Creamy Garlic Butter Pasta

This is a super cheesy, flavorful pasta recipe. 🧀

Ingredients:

• Pasta {type: RIGATONI}
• Garlic (2 cloves grated)
• Butter
• Cream (1/4 cup, optional, parmesan, mozzarella or cheddar)
• 2 cup Milk (Soya Milk healthy option)
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon Oregano (or dried mix Italian herbs)
• Salt as needed
• 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes (optional, adjust to taste)
• Herbs: Coriander leaves/Basil leaves/Oregano (whichever you have!)
• Mixed Vegetable (optional)

Instructions:

1. Boil 4 cups of water.
2. Add pasta and 1/4 teaspoon salt; boil until soft. (mine takes about 9 mins)
3. Put about 1/4 cup pasta-cooked stock aside.
4. Drain the pasta, cover and keep aside.

5. Pour half tbsp butter into a pan. Add veggies and sauté them on medium-high heat until slightly tender yet crunchy.

Make White Sauce

6. Melt 2 tbsp butter, add minced garlic and fry for 30–40 seconds on medium heat.

7. Stir in all-purpose flour. Sauté well until the flour loses the raw smell (don’t brown the flour).
8. Turn off the heat, slowly pour 1/2 cup milk while stirring.
9. Turn on the heat and cook on medium-low until the white sauce becomes thick. Pour the heavy cream or cheese and mix well.
10. If it’s thick enough to coat the back of a spoon—congrats!!

11. Add the vegetables and the cooked pasta; mix well.
12. Add pepper, oregano, and chili flakes.
    Garnish it & serve warm!!!