Homemade Pasta with Mince Pork, Onion, Carrot and Tomato Topping

My very first pasta dish :)

I was actually intended to cook the classic Bolognese sauce for my first ever home made pasta (find out how to make Super Easy Homemade Pasta, click here) but soon after i think it should be my own style of pasta topping to commemorate my very first experience. Because i'm actually preparing this dish for a dinner with my nieces and nephews, so i think it should be something sweet and sour. I know the kids will love this contrasting flavour :)

And so i started to draw out the ingredient list and the cooking procedure in mind. Below are the ingredients (4 pax):

1. Sweet Onion (white colour) .............. 4, cut into 1cm dice
2. Carrot ................................................ 1, Julianne  about an inch long
3. Tomato .............................................. 4, cut into 1cm cube
4. Garlic ...............................................  8 cloves, roughly chopped
5. Minced Lean Pork ............................ 400 g
6. Water ................................................ 400 ml
7. Oil, preferred plant base..................... ??
8. Bay leaf ............................................. 1
9. Dried Rosemary ................................ 1 teaspoon
10. Dried Thymes ................................... 1 teaspoon
11. Parsley ............................................... liking amount, chopped 
12. Seasoning (salt and pepper) ............... liking amount
13. Brown Sugar ..................................... just a pinch 

Prep Time: 15 min, Cook Time 15 min. 

Steps:

1. Drizzle enough amount of oil into a hot sauce pan 
2. Sautee sweet onion until slightly brown (that's when you smell the aroma)
3. Add in the chopped garlic and turn around to mix well 
4. Toss in the minced lean pork and continue sautee. You will want to squash the pork during the sautee so it wont end up in big lump (look ugly)
5. Until lightly brown add in the carrot and stir fry for another 2-3 min
6. Add in the cubed tomato and herbs then add in the water. 
7. Bring to gentle shimmer for 10 min (for all flavours to marry each other)
8. Lastly season with salt, brown sugar and freshly ground black pepper. 

I like to cook pasta and the topping sauce side by side so that i can end up with freshly cooked food to serve those i care. With the pasta cooked on 1 stove, just bring them onto a plate and top it with the sauce. Finally garnish with the chopped parsley. I'd say this is a very appetizing pasta dish because of the topping are made from the sourish tomato and sweet base carrot and onion. And to make it sparks, herbs are added too to increase the depth of the flavours. Not to forget the minced pork to make it a really hearty topping :P   The kids like it very much and so do i  <3