Monday, May 15, 2006

Pasta for everyone!


Dedicated to my cookingly-challenged-but-diningly-attuned friend Ola82:

*Pasta: (for preparation of pasta of choice)

Sauce:
I usually use a tomato-based sauce wic can be mixed wit eg; ground beef, seafood, cheese, mushrooms, cheese, vege, minced hotdogs or practically anything u wish.And dont ask for measurements...i use agak-ration.

  • 2 peeled chopped tomatoes
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 small chopped onion
  • red chillies (optional)
  • 1 Ayam Brand Pasta Sauce (NTUC can get)
  • MasterFoods ITALIAN Herbs
  • 1/2 can Button mushrooms
  • Maggi tomato/chilli sauce (optional)
  • salt, sugar, pepper to taste
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  1. Tumis your garlic till very lite brown
  2. Do the same for your onion (and/or chillies)
  3. Add Ayam Brand Pasta Sauce (u should be stirring occasionally from now on)
  4. Add the 2 chopped tomatoes
  5. Add mushrooms
  6. Salt, Sugar, Pepper to taste (u may add in your Maggi stuff if u think it needs any)
  7. Add the ITALIAN Herbs.

Pour sauce over pasta. Sprinkle mozarella cheese on top (u can also put 1 whole slice of cheese if u want!). Serve!

Serves 4...or 2. Depending how gagah u are.

#Tip 1 - to peel tomatoes:

  1. make a cross cut through the SKIN of the bottom of the tomato till abt 3/4 to the top.
  2. put in boiling water for abt 2 mins
  3. quickly rinse in tap water and u can easily peel away skin.
  4. or u can b lazy n juz get the peeled ones available in cans!

#Tip 2 - tasting:

  1. i sometimes use Knorr/Maggi chicken cube stock to enhance the flavour of the sauce. (cehhh...enhance siak! mana peh Jamie Oliver siak!)
  2. juz trial and error.

#Tip 3 - alternative recipe: [sorta like a pasta salad]

  1. prepare pasta as per normal (as stated *)
  2. add chopped tomatoes
  3. add Italian herbs
  4. add cheese
  5. add Olive oil
  6. TOSS!

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Good luck n have fun!

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