Spaghetti

Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour.. spaghetti is cooked in a large pot of salted, boiling water then drained in a colander ..In Italy, spaghetti is generally cooked al dente (Italian for to the tooth), just fully cooked and still firm. Outside Italy, spaghetti is sometimes cooked to a much softer consistency. Spaghettoni is a thicker spaghetti which takes more time to cook. Spaghettini and vermicelli are very thin spaghetti (both of which may be called angel hair spaghetti in English) which take less time to cook. 

OMG i just loved it.. I put this recipe in my Once a Month Cooking file.  I made this for 1st time in new year & This turned out very good.I might try adding mushrooms next batch...

It Tastes very good & very easy to make also..so friends without much ado let’s start the recipe...

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 small green bell pepper, sliced

1/2 yellow carrots, finely sliced

1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon garlic salt

1 pound chicken, cooked and chopped into bite-size pieces (Optional I didnt add chicken in to my recipe)

1 lb spaghetti

1 cup tomato paste

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoons brown sugar

1/2 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper

1/2 tablespoon onion powder

parmesan cheese

red chilly flakes , Oregano & dry basil leaves ( 1tsp each ) or u can sprinkle as per your taste

1 tsp black pepper power

Directions

fill a large pot with water and bring to boil. Add salt and add spaghetti. Cook until done about 10 minutes, and drain.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Saute the pepper , carrots and onion until softened, 1 to 2 minutes.

Stir in the garlic salt. Add the tomato puree & all ingredients except spaghetti and bring to a boil.

 Reduce the heat to a low simmer , add the chopped chicken (optional). Mix well. Then add the spaghetti & Toss with sauce & sprinkle parmesan cheese.

Serve with machurian , sausage or meat balls.

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