A Guide to Preserve Cooked Pasta When You’re On a Road Trip

1. 5 Smart Tricks to Preserve Cooked Pasta While Travelling! Pasta is the apt solution when it comes to preparing quick meals for kids and adults alike. But the real problem arises when it comes to storing your pasta for hours. Did you know that you can store cooked pasta in a refrigerator for 2, even 3 days? Surprised? Well, don’t be because you can keep it for more than a day, and it’ll remain fresh. While kept in a refrigerator, pasta’s durability increases but the question is how will you keep the meal fresh while travelling without a refrigerator? It is quite tough to preserve foods while travelling. But this guide has great tips and tricks to help you in storing and keeping the pasta fresh all day long that too without a refrigerator. So, give it a read and enjoy having fresh pasta while travelling with your friends and family. Tricks to Keep Cooked Pasta Fresh All Day Long While Travelling

2. Trick 1 - Cook Short Sized Pasta Instead Of Long Ones Long pasta dries faster and gets mashed up in a container. Also, when you cook long pasta for travelling, it will barely take few minutes get all mushed up and mixed up. This happens because of the heavy weight of the pasta, so it is better to cook short sized pasta to avoid cramping in the container. Trick 2 - Cook Pasta Made Of Durum Wheat The exterior component present in durum wheat pasta makes its outer crust hard. This not only makes the pasta of good quality but also keep it rigid and thick. Due to this property, uncooked durum wheat pasta can be kept for a year while the cooked pasta can be frozen and re-eaten any time in 2-3 days. So, make sure to cook durum wheat pasta, especially when you want to keep it fresh during travel. Trick 3 - Undercook the Pasta & Add More Sauce Using this pro cooking trick will reform how you prepare and preserve pasta. Generally, we all cook the sauce and then add pasta to it but this trick is completely different. You can simply add hot pasta sauce to slightly cooked pasta that develops steam inside the container or tiffin box. This way, the pasta absorbs all the steam from the sauce and then it gradually becomes ready to eat. Trick 4 - Add Olive Oil to Pasta When Reheating Reheating pasta is a skill and if done properly can bring in the same freshly cooked pasta taste. For that, all you need to do is fill a pan with salty water and add leftover pasta to it. After that, drizzle some olive oil in the pan and let it heat for over 2-3 minutes. And guess what? Your reheated delicious and yummy pasta is ready to serve. Trick 5 - Cover the Pasta with Plastic & Then Foil It Highly moist pasta can ruin the taste of the whole meal, so if your pasta gains moisture, it will hardly take an hour to turn it into a bland mix of ingredients and nothing else. To avoid this blandness, it is better to pack your pasta with plastic first, and then cover it with foil paper before storing it in a container. Always pack in a manner that all the ingredients remain edible, and pasta will not become soggy or sticky.

3. These are some of the smart pasta hacks to restore it for long and enjoy your favourite meal all day while travelling. Along with keeping these tips in mind, always make sure to buy quality pasta. As there is an endless list of pasta companies in India, make sure to consider quality while buying a product from any pasta brand.