Spaghetti in the Kitchen

Having enjoyed so many exciting dishes last week (courtesy my mom), this week I wanted to cook up something on my own. The whole while since today morning till evening I was thinking about what to cook. I flipped open a Tarla Dalal book I had purchased sometime ago. Then thinking of delighting Cheenu (she is fond of continental) and myself wanting some change in taste, I decided to try something exciting from the options.

We went through the several options together and zeroed in on ‘Potato Ring with Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce’.

Mostly I followed the recipe but added some of my customization as well. Here is how you cook it up. Serves: 1-2 people

Step1: Boiler Plate!

1. Boil two potatoes and cut into small sized pieces

2.  Boil 200gm of Spagehetti

3. Boil 2/3 cup of Sweet Corn (keep all these aside)

Step2: Choppy Waters!

Meanwhile chop two Onions, two Green Chillies and 6-7 Tomatoes (large pieces)

Step3: Saucy Sautee!

Boil the cut tomato pieces in a quarter cup of water. Once boiled use a sieve to separate out the pulp from the juice. Keep the juice aside.

Fry half of the chopped onions in 1 tb spoon ghee. Add the tomato juice, half spoon red chili powder, 1 tb sugar, some salt and let it boil on medium heat for about 10 mins. Your sauce is done.

Step4: Mixed Bag!

Now in your sauce, add spaghetti and 3 tb spoon of Fresh Cream. Mix it all well.

Step5: Couch Potato!

Fry remaining half of the chopped onions in 1 tb spoon butter. Add the green chilies, boiled cut potatoes, corn, half a cup of boiled spaghetti and half a cup of milk. Add some salt to taste. Mix it all well and keep aside. Your potato mix is done.

Important: the sauce preparation and the potato mix preparation should go in parallel as these two are served together hot. Here’s how:

The Plating: Take a small cup/bowl and fill it with the potato mix. Now turn it upside down on your serving plate and remove the cup/bowl. Surround the mix with the spaghetti in tomato sauce. Grate some Cheese on top.

Tada!!! Your dish is ready to be served.

Have Funn Cooking. Enjoy Madi!