How to Make Cold Pasta & Pea Salad With Curry

Curry Adds a Sweet and Spicy Touch to This Cold Pasta Salad

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Looking for an easy summer salad with a slightly different taste? Apples and onions give this dish sweetness and crunch, while the curry gives some zip to the pasta and peas. Best of all? It only takes fifteen minutes to make.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

1 ½ c. frozen peas, slightly thawed
½ c. sweet pickle relish
½ onion (finely chopped)
3 hard boiled eggs (chopped in small pieces)
¾ c. mayonnaise
2 tablespoons curry powder
½ Macintosh apple, chopped in small, square pieces
8 oz. tortellini pasta with cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Step1

Place tortellini pasta in water in a 2-quart saucepan. Boil ten minutes or until tender. Drain.

Step2

Place peas in medium bowl. Stir in pickle relish, onion, and eggs, being careful not to smash the peas.

Step3

Mix curry powder into mayonnaise and stir into the peas. Stir in pasta, and gently mix under combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Step4

Chill for at least fifteen minutes. Place in bowl when ready to serve, and toss.

Photo/Video Credit

Steve Woods

Comments

DifferenceNow said

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on 11/8/2007 Thanks - I whipped this up quickly when we were invited to an impromptu Labor Day get-together. It's not something you eat everyday, but it provides a nice change to the regular old pasta salads.