CHILLED PASTA SALAD

I have learnt about this dish from a friend. She prepares scrumptious starters. This Chilled Pasta Salad dish she usually serves alongside kebabs. I keep learning recipes from my surroundings. At times, I improvise  them or sometimes follow the recipe ditto in the comfort of my kitchen. This typical Indian cook does at times cook different, if only she has the ingredients ready in hand..... My Western and Middle-Eastern food loving men have to visit the restaurants for those kinds. I do not like messing up a recipe, I cook what I am comfortable in. In this pasta dish, we can keep adding the ingredients as per our preferences. Lots of vegetables, sausage, boiled chicken, eggs, mayonnaise can be added but I want simpler things in my kif. In a low caloric version, we can skip the mayo and use only the olive oil. Since I prepared it for my guests, among which there were the little ones, I used mayonnaise. Let us do it.

INGREDIENTS :

Pasta[Any Variety] : 200gm [I used the shell shaped]
Tomato : 1 small sized
Cucumber : 1 small sized
Sweet Corn : 2 tbsp
Parsley [chopped] : 2 tbsp [I did not have]
Green Chilli : 1

Onion : 1 medium sized
Mayonnaise : 2-3 tbsp
Salt : As Required
Black Pepper Powder : 1/2tsp

Olive Oil : 1 tbsp

Lemon Juice : 2 tsp

METHOD :

Boil the pasta in enough water with a little of salt and 1 tsp of oil added to it. Drain the water and wash  the boiled pasta with cold water again.

Chop the washed tomato and cucumber. Boil the sweet corn for 3-4 minutes, drain the water. Wash and chop the parsley, green chilli. Peel, wash and chop the onion.

In a bowl, add together the olive oil, mayonnaise, crushed black pepper, lemon juice, a little of salt and mix together well.

Thereafter, add the chopped vegetable and the boiled  pasta. Mix well. Our pasta salad is ready. Chill the bowl for an hour or two before having.