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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Chicken Meatballs with Spaghetti

Ingredients 
For chicken meat balls
  • ½ kg chicken mince
  • 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
  • ½ cup bread crumbs
  • 1 tbsp celery
  • ¼ tsp paprika
  • 1tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
  • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp coriander finely chopped 
  • 2tbsp mint leaves finely chopped 
  • 1egg 
For tomato sauce:
  • 4 medium sized tomatoes
  • ½ beetroot
  • ½ cup chopped carrots
  • 1 medium sized onion chopped
  • 1 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
  • Paprika
  • Pepper for seasoning
  • Salt to taste
For spaghetti and cheese sauce
  • Boiled spaghetti
  • 150 gm butter
  • ½ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 2 tbsp maida or refined flour
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup milk
Method
For chicken meat balls
  1. Mix all the ingredients together and roll the mixture into small balls.
  2. Heat about 2 tbsp of olive oil, add the meat balls and let them simmer for 5 minutes. (TIP: once you make the chicken balls, refrigerate them for an hour or so. This way they don’t disintegrate while cooking.)
  3. Leave the meatballs in the pan for 10-15 mins to cook.
  4. Once ready, keep the meatballs aside and start preparing the tomato sauce.
For tomato sauce:
  1. Boil the tomatoes, beetroot and carrot and grind them to prepare the sauce.
  2. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a pan and add the chopped onions and garlic.
  3. Add pepper and a dash of paprika and saute till translucent.
  4. Add the sauce.
For spaghetti and cheese sauce
  1. Heat the butter in a pan and add 2 tbsp refined flour or maida 
  2. Once the flour gets a little frothy, add milk by dripping it slowly into the pan.
  3. Add the grated cheese and let the mixture simmer for a bit.
  4. Season with salt and pepper and add the boiled spaghetti.
  5. Make sure the spaghetti is well coated with the cheese sauce.
  6. Spoon it out into a bowl and top it with tomato sauce and meatballs and serve

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