Be it white sauce pasta or red sauce pasta, it looks tasty. Pasta is everyone’s favorite. Pasta is considered an Italian dish but now it has become an Indian dish because pasta is now made in every house. There are more than 350 types of pasta. The world’s famous Italian restaurant Bella Italia will distribute free pasta to customers in its London branch on World Pasta Day. 25 October day of World Pasta Day Is made as. After all, what is so special about pasta that it has become famous all over the world?
pasta used to be called by another name
The history of pasta is about 2322 years old. At that time it was called ‘Laagne’. Its texture was very different from the existing form. Then the dough was kneaded and cut into square shapes. This sheet was fried and meat was stuffed in the middle. It looked like a sandwich. However, there is no evidence as to who made pasta for the first time. The texture of the pasta we eat today is about 60 years old. Some people consider pasta to be an Italian dish but some historians say that it was made from rice in China. The most surprising thing is that pasta was always eaten as a side dish in Italy. People sometimes ate it with meat.
Different names of pasta
Pasta is made from wheat called durum. It is very tough. Wheat is peeled and ground coarsely. The flour prepared by kneading this semolina in water is dried and then pasta is made. Geographer who lived in Spain in 1154 Mohammed Al Idris book written by ‘Nujhat al mushtaq li ikhtirag al alag Kitab’ It is written in that King Roger Dwitia of Sicily started making Itriyya in Sicily and started exporting it outside. It was called Itriya pasta only. Raisins and cinnamon were added to itriya. That means pasta was also made sweet. Today in Eastern Europe it is called kuzel and is served as a dessert. At the same time, in North Africa, pasta was called couscous. In the 13th century, pasta reached China through the Venetian businessman Marco Polo.
If the water turns white when you boil pasta, then understand that the pasta is not of good quality (Image-Canva)
Tomato changed the color of pasta
Roman chef Francesco Leonardi’s cookbookL’Apicio Moderno According to this, dry pasta became very popular in Italy in the 14-15th century. People used to store dry pasta at home and eat it as a snack. Tomato reached Italy from America in the 16th century. In the early days, tomatoes were considered poisonous but by the 18th century this perception changed and people started making sauce from tomatoes and adding it to pasta. Before this, pasta was eaten dry but when sauce was added to it, people started eating it fondly.
pasta making commercial
In 1740, pasta was created. This year the first pasta factory was set up in Venice. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, he introduced pasta to Americans and made it famous. Actually he was earlier the US Ambassador to Italy. There he liked pasta very much. When he returned to America, he often ordered boxes of it from his friends. When he became President, he got a pasta making machine installed in America itself. The era of pasta industry started in the world in 1990.
variety of pasta
Encyclopedia of Pasta According to India, 146 crore tonnes of pasta is produced every year in the world. Food blogger Rohit Malve says that pasta has many shapes. The pasta that looks like noodles is called spaghetti. Long straight pasta is called bigoli. The tube-shaped pasta is called rigatone. The short and thin bent pasta is called macaroni. Spiral shaped pasta is called spirale. Pasta is made in 3 ways. It can be made with sauce, like soup or baked into cheese. There is no taste for pasta. Its taste comes from its sauce. 1 cold sauce and 4 hot sauces can be added to it. Cold sauce includes mayonnaise while hot sauce can be made from tomatoes, flour, butter and milk, spinach or mushrooms. Pasta is never white in colour. It is slightly yellow.
There are two types of pasta. Dry pasta is called pasta cica and fresh pasta is called pasta fresca (Image-Canva)
pasta salad
There are 200 calories in 1 cup of pasta and if it is made with sauce then its calories increase further. People who are conscious about their health, boil pasta and eat it by adding it to salad. If eaten with boiled pasta, tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, avocado, paneer and feta cheese, it contains only 202 calories. This is a good option for weight loss. However, it is beneficial only when the pasta is made of semolina. Pasta made from flour is also available in the market. One should avoid eating it. Pasta is rich in fiber so one does not feel hungry for a long time after eating it. This also keeps blood sugar under control. Pasta is gluten free. People who are allergic to gluten can include it in their diet without any tension.
after globalization became famous in india
Food blogger Rohit Malve says that pasta has now become like street food in India. It is present in every fast food restaurant and is made daily in every home like noodles. The entry of pasta in India happened only a few years ago. When the era of globalization started in India, many foreign companies started selling dry pasta in India, but when people tasted it in some famous foreign restaurants, it started becoming famous rapidly. Although he believes that the word pasta became famous in India very late, but vermicelli is a form of pasta which has been in use here for centuries.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 24, 2024, 16:49 IST