Cheesy Pasta Sticks

Ingredients

• 80 grams penne pasta
• 1 tsp crushed garlic
• As required some diced capsicum
• As required some diced onions
• As required some diced bell pepper
• As required some chopped green/black olives
• As required some chilli flakes
• As per taste, some oregano herbs
• As required some black pepper powder
• Salt, as per your taste
• 1 tsp pizza/pasta sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• As required, mozzarella cheese
• As required, oil

Steps

1. Bring enough water to a boil. Add some salt and a tsp of oil, mix, then add the pasta and mix again. Boil until 90 percent done and strain in a strainer. Pour a glass of cold water over the pasta, then sprinkle a tsp of oil and coat well to keep the pieces from sticking together.
2. Heat the pan, add a tbsp of oil, then put in the crushed garlic. Fry on a low flame until the garlic's raw smell has gone.
3. Add the boiled pasta and coat it well with the fried garlic. Mix in pepper powder, chilli flakes and oregano herbs thoroughly.
4. Add the tomato ketchup, vinegar and pizza/pasta sauce and mix thoroughly again, then let it cool a little.
5. Prick each pasta piece with a skewer and gently push it down, working one piece at a time. Do not put more than 15 pasta pieces on a single skewer. Leave 1 inch free at both sides of the stick so it can be held properly and looks good. Repeat with the remaining pasta.
6. Brush tomato ketchup or pasta sauce over the pasta, then sprinkle mozzarella cheese as desired. Add diced capsicum, onion, bell pepper and chopped olives, followed by a sprinkling of chilli flakes and oregano herbs.
7. Microwave for about a min and serve hot with the melting cheese. As an alternative after assembly and before melting the cheese, put the sticks in a frying pan, cover with a lid and leave until the cheese melts completely, then serve as they are. Vegetables of your choice may be used.