Name: Ministra
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sugar; 500 g Nicola potatoes, cubed; 1 bulb garlic; 1 tbsp paprika; pinch cayenne pepper; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 2 litres water; 3 large ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped; 1 tsp salt; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp vegetable stock powder; 150 g penne pasta; 410 g tinned chopped tomatoes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sababa

By Tal Smith

Published 2014

About

Our father learned this from his mother who would make it for him on winter afternoons (adding lots of garlic and chilli) as a quick and warming snack. It’s called ministra in Hebrew but it’s more of a tomato broth with pasta and potatoes than minestrone. We’ve even started serving it sprinkled with parmesan which makes it super-delicious.