Pasta cooking: Tips & Tricks

Al' Dente vegan pasta with pinch of flavors.

 Pasta is a go-to weeknight meal because it's quick and easy to make, and it's a crowd-puller. Best of all, making perfect pasta is simple — here are some  quick tips to get you there.

1. STOP PUTTING OIL IN YOUR BOILING WATER OR ON PASTA

Your sauce will slide off the noodles if you add oil to the water or to cooked pasta to prevent sticking. You'll also get greasy pasta which will ruin your whole recipe. Here are all the do's that you follow for perfect taste!

2. USE PLENTY OF WATER

Fill the pot with enough fresh, cold water so your pasta will expand in plenty of room and move freely. Remember for every 250g of pasta, it is recommended to use at least three litres of water.

3. SEASON YOUR PASTA WATER WITH SALT

The only time you can season the pasta directly is when you salt the water. To flavor the pasta, the water must "taste like the sea." One tablespoon of salt is required for every three litres of water.

4. DON'T ADD PASTA IN COLD WATER

 To start cooking the noodles properly, you need the water to be quite hot because starches absorb water fast. If noodles are added too soon, they will be undercooked and soggy.

5. ADD AND STIR

Don't leave the stove to check Facebook, what's going on neighbor, or settle in to watch another Netflix episode. People you're on pasta duty! Stir your pasta just after adding it in to boiling water as this ward off from sticking together. Let them free and unencumbered. 

 

6.  TIME FOR CHECKING TENDERNESS

 Check the time of your pasta packaging every pasta has different range of cooking time. Minimum range of cooking pasta starts from 6 minutes and it takes as long as 12 minutes depends on the pasta.

 Let's analyze the doneness of your pasta! Check out the pasta strand by fishing out from your cooking pot using any fork or chopstick, allow them to cool and bite.

What's your teeth sense? Is the resistance in the center just right, or is there still a slight crunch? Does the pasta bounce back and forth like springs? You desire it, after all.

 

7.  DRAIN YOUR PASTA SCRUPULOUSLY.

 Keep a guard on your pasta while draining it, steam from the pot is hot. Drain your pasta just enough to remove the majority of the water, make sure not all the water washed off it will tends your pasta to adhere  one another as the starch of pasta will solidify when it cools down.

 

This revolutionary technique for cooking pasta in a pot with enough water will blow your mind that you've learnt  from the traditional method. It completely contradicts everything we have ever been taught.

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