt- desired amount

• Heat a deep bottomed pan and add the white wine. Immediately add shallots and bring them to boil.
• Cook this for a few minutes (until the wine has reduced to half).
• To the above add the marinated shrimps and bring these to boil (until the frozen shrimps (if frozen) thaw and are really hot).
• Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
• To the cooked pasta add the shrimp mixture.
• To the above add the tomatoes and parsley and toss quickly and remove at once from the flame.

Serve hot.