Prep all ingredients before cooking. Crush, peel and thinly slice garlic.

Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Add long pasta of your choice. Add generous amount of salt. Leave it to cook.

After 3 or 4 minutes of pasta cooking in the pot, start heating a deep pan over medium low heat (❓️: We want the pasta is ready when garlic is done) Next, add olive oil 🫒.

Add garlic and sauté until there's tiny hint of golden colour. Add chilli 🌶 flakes. Stir so the garlic and the flakes well-combined. Turn off the heat immediately so the flakes won't burn.

Check the pasta. It should be cooked al-dente. Remove the pasta from the water and reserve this pasta water 💧for the sauce later.