Spicy Spaghetti

Today has been a lazy day... lazy to cook rice, but all excited and geared up to try some experimenting with spaghetti. I searched for some good recipes in the internet, but most of them wanted chilly sauce, vinegar, multi-purpose sauce and many other varieties. In my kitchen, you can simply find 1 bottle of tomato sauce and soy sauce. I have not tried other varieties of sauces for the simple reason that we seldom cook Chinese/Italian food and the sauce will be kept unused for months together and wasted ultimately.

So the below recipe is my own version of spaghetti, more suitable for Indian taste buds. Try it out, and i bet you will enjoy the new taste.

Indian Version Spaghetti Ingredients:

1 onion - chopped

1 bowl carrot - cut into match sticks size

1 bowl shredded cabbage

1 bowl capsicum - cut into thin long slices

1 small bowl onion springs - cut diagonally

1 spoon minced ginger & garlic

1 large bowl cooked & strained Spaghetti

1 spoon soy sauce 

1 spoon tomato sauce

4-5 spoons of oil

salt and white pepper - as per your taste.

Method:

Preparing Spaghetti:

Take approx 1 litre of water for around 100gms of Spaghetti. Bring the water to boil. Add a little salt. Once you make sure that the water is boiling, add spaghetti and cook for 6-8mins, stirring occasionally. Cook uncovered. Blanch with cold water, strain & keep aside.

Actual Preparation:

- Use a thick bottomed large wok and make sure to work on a high flame. Put 4-5 spoons of olive oil (or any oil that you prefer).

- Once the oil is hot, put ginger/garlic. Saute briefly and add onion.

- Add carrots, fry for a few seconds and then cabbage & capsicum.

- After they are semi-cooked, add soya sauce and tomato sauce. Stir well.

- Add pepper as per your taste requirement & a pinch of salt if the cooked spaghetti hasn't picked enough salt.

- Put the strained spaghetti onto the wok and mix thoroughly for 2 mins. Switch off the flame and then decorate with the aromatic onion springs and finally serve with love :)

Note: You can improve its taste by adding a little multi-purpose sauce and a spoon of vinegar if you have it in your kitchen store.

Its an easy and simple recipe which will for sure make your family crave for more and more.