Pasta Salad with Basil Vinaigrette Video by Tarla Dalal's Team

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Tomatoes and olives enhance this delicious pesto-this pasta salad with basil vinaigrette is a perfect recipe to eat chilled with a soup or garlic bread. Elaborations of a pasta salad are many; you may add slivers of vegetables, a few herb leaves (particularly basil), or other refinements such as Tomatoes or olives; dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. So with a little imagination, you can create your own salad recipe!

Recipe Description for Pasta Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients

For Pasta Salad With Basil Vinaigrette
1 1/4 cups cooked fusillii
1/4 cup blanched , peeled and chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts (akhrot)
2 tbsp finely chopped black olives
1 processed cheese cube , cut into 6 pieces

To Be Mixed Together Into A Basil Vinaigrette
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
1 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
salt and to taste

Method

For pasta salad with basil vinaigrette

Combine the fusilli, tomatoes, walnuts, olives, prepared basil vinaigrette and salt and toss well.
Add the cheese cubes and mix lightly.
Refrigerate the {span class="bold1"}pasta salad with basil vinaigrette{/span} for 1 hour and serve chilled.

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RECIPE SOURCE : The Complete Italian Cookbook