Hi I am Maryam Nadeem from Lahore #pakistan. Come once again to share my amazing entry about pasta. Contest organized By my favorite friend of steemit is @dasudi. And the titel is I Celebrate World Pasta Day. So lets start. 😍

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Do you think that pasta tastes better when we add vegetables or some aromatic herb to the water?

First of all, I would like to tell you that everyone has a completely different way of making pasta, many people prepare pasta using herbs and vegetables, but here in Pakistan, pasta is prepared in a completely different way. Boiled and vegetables are fried in spices. Boiled vegetables are not tasty at all. Therefore, we prepare pasta in a different way, which is very tasty and aromatic. When mixed in, the fragrance becomes much more beautiful.

But if we mix vegetables or herbs in water, it gives a very sweet aroma, but I never use herbs, I only use vegetables and buy pasta from outside markets. Which is only used for boiling and after boiling it is mixed with the vegetables. It is also very tasty.

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Is it necessary to add oil to boiling water to prevent the pasta from sticking?

Yes, it is very important that you have asked in this question that the water should be kept clean so that our pasta does not stick and we should add oil to the water to prevent the pasta from sticking. Not connected to each other and our pasta is prepared in a very beautiful way, but I also know a recipe that I would like to share with you guys that whenever you add pasta to the water, inside it. When you see that your pasta is well cooked inside the water, after taking it out in the basket in which you want to take it out, open a bowl of cold water over it.

Because as soon as cold water is poured over the hot pasta, the hot water will go away by itself and the pasta will not stick together at all and separate it well with your hands so that the pasta cools down well. And pour enough cold water over it to loosen it well. So try that whenever you add your pasta from the boiling water to the basket, you must add cold water over it so that your pasta does not stick to it and it is very delicious.

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Once the pasta is al dente, should it be washed with cold water to stop the cooking process?

Yes exactly, I mentioned the same thing in the above question that as soon as your pasta is ready, first pour cold water over it so that your pasta mixes well with each other. So that when we add pasta to the vegetables, our pasta does not stick together and is well prepared. In this question, I would like to share my pasta recipe with you guys, how I prepare my pasta, hope you will also prepare our pasta the same way.

First of all I would like to mention all the ingredients that are used in our pasta. It should be cut into pieces. First of all take the boneless chicken and cut it into small pieces, after that the cabbage should be cut finely, the carrots should also be cut finely and besides the capsicum which gives our pasta a nice aroma. It is also very good to cut it thinly. In the sauces we only use chili sauce and vinegar, using soy sauce also gives a delicious taste to our pasta.

After that, the most important thing is to add water in a separate pan and add the pasta to it. When it is ready, take it out in a basket and pour cold water over it. So now on the other side take another pan and after adding oil to it add small pieces of chicken and then add carrot capsicum and cabbage and fry well in it. Add the spices, salt and pepper. After mixing it well, add soy sauce, chili sauce and vinegar to it so that our vegetables are mixed well and decompose well.

And finally, when our spices and vegetables are fully cooked and it looks like it is ready, add the pasta and let it cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Your wassat will be completely ready and the food will be very delicious. In Pakistan we prepare spaghetti and macaroni and pasta in the same way because everyone has a different cooking style. My family eats it very fondly. 😍

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The only thing pasta water should contain is salt?

No of course not we already have salt in it so we only add salt inside the vegetable seasoning and also we don't add salt at all in boiling pasta because everyone's cooking method is different.

Do you think eating pasta at night is healthy?

Many people care a lot about their health but there are many people who eat pasta even at night time but I would like to share my opinion with you people that we should not eat pasta at all at night time. Eat about three to two hours before going to bed. I have seen quite a few people who use pasta or macaroni for lunch and a light meal at night, but many people like to eat pasta for dinner, but I would like to mention this. That whenever you prepare pasta at home. Vegetables in pasta become very heavy, so one should always stay away from these things while sleeping. I hope you guys will like my entry and you guys will definitely reward me and tell me last in the comment section how you guys liked my pasta recipe. Take care Allah hafiz. 😍