Spaghetti and Vegetarian balls in tomato sauce.

I have always heard so much about Spaghetti and meat balls that it brought me to think hey why not have a vegetarian combination of it and it really clicked very well i guess.

The recipe to make spaghetti in tomato sauce and this tastes yum!!!!!!!!!!!!! believe me it does.... its a very simple recipe and the ingredients are

1 can diced tomatoes
4-6 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 small onion chopped
few basil leaves
salt (to taste)
pepper - 1 teaspoon
spaghetti - 2 handfuls
Olive oil - 1 tablespoon

Fill a large pot and bring it to a boil add some salt to it and add the spaghetti to it , stir it well so that the spaghetti does not stick and let it hang in, till it is al dente (bite like). Strain the pasta and transfer it back to the same pot.

In another pan add olive oil and let it warm a bit. Add the chopped garlic and let it fry in the oil, make sure that the garlic does not burn. Then add the chopped onions and keep stirring well. Add some salt at this point as it helps the onion to soften faster.

Drain the tomato can in a mixer and just blend it with some water so that we have a puree. Pour the tomato puree in pan and just let in sit with the other ingredients in the pan for atleast 20 mins. Add salt and pepper to the tomato sauce, remember that we have already added some salt earlier. Finally once the sauce is ready roughly chop some basil leaves and add it to the pan as well.

Ingredients for the Vegetarian Balls:

3 boiled potatoes
1 cup boiled green peas
2-3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
2-3 green chillies (finely chopped) Add more green chillies according to taste.
1 tablespoon coriander leaves (finely choppes)
1 tea spoon amchur powder
salt to taste
bread crumbs - 2 tablespoons (binder)
oil for frying

Boil the potatoes and when cooled mash them well so that there are no lumps in it. Boil the green peas and mash them as well and add them to the potatoes. Add all the other ingredients (coriander leaves, green chillies, salt, amchur powder,chopped garlic and bread crumbs). Mix them well and make small round balls out of the mixture and deep fry them in the oil till golden brown and keep aside.

To serve:
Mix the spaghetti with the tomato sauce in the pan and add it to the serving plate with the help of the tongs and then place 2-3 fried vegetarian balls on top of the spaghetti in the tomato sauce, add some more tomato sauce over the veg balls and a few basil leaves over them for garnish.

Voila !!we have our Spaghetti and Vegetarian Balls Italian style.

Sandwich - Mumbai style

I am sure people from Mumbai do miss the roadside sandwich that we get and the sandwich is toasted on the hand toaster over charcoal flames.......... hmm the thought of it makes me go have some sandwich right now. I love the sandwiches that you get near Marine Lines and Kala Ghoda , South Mumbai. And have a glass on ganne ka juice (sugar cane juice)..... what a classic combination.

Anyways... the recipe for a simple sandwich which I make either on the tava or if you have a griller-toaster that would work fine as well.

2 bread slices
1 onion - cut in rings
1 tomato - cut in rings
1 cucumber - cut in rings
1 green capsicum - cut in rings
1 tsp butter - to apply on the bread slice
1 tsp butter - for grilling
1 tsp green chutney
salt- to taste
sandwich masala - to taste
tomato ketchup, butter and green chutney to apply over the toasted sandwich.

Apply butter on one side of the bread slice and apply chutney to the other bread slice. Place onion rings, tomato,cucumber and capsicum on the bread slice with chutney on it.

Sprinkle a little salt and sandwich masala on them and then cover it with the buttered bread slice.

Apply some butter over the sandwich and place it on the green or tava and toast it till you get a golden brown colour on both sides of the sandwich.

Apply some butter , green chutney and tomato sauce over the sandwich. Cut the sandwich into 4 squares and serve hot.

Serve with a hot cup of tea ( make ginger and cardamom tea)!

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

My First blog

Hi,

I am new to this world of blogging as this is first blog and I am very excited about it. I am a cook and I love to cook different recipes, experiment with food and try new things.

I actualyl landed on this site accidently and thought of giving it a try.

I will definetly try and post recipes, the ones I have been experimenting and the ones that I have tried and tested in the past as well.