All about pasta

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People all over the world eat a kind of

food from flour and water. In the West
this food is known as pasta but in Asia
we call it noodles.
Introduction

P a s ta
is m a d e fro m flo u r a n d w a te r.

in th e W e s t in A s ia
( e .g . I t a l y , E n g l a n d , F r a n c e , ( e .g . J a p a n , C h i n a , M a l a y i s i a ,
A u s t r a l i a , e t c .) S in g a p o re , e tc )

P a s ta N o o d le s
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The Chinese first started eating noodles

about 1,000 years ago. Many people
believe that Marco Polo, the famous Italian
explorer, first took noodles from China to
Italy. However, we now know that the
Italians were already making pasta before
that. Italian sailors travelled a long way to
look for business. They needed food that
would keep fresh for a long time. So they
learned how to dry pasta.
History of Pasta - 1

Marco Polo
History of Pasta - 2

Italian sailors
travelled a long way
for business.

Pasta
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Pasta is still made in the same way

today, with flour and water. It is then
rolled out and cut into shapes.
Sometimes other things are added to
change the colour. You can find
green, red and black pasta, made with
vegetables, tomatoes and even squid
ink!
How is pasta made?

water

flour
oil
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The most popular kind of pasta is spaghetti.

However, there are many other sizes and
shapes of pasta. Some look like hats,
pillows, ears, worms or bows. Some are
stuffed with meat, seafood, vegetables and
cheese. One type of pasta is called ‘angel
hair’ because it is very thin, like hair. Have
you ever eaten ‘angel hair’ pasta?
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Types of Pasta
1 2 ‘Ears’ pasta
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Spaghetti
‘Bows’ pasta

4 5 ‘Worms’ pasta
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‘Pillows’ pasta ‘Angel hair’ ‘Hats’ pasta

Stuffed pasta

filled with
meat, seafood,
vegetables and
cheese
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We cook pasta in boiling water until it is

soft. Then we can mix it with a sauce
or eat it cold in a salad. Sometimes we
put pasta in soup.
 How do we cook pasta?

Noodles
1. with sauce

2. 3.

Noodles
with soup Fried noodles
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People all over Asia eat noodles. Noodles can be

made from rice, beans and seaweed. They can
be fresh or dried. In China noodles are usually
fried or cooked in soup. They can also be
served cold. In Malaysia and Singapore they are
cooked with chilli to make them very spicy.
Have you ever eaten spicy noodles? The
Chinese have their own kind of stuffed pasta,
called wontons. They eat wontons with noodles.
Have you ever eaten wontons?
 Pasta in Asia

1. Japanese 2.
noodles

Chinese 3.
wontons

Fried noodles
(Malaysia & Singapore)
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Pasta tastes delicious and it is also very

good for us. A lot of people love pasta
but the Italians love it the most. They
love it so much that they have a
museum just for pasta!