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Chickpea Pasta Soup with Chole Masala | Gluten Free Pasta Soup

The winter weather always calls for a warm and a comforting bowl of soup. How about making it a healthy and filling meal with chickpea pasta? Today I am going to share a simple pasta soup recipe prepared with chickpea pasta. That makes it a perfect gluten-free recipe too.

The brand Banza makes pasta with chickpeas. Yes, you read it right. :-) With 25g of protein and 13g of fiber, this pasta is surely a great alternative to the regular pasta. You can learn more about the pasta here. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about chickpeas or garbanzo beans is chole. When I got these kinds of pasta, I immediately decided to prepare soup with the chole masala. :-) A kind of fusion recipe with gluten-free pasta.

Here comes the simple pasta soup recipe,

Ingredients

• Banza Chickpea Pasta - 1 cup

• Water for boiling

• Oil - 1 tbsp

• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

• Chopped Onion - 1/4 cup

• Tomatoes - 2, chopped

• Veggie Broth - 2 cups

• Salt - 1/2 tsp

• Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp

• Chole masala - 1 tsp

• Chopped Cilantro - 2 tbsp

Steps

• Bring the water to boil and add the pasta. Cook the pasta until they are ardent.

• Heat a pan or kadai and add oil.

• Once the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds and let it splutter.

• Then add the chopped onion and cook until they turn translucent.

• At this stage add the chopped tomatoes, salt, red chili powder, chole masala.

• Cover and cook until the tomatoes are soft and mushy.

• Then add the vegetable broth and bring it to boil.

• Once it starts to boil, add the cooked pasta. You can more water or broth as per your consistency preference.

• Add the chopped cilantro and let it simmer for just 3 to 4 minutes.

That's. Hot and spicy pasta soup is ready.

Notes

• Adjust the salt and spice as per your preference.

• As mentioned above, adjust the amount of broth as per your consistency preference.

• You can any broth of your choice or you replace it with plain water too.