Pasta with spicy Mango Curry Sauce

Hot and spicy is definitely the right answer to this dish. I used two kinds of curry powder and dried chilis for some heat.

I had a nice ripe mango sitting on the counter and wanted it incorporated in a hot dish. Mango and pasta sounded strange at first, but worked very well together.

But onions and garlic are needed to balance the dish. Otherwise you just have sweet pasta. I found a recipe, but I only used it as a guideline for my cooking.

Recipe:

140 g short pasta

1 tbsp rapeseed oil, 2 green onions, 1 garlic clove

2 tsp curry powder

1 fresh ripe Mango,  some coriander leaves, zest and juice 1/2 lemon, 80 ml veg stock

3 tbsp roasted pistacchios

2 dried Chinese red chilis, salt, pepper

Peel the mango and cut it in cubes. Deseed the dried chilis. Chop onion and garlic. Cook the pasta.

In a wide pan heat up the oil and start with onion, chili and garlic. After a couple of minutes add the curry and let it cook. Season.

Now in with mango, lemon juice and veg stock. Drain the pasta and add to the pan. Finish with chopped piatacchios and coriander.