hello
Namaste salaamwalekum satsriyakaal;  welcome back to another session
with your VahChef at Vahrehvah.com. Today we're going to enter the
world of pastas
the most important thing when you think
about pasta his how to boil them
so dear friends we're going to learn how to boil these pastas
perfectly, so that we get al dente.
Al dente means to the bite. There are
various kinds of pasta to choose from
we got some spaghetti from Italy and we have some fusellini
this is also made in Italy but we got our good old
bambino pasta this is penni pasta
from India. Even in India we get various
kinds of pasta nowadays
more than spaghetti, pastas like penni pasta and the twisters are very popular in
India
and you can Indianize various kinds of
sauces to make this
what is it so great about boiling pasta
how many of you can make biryani
where rice is cooked perfectly with each
grain
shining like pearls each one of you can
do it
but you need to pay a lot of attention
saw isn't cooking pasta
use lot of water in a deep pot
pasta needs to literally dance in this hot
boiling water
with the right amount of salt so the
first thing we need to do is
bring this water to boil add
right amount of salt just 10 grams of
salt for
100 grams of pasta. After adding salt wait
till the water comes to a boil again
that's when you add
pasta again, i added 25 grams of salt
so I'm going to add 250 grams of pasta into it. After you add pasta
as soon as possible just stir it because
you don't want this pasta
to stick together specially if you're
using spaghetti
we're going to let it boil. Now we're going to add some oil
Dear friends this would be the most
stupidest thing to do
with pasta. when ever we boil chinese noodles
in the restaurant we're going to cool them
and use it for cooking later
that's when we add oil but for Italian pasta you add oil
that's as good as murdering this pasta
so never add oil
every minute or so mix the pasta, this spaghetti says
10 minutes, this bambino pass 10-20 minutes
and here another pasta says again 12
minutes
so dear friends how do you know if the
pasta is cooked well I never follow
the time that's mentioned on this
package. I just take a strand of pasta
break it and see if the inside is still whitish that means the pasta is still
not cooked
ones the core of the strand has lost its
whiteness
that is the time for draining so what is Al dente. Al dente is when you
take a bite
you should feel the bite it should not
be overcooked
then it's not good, the pasta is as good
as ready to throw in the garbage
so when you take a bite, you should feel the bite, that's what is al dente.
I just take one pasta
bite I think it needs one more minute
this is almost done wow perfect
once the pasta is cooked before draining add a glass of cold water
to stop it from cooking further. Here I've
got my
sauce ready I'm just going to add some more basil to it . wow
it smells good, see professional chefs
what we do is we take the pasta
drain it out
and immediately put in the sauce so
while this pasta is cooking
I already made the pasta sauce here
which is just done
so i'm going to add this pasta into my sauce
this pasta is ready. This is awesome. I'm going to transfer it into
hahahahahahaha put in some
grated cheese on top if you want
by the time the pasta is cooked my sauce
is ready i drain it
immediately I add pasta into up sauce. The reason why I add
hot pasta into hot sauces always serve
your pasta
piping hot never luke warm or cold. One of the main reasons why we don't
add oil into boiling pasta is because
sauce will not stick to the pasta
if you add oil while boiling. Make sure you
cook the pasta right
but sauce make it to your taste, if you want to indianize the pasta sauce
please go ahead do it the way you like
it. Today we just learn how to
boil this pasta but in another session we  will definitely learn various kinds of
pasta sauces. Dear friends I hope you enjoyed today's session of learning how to make
pasta with your VahChef but  remember vahrehvah is all about
inspiring others to cook. So please post
your recipes and cooking tips
at vahrehvah.com so others can
benefit from your great cooking
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