The 5 Best ‘Pasta’ brands available in Mumbai
Pasta, the essence of Italy, is the most famous food around the world and a favorite amongst people of all ages. Pasta is fun to eat because it comes in many different shapes and can be made with various sauces. There are various kinds of short pastas like Penne, Farfalle, Fusilli, Rigatoni, Conchiglie. Long pastas include Spaghetti, Linguini, and Fettuccine and stuffed pasta’s include Ravioli and Tortellini. Pastas are also available in sheets to make Cannelloni and Lasagna. Gnocchi is another variety of pasta made form potato. For beginners any pasta is shaped in a particular manner to go well with the sauce it is cooked in for instance Penne is shaped like a pipe so that the a thick sauce like Arrabiatta goes through it and Linguini can be eaten with dry sauces like Pesto. Until recently only a few pastas were available in India. Now since the food knowledge has spread around the world people know more about different kinds and brands of pasta. Still at times I see people buying not that great brand of pasta and trying to cook with it which does mostly end up into a disaster. So here’ s a little help, here are top 5 brands of Pasta available in Mumbai to help you shop better next time!
1. Barilla
2. De Cecco
3. Sunfeast Benne Vita
4. Blue Bird
5. Bambino
Barilla and De Cecco are foreign brands that are now available in Mumbai in most of the stores that keep high end and imported products like Natures Basket, Big Bazar etc. A lot of small grocery stores have also started keeping these pastas. If you plan a trip to any wholesale market like Crawford Market make sure you pick up your stock for the month as they are slightly cheaper than in the stores. Barilla is available more easily than De Cecco. These products range from Rs 155 – 400 for 250 – 500 grams.
Sunfeast had started their range of pasta’s with ready to cook pastas. After bring successful with it they have launched their new rage of wheat pastas. These are available easily in all grocery stores and inspite of being made from wheat they taste great! These are sold for about Rs 95 for 380 grams.
Blue Bird and Bambino have been the oldest brands that have been available in Mumbai for years. Initially they were of very low quality and had limited variety but through the years they have made changes in their products and got in more variety to compete with the other brands. These range from Rs 18 – 35 for 120 – 250 grams.
Since we are talking about pastas, here are quick tips for beginners to cook pasta perfectly:
- When buying pasta check the pack, if it says drum wheat or semolina, go for it! they will retain their shape even after they are cooked!
- The best way to guesstimate pasta is 1 cup of dry pasta makes 2 to 2 1/2 cups of cooked pasta
-To cook pasta take a bigger pot to cook all the pasta properly, add water and bring the water to boil.
- Once the water is boiled add salt, unsalted water boils faster than salted water. Do not add oil as it will coat the pasta which wont let the sauce coat the pasta.
- Add your pasta and keep a watch you want your pasta “al dente” which means to the tooth or slightly chewy as it will be cooked again with your sauce.
- Drain your pasta and add it to immediately your sauce, i assure you, your pasta will not de shape!
Hope these tips help solve your kitchen disasters and help you cook your pasta like a chef!
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