Green mussels & tomatoes pasta 青口番茄意大利面

Delicious seafood pasta... Green mussels & tomatoes pasta.

Bought this fresh mussels at the morning seafood market at Teluk Intan, Perak. Cheap price for a kilo, so I bought 1 kilo to try. I will definitely buy these mussel again. It was delicious!!!

 

The hard part was to clean the mussels one by one. Wonder if I buy 2 or 3 kgs of it!

ingredients:

1 kilograms of green mussels
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
3 shallots, minced
3-4 small red tomatoes, diced
a pinch of salt & black pepper
Some basil and parsley
olive oil

1. cook pasta according to the pasta cooking instruction
2. meanwhile, at the other hand heat pan with some olive oil
3. add minced garlic & shallots, sautee evenly
4. add in diced tomatoes until soft
5. add green mussels, add salt & black pepper to taste
6. add in cooked pasta, pour in some pasta water
7. cover the pan for few minutes, you can see the mussels is open wide
8. lastly add some olive oil & serve!