According to the net source, Spaghetti and meat ball was innovative in the 20th century by the Italian immigrants of New York. It’s an Italian-American dish.
I have replaced the meat and used Soya Chunks.
Boiled Spaghetti
Ingredients
Half Packet of Spaghetti
Salt to taste
Method
Cook the spaghetti in a pot of boiling salt water as per the instructions given on the packet. Drain the spaghetti and keep it aside.
To make the Soya Balls
Ingredients
20 - 25 Soya Chunks boiled and water squeezed out
2 Bread pieces
2 Garlic Cloves
Salt to taste
1 tsp Pepper powder
1 tsp Dried Parsley
Oil to fry the Soya balls
Method
Add all the above ingredients into a grinder and grinder all the ingredients together into a fine paste. Roll out small lemon size balls. Keep the soya balls for 15 minutes in the refrigerator. Fry the soya balls until golden brown in colour. Remove the soya balls and keep the soya balls on a paper towel.
To make the Sauce
Ingredients
2 big size Tomatoes blanched, peel the skin and chopped .
2 Tomato puréed
2 medium size Onion chopped
2 tbsp chopped Garlic Cloves
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Black Pepper powder
1 tsp Dried Basil
1 Bay Leaf
Fried Soya Balls
Boiled Spaghetti
Grated Parmesan Cheese for garnish
2 tbsp Olive Oil
Method
Take a sauce pan, add the oil, let the oil heat up. Add the garlic, onion and bay leaf. Sauté the onion and garlic till translucent. Add the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes, sugar and salt. Stir for few seconds, add 1/2 cup water and cover the pan. Let it simmer for 20 minutes on a low flame. Remove the lid, stir, add the pepper powder and dried basil. Stir it once more and let it simmer for another 10 minutes on a low flame. Switch off the flame and add the soya balls, stir the sauce once.
To serve the Soya Ball Spaghetti
Take a plate, add the boiled Spaghetti. Pour in the Sauce on the Spaghetti. Sprinkle the Parmesan Cheese and serve hot.
