Jumbo pasta shell salad

Ingredients:

Jumbo pasta shells - 8-10 nos

Chicken - boiled and shreded 1 cup

Cream cheese - 1 cup (I used garlic flavoured cream cheese)

Sweetcorn - 2 tblsps

Cherry tomatoes - 2 tblsps finely chopped

Carrot - 2 tblsps finely chopped

 Basil - 2 leaves finely chopped

Olive oil - 2 tblsps

Black pepper powder - 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Water for boiling pasta

Recipe:

1. Boil around 1 ltr of water in a vessel. Add 1 tblsp olive oil and 2 tblsps of salt in it. 

2. Once the water starts boiling, add jumbo pasta shells in it. 

3. Cook it for 10-12 minutes. (Or cook according to the directions mentioned on the packet)

4. After cooking the pasta, drain out the water and rinse it below flowing cold water. Add 1/2 tblsp olive oil on it to prevent sticking.

5. Add cream cheese, chicken, sweetcorn, cherry tomatoes, carrot, basil, olive oil, black pepper powder and salt as per taste, in a bowl. Mix well.

6. Fill up each jumbo shell with the salad.

7. Top it with some basil leaves, pinch of paprika and olive oil. Serve cold.