The right to be bangga for 24 hours or so!...

The Underdogs won...the dark horse won...that's what some people say...
Who would have thought that 2 demure girls from Uptown Damansara could've beaten all the others.............pasta dish...HAHAHAHAHA...

I"m so glad that my colleague kept her word and opened up her house and also cooked the pasta and also came to the event!i've been inviting her and even let her listen to the Yesus kupercaya song and told her how nice it is and told her its my Pastor that sang it. And today she gets to meet Pastor but not personally. She said Pastor is pretty. Hahaha...

Let me tell you the story...initially i wanted to make Carbonara pasta and since she heard about the event(cos Matt shared during PG before Revo conference that week that there will be a cooking event and that got her interested though she doesn't know how to cook pasta) and showed interest in joining, i decided to really go all the way for her if she would come...we were supposed to get her friend Arvin to cook since he made really good pasta the other time. But this guy couldn't make it. So i thought ok..since she doesn't cook pasta, i shall do the carbonara which i know how to make. And i asked for her input and she kept insisting subtly that we should put cili padi...i was like @_@ how can...the taste doesn't go with carbonara...anyways i was kinda determined that i will make the carbonara by hook or by crook...but at the back of my mind i felt i should do this together with her. So i said ok, let's put cili padi when we marinate the chicken. Then she forgot to bring the chicken back to marinate so i had to do it. So, today while driving to her house after work, she told me she has tomato paste at home and herbs and we should put garlic and onions...so i was again@_@ and then decided that...u know wat...we'll do the tomato based pasta because it will go with the cili padi idea...never mind that i had bought stuff to make carbonara cos its just milk and cream and cheese. We can still use the chicken and mushroom and parsley. At first i wanted to make the carbonara because i knew it could win but then i thought i want this to be group effort and i want her to be involved, so it didn't really matter if we didn't win. hahaha...and while making the whole pasta dish process, it was pretty cool you know..i honestly dunno wat in the world is adante pasta(i googled dy so now i know) and i didn't have a clue wat kinda taste i wanted. I just knew...it will be spicy bcos of the cili padi...and my colleague Shalini did a fantastic job with choosing the right sized plate and though the color din't match, she was smart enough to put the pasta on 1 side and garnish it simply with mint leaves and tomatoes. She did all the mixing and deco and some cooking. I simply marinated the chicken and add herbs and cream whenever needed. So it was really a favour from above...woohoo!

Now, let me write the recipe down before i forget!

It is called Fiery Bolognese =D

Serves 2-3 persons(depending how much you eat)

Ingredients:

To marinate chicken overnight(good for YWA as we can marinate the chicken at night and then use it the next nite to cook. Chicken would then be super marinated.hahaha)

• 300g of minced chicken
• 4-5 pieces of cili padi chopped finely(can also grind it)
• 2-3 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoon of crushed black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of grinded white pepper

Mix well and leave to marinate overnight in cooler fridge(not freezer).

To prepare spaghetti
Boil water in medium sized pot. Put some salt and wait for water to boil. Put in about half a packet of spaghetti (You can also use fettucine or angel hair).

Boil until spaghetti looks a bit fat. I can't tell exactly how long. Prolly 20 minutes over low fire and boiling. Best to take 1 strand out and pinch off 2 cm and eat it to see if its cooked well or adante. er...ya...

Drain spaghetti and wash with cold water. Put 1-2 tablespoon of butter onto spaghetti and mix well. Can add more butter if you want it to be really oily looking.

Sauce! One of the main things...

• 5-6 cloves of garlic(the more the better) chopped fine
  
• 1 biji onion chopped fine or sliced
  
• 4 cili padis chopped fine
• half bottle of Prego's tomato paste
• 1-2 tablespoon of Spaghetti bolognese herbs(comes in a bottle like McCormick herbs bottle)
• 4-5 tablespoon of cooking cream ( or cream or milk also can but maybe different taste lar...)
• white mushroom as much as you want and sliced it.
• 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley
• grated cheese
  

1. Heat pan with 2-3 tablespoon of butter and another 1/4 cup of cooking oil
2. Put in garlic, onions and chopped cili padi and stir fry for few minutes or until fragrant.
3. Add in the marinated chicken. Stir fry till mostly cooked. Don't cook till meat is dry. Add some (prolly 1/4cup) pasta water(from cooking the pasta) and continue simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add half bottle of Prego's tomato paste.
5. Mix well. Add cooking cream.Stir well. Color will turn from tomato red to orangey. Add salt to taste if tasteless.
6. Add mushroom (can also add in earlier before the tomato paste). Mix well.Simmer another 5 minutes.

Sauce is now done!

Finally, when ready to eat, only then mix the spaghetti and the sauce in a bowl and serve on a plate with garnishing. Careful not to break the pasta strands. Looks like that was 1 reason why our pasta won cos the strands didn't break.

Voila...bon apetit! ^_^
I'm so happy that we won...thank You Jesus! I hope even beyond that that she will have an encounter with God personally...