Have you ever thought how a restaurant can get a dish of pasta to your table in about four minutes⏰when you know it takes ten minutes just to cook the pasta? Now, many questions will arise in your mind regarding this, such as does the water on the stoves boil at a higher temperature than yours? Do they know a trick that you don’t? But, it’s not like that, the truth is – they parboil or partially pre-cook their pasta, so, whenever the order comes into the kitchen, they turn out the dish perfectly in a 1-2 minutes.

You can also use this technique during the morning breakfast when you’re getting a late for the office or you can plan to serve pasta for a gathering at your home. Today, in this blog, we are going to mention the complete process of Parboil Pasta, cooked in white creamy sauce and vegetables. So please be with us to learn the whole recipe and enjoy this new change in the Pasta.

How to cook Parboil Pasta in the restaurant style:

Required Ingredients

• 2 cups of Pasta
• 1 tbsp of Butter
• 1 tbsp of Maida
• 2 cups of Milk
• 1 tsp Thyme (Ajwain Flowers)
• 1 tsp of Oregano (Ajwain Leaves)
• 5-6 Basil Leaves
• 1/2 tsp of Black Pepper (crushed)
• Salt according to taste
• 2 tsp of Olive Oil
• 6-8 Garlic Cloves (chopped)
• 1 cup of Mix Vegetable (Bell, peppers, broccoli, corns)
• 1/4 cup of Cheddar Cheese (grated)

Procedure

 

• To parboil pasta at home, take a large bowl of water. Bring it to the boil. The large bowl will help to cook the pasta evenly.

• Now, add the pasta to this boiling water. After adding, add 1 tsp of salt, if required.

• After that, add a bit of olive oil to avoid the stickiness.

• Boil the pasta, until it’s almost done. This will now depend on the type of pasta.

• Now, take out a piece of pasta from the boiling water and cool slightly.

• Test it by biting into it. It should be a little underdone in the middle, because the pasta will cook once you start heating it up with other ingredients.

• Drain this pasta and there it’s ready for use.

• Moving to further process, heat butter in a pan and add maida. Fry for 30 seconds.

• Add milk and whisk so that no lumps are formed.

• Add thyme, oregano, basil leaves, salt and pepper. White sauce is ready, keep it aside for a while.

• Heat olive oil in the same pan, add garlic cloves, mix vegetables and cook for a minute.

• Now, add the parboil pasta, white sauce and grated cheese.

• Cook for a minute and serve hot.