Spaghetti with garlic

SPAGHETTI WITH GARLIC INSTRUCTIONS

1. Boil a pot with salt water and add spaghetti.
   
2. Cook until it is soft but not ready.
3. While the spaghetti is cooking make the sauce: If you don’t use dried chili flakes.
4. Heat the olive oil gently in a frying pan.
   
5. Add the garlic and chilli and cook gently until the garlic is pale gold.
   
6. Stir in chopped parsley.
7. Drain the spaghetti still not ready, reserve 1/2 cup cooking water.
8. Add spaghetti to the frying pan, stir well to coat with the oil, add some starchy cooking water, as much as needed to ensure the pasta is moist and juicy.
9. Cook on medium heat for 30 seconds, stirring a couple of times.
10. Sprinkle the spaghetti with extra chopped parsley, and grated parmesan cheese if you don’t keep it vegan.

INGREDIENTS

• 450 grams spaghetti, or other long pasta
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp dried chili coarse
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more to serve (optional, if you don’t keep it vegan)
• Salt, to taste