The Pasta Journey- By Anushka

I’ve just finished my exams and to freshen up my mood, I’ve decided to cook pasta. But the point is that human beings will never understand the feelings of these independent veggies and these are some of the unlucky veggies included in the pasta recipe.

It starts with the most important ingredient, the Macaroni Pasta, in ½ cup; pity the whole/drum wheat. The next veggie is super healthy for humans but not pretty much for the mixed vegetables such as broccoli. Now who has broccoli in pasta?? Anyways, capsicum, onion, zucchini and sweet corn all of them are jealous of the next ingredient, a cup of milk, as it is obtained from farm animals and is required in very small quantity. Then suddenly a teaspoon of ragi/bajra flour and even corn flour is desperate to join the family of pasta. And what is a pasta recipe without cheese or mayonnaise? Though only ½ cup, it is still necessary. Now why humans want to add things like salt, pepper and sugar for taste? Does this mean that all the other are veggies completely tasteless? To make the pasta dish pleasant, oregano and basil leaves are added for seasoning. These veggies make the human brain tempted to eat the pasta dish. Also pasta paste, luckily optional, might make its way into the pasta dish. Last but not the least, we cannot miss butter!

Now for the worst part of the dish.. its time for the veggies to ‘suffer’. “Suffer” literally means torture for veggies. The tortures are of many types. Most importantly, veggies are boiled with water. The uncooked pasta is not on its way to death but to get tortured. This is proved as this uncooked pasta is not cooked 100% but only 80%. It has also been strained and its mood keeps on changing as it is first boiled and then rinsed through cold water. The next step is very juicy. The butter melts, followed by vegetables and sauce. Since the dish till now is very smooth, it is added to thick flour and it is mixed to balance it. Pasta paste, though in small quantity, is important at this very stage. If you are a fan of smooth mixture of pasta dish, you can add cheese/mayonnaise. Food should also be pleasant/tempting to look. This, it is garnished with basil leaves. Every person gets bored eating the same food regularly, even if it is your favourite dish. Thus, a whole wheat garlic bread has been added to the dish to freshen up our taste buds.