Bow Tie Pasta with Tomatoes, Meat and Green peas

Overview
Farfella is a common pasta also know as Bow Tie pasta. The word Farfella in Italian is butterfly. This is a real delicious pasta that looks like butterfly or bow tie. In this dish I have combined the Bow Tie pasta with tomatoes, ground beef and green peas to make Ragu that coats the pasta to make each bite delicious.

Bow Tie Pasta with Tomatoes, Green Peas and Beef

Bow Tie Pasta Ingredients

Ingredients
Bow tie pasta - One box - 1 pound
Minced beef or lamp - one pound
Green peas -  1 cup
Grape or cherry tomatoes split at center - 1 cups
Garlic 6 - 8 cloves minced finely
Red Onion One large thin sliced
Dried Basil - 1 teaspoon
Red Pepper flakes - 1 teaspoon or to taste
Salt to taste
Olive oil - 5 tablespoons

Steps
1. Cook the paste according to the instructions on the box. Do not overcook the pasta needs to be al dente. Drain the pasta and mix it with 2 tablespoon olive oil and the basil leaves. Mix well and keep aside.
2. Brown the ground beef  and keep aside.
3. In another pan heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the minced garlic Saute till it is light brown. Add the Red pepper flakes saute few minutes and then add the sliced red onions to this.
4. When the onions get soft add the sliced grape tomatoes to this along with salt. Mix well and cook covered until the tomatoes are cooked well.
5. Add the frozen green peas to this and cook till the peas are cooked about 5  - 7 minutes.
6. Add the ground browned ground beef to this and mix well and let it cook on low heat till all flavors mingle.
7. Add the prepared pasta to this and mix well. Turn off heat.

Serve hot.