Preparation: 30 mts
Serves 3-4 persons
Ingredients:
3 cups boiled spagetti
2 tbsps olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 bay leaf
1" cinnamom stick
6-7 garlic flakes, crushed
4-5 large tomatoes, blanched, skinned and pureed smooth
2-3 tbsps hung curd/yogurt
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley or coriander
1 tsp mixed dried herbs or oregano
1/4 tsp cinnamon pwd (optional)
salt to taste
freshly ground pepper as per taste
parsley/coriander for garnish
1 tbsp grated cheese for garnish
Method
1 Cook spagetti in salted rapidly boiling water until al dente, drain and keep aside.
2 Heat olive oil in a vessel, add the bay leaf, cinnamom stick, onions and crushed garlic and saute till transparent. Add tomato puree, chopped parsley, oregano, cinnamom pwd and salt.
3 Cook for 6-8 mts, stirring once in a while. Turn off heat, remove three fourth of the cooked tomato sauce from the pan and keep aside. Once cool add the smoothly beaten hung curd/yogurt and combine.
4 In the same pan, (which has approx 6-7 tbsps of prepared tomato sauce) add a tbsp of olive oil and toss the spaghetti in the tomato sauce for 2-3 minutes stirring well to coat the spaghetti with the sauce. Adjust salt, season with freshly ground pepper and sprinkle some grated cheese. Turn off heat.
5 Remove the spaghetti onto a serving dish and spoon the prepared herbed tomato sauce along the edges of the dish. Garnish with fresh parsley and grated cheese.
Note:
You can prepare this with fussili, macaroni or farfalle also. Remove bay leaf and cinnamom stick from the prepared tomato sauce before serving.
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