Classic Pasta For Malaysian Palate

seafood aglio olio

Spaghetti Aglio Olio with jumbo prawn and squid. Normally the Italians will not use capsicums in this dish but I find that capsicums give this dish a distinct flavour together with some dried chillies and lots of garlic! Many people like spaghetti aglio olio even though this is really a simple dish. The trick to this dish is to really sauteed the garlic with sufficient of pure olive oil and a dash of dried chilli flakes a to add some zing to it.

spaghetti carbonara 

Another malaysian favorite of pasta, the carbonara. Many Malaysian likes this dish with its creaminess and the cheese. In order to make this dish taste sinful, you need to use good quality cream, cheese and finish off with egg yolk for the final velvety texture. Mind you, please do not use those ordinary parmesan cheese powder which you can buy from the supermarket, it really spoils the carbonara taste. Try to get the either the parmesan block or the grana padano or the parmigiano reggiano. To use these cheese you need to shave it with a vegetable peeler into thin slices and add them on top of the pasta.