Pasta Salad

Ingredients:-

• 1 cup pasta (any type, except spaghetti)
• 1 ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2cups boiled mixed vegetables like carrot, peas, potato, broccoli, sweet corn, and bell pepper/capsicum
• 1 boiled egg or 50 gram boiled boneless chicken (optional). You can add both.
• ½ tsp sugar                                                             
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tsp olive oil/melted butter/margarine
• Crushed black pepper
• Water for boiling pasta & vegetables.

Boiling pasta is the main part of this recipe. So do it carefully.

How to do!!! Here the way.

In a big container pour more water during boiling, so that pasta can move freely  inside the pot.

Now let the water boil. Add salt to it. Then put pasta.

After adding pasta you can see that intensity of boiling get slow for few minutes. Within 5-7 minutes again it starts to boil. Wait for 2-3 minutes like that & drain all water. Thoroughly wash the pasta with normal water. Keep the pasta into a sieve that all water can drain out.

In a big bowl put all vegetables & pasta.

Mix & stir mayonnaise, sugar, 2 pinches of salt, Olive oil & pepper in a bowl.

Then pour this mixture into the pasta & vegetables.

If you wish you can add little dry / fresh basil or parsley leaves. It gives it a different  touch which we both like.