Pasta By Chance

Being successful in life is all about being at the right place at the right time! Do you agree with me? Thats exactly what happend a couple of days back... my previous recipe Chinese Fare (still stuck with a no name status as no one christened it as anything) was at the right place at the right time and evolved as Pasta By Chance!!!! :D

Lets rewind and play the scene once more...

A surplus of my Chinese Fare is what got me thinking. It was way too less to be consumed on its own as an independent dish and too much to be trashed. Now what? I cant waste food. All those chicken soup emails about wasting food flooded my mind and it started racing... once i tried to catechize my friend to purge him of his fussy food habits... "see how the not so fortunate people are feasting on the food we waste, whereas you dont seem to care a dime" to which he responded "how could you be so heartless? its when you waste food they get to celebrate and you expect me to deprive them of that too?" i called him a nasty pig and left it at that... :)

My Finds...

There was this 200gms of Fusilli in a container safely tucked away in a corner of the kitchen cabinet. Conveniently forgotten as I had gone ahead and purchased more of different hues and sizes! I spurred in to a full fledged treasure hunt. And what did I come up with? Lo and behold! 2-3 inches thick Cheddar Cheese , about a tsp of Italian Seasoning (mix of oregano+basil+parsley+garlic+rosemary+salt) i got it from one of the grocers here, gushing with an overwhelming passion to unleash my culinary skills on italian cuisine! Phew! What do you know? my passions were well preserved in the refrigrator ;), i also spotted a half used bottle of oyster sauce, a wee bit of soy sauce and I stopped right there. I shall no more be a sleuthhound beyond this point.

Brass Tacks...

I boiled the fusilli with a bit of salt till al dente. Drained, washed in cool water and gave them an olive oil massage. They tend to get too pally and stick together ;). Left them to fend for themselves for a while.

Poured around 1 tbsp of olive oil into a skillet (if you feel sinful go for butter instead)

Add 2-3 cloves of garlic chopped into teeny weeny bits and let it brown (this is for garlic lovers hence optional)

The Chinese Fare (CF) follows suit. People here i have to tell you something. It is not necessary that you wait to have some CF to be leftover. You could prepare it fresh too ;)

Here the fusilli goes in. Stir carefully so that you dont break any of it.

This is where the excitement starts and you feel like a child... throw in rest of ingredients with abandon :D (Just remember that the sauces would be a maximum of 1 tbsp each)

Toss, stir, mix... voila!!!

Enjoy :D (at your own risk...kidding..)