Easy Garlic Spaghetti Recipe – Indian Vegetarian Spaghetti Recipes

Food blogging has made me try and taste varieties of recipes from various cuisines which I have not even imagined in my life. Being a South Indian, my whole food world was just revolving around Idli, dosa, poori and chapathi . But after I became a food blogger, my eating habits and cooking have changed completely. I am really proud and happy to be a passionate food blogger. 

Pasta, Hakka Noodles, Tacos, Spaghetti, Quesadilla, Tortilla – All these terms were very new to me until I saw them in our fellow bloggers blog. I did not even know how to cook them perfectly. Slowly I am learning everything and blogging the same to help beginners like me. I am happy that I am trying out various international recipes in my kitchen. My recent crush was to try spaghetti at home. 

Spaghetti is basically a type of noodles made from durum wheat semolina. Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning "thin string" or "twine". It is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine ( Source: Wiki). Cooking spaghetti is not so difficult as I thought. Its procedure is more like cooking noodles. 

As a beginner, I wanted to make an easy and simple Indian style Vegetarian spaghetti recipe. I found this easy stir fried, garlicky spaghetti recipe HERE as I din’t have any vegetables in hand. I made some modifications as per my family’s taste buds and tried it for a Sunday breakfast. It came out really well with an awesome flavor of roasted onion and garlic in olive oil.  

This is just a basic spaghetti recipe. For variations ansd make it more rich, you can add sliced, sauteed vegetables and grated cheese on top before serving. Sendhil & Raksha gave a big thumbs up after eating. We relished it with tomato sauce. Its a quick breakfast recipe for bachelors and working women as there is very less chopping works. Kids would love this for sure. Do try it out for a change and share your feedback here. Lets see how to cook spaghetti and make this Indian style, vegetarian garlic spaghetti recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out some of my International recipes in Indian style below
Eggless pancakes
Indian Vegetarian quesadilla
Indian style Veg masala pasta recipe
Veg tacos recipe
Fruit & Yogurt parfait
Nasi goreng/ Indonesian fried rice
Veg Hakka noodles

Easy Veg spaghetti recipe-Indian style

Easy, garlicky Indian Veg spaghetti recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Pasta recipes

Serves: 2

Prep time: 15 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 25 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Spaghetti - 200gms  Water - 10 cups Big onion - 2 nos ( sliced thinly) Olive oil or cooking oil - 2 tbsp Spring onion - 2 sprig ( finely chopped) Red chilli flakes - 1.5 tsp Pepper powder - 1 tsp Soy sauce - 1/4 tsp ( optional) Garlic - 10 cloves (finely chopped & crushed) Salt - as needed

METHOD

In a wide bowl, boil 10 cups of water adding some salt and few drops of oil. Put the spaghetti as such (Do not break it) and let it cook in high flame for 15 minutes. Initially, spaghetti won’t be completely immersed.  As It starts to cook, It will get immerse into the water completely and becomes soft like noodles. You can even cover and cook the spaghetti for sometime but water may spill while cooking. So stay nearby and adjust the flame whenever needed. Spaghetti takes more time to cook than our regular noodles.So take care while cooking. Take out one string of spaghetti and check if it breaks and soft to touch. If so, switch off the flame and transfer the cooked spaghetti to a colander(steel sieve) Drain the excess water completely and leave it aside. Chop the onion thinly into slices. Finely chop the garlic cloves and crush it slightly using a mortar & pestle. Chop the spring onions finely. Heat olive oil in a kadai. Saute the crushed garlic cloves for few seconds. Add sliced onions and salt. Saute till onion turns transparent. Now add the red chilli flakes. Mix it well. Lastly add the cooked spaghetti, pepper powder and soy sauce if adding. Mix well using a fork. Toss it well. Make sure spaghetti doesn’t break. Check for taste and add more pepper powder & salt. Garnish with finely chopped spring onions. Serve hot immediately. Enjoy with tomato ketchup or sauce ! You can add some grated cheese on top before serving kids. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of chilli flakes and pepper powder as per your taste. If you like tomato flavor in spaghetti, you can add a tbsp of tomato sauce while mixing. For variations, you can try adding thinly sliced capsicum, carrot, mushroom and potato while sauting onions. You can add some grated cheese on top before serving.

 

Try this easy and yummy Indian Vegetarian garlic-ky spaghetti recipe and enjoy !  

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Carrot Kootu Recipe – South Indian Kootu Varieties

Whenever I have lots of carrot, I make carrot beans poriyal, carrot halwa or carrot sambar for idli. I don’t try carrot poriyal or carrot kootu as Sendhil doesn’t like the sweet taste of carrot dominating in poriyal or kootu. So this time I made small changes in the recipe. I added more moong dal/Paruppu and coconut masala to suppress its sweet taste. It turned out really well as I wished. Its tasted like my mixed veg kootu / Aviyal. 

Sendhil loved it very much. I made this kootu as a side dish for Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu. It was a nice combo. Raksha loved it too. Most of the kids love carrot. So you can try it for your kids as this kootu recipe  is healthy and mildly spiced. Lets see how to make this easy, yummy, one pot South Indian Kootu recipe – Carrot kootu !!

Carrot kootu recipe

South Indian Kootu Recipes - Carrot kootu recipe

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: kootu recipes

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 25 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Carrot - 4 nos ( medium sized) Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt & water - as needed Moong dal - 3 tbsp To grind Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Green chillies -2 nos Small onions or big onion - 4 no / half Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Water - as needed To temper Coconut oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - few

METHOD

Wash and chop the carrots into small roundels. Grind all the ingredients given under “ To grind” to a smooth paste adding enough water.Set aside. Heat coconut oil in a cooker, splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves.Add the sliced carrot, moong dal and turmeric powder . Mix well. Lastly add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for one or two whistle in low flame. After the steam is released,open the cooker and add the ground coconut paste.Mix well and boil for few minutes till kootu thickens as u like. Remove from the flame, mix well and serve with rice and kuzhambu. Enjoy !

Try this easy, kids favorite carrot kootu for rice and enjoy !!

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Kara Chutney Recipe – Spicy Onion Tomato Chutney

Yesterday I shared Chana dosa/Kondakadalai dosa along with this Kara chutney recipe. As I mentioned in that post, this kara chutney is a good side dish for that dosa. Suchi shared this recipe with me and told this is her mom’s best spicy chutney recipe she makes for Idli, dosa, Pongal and Kara adai. Basically I love red colored onion tomato chutney recipes. Usually Red chutney is my choice in hotels too. When Suchi shared this recipe along with a picture, I was very much tempted and tried this for chana dosa. This spicy, tangy chutney goes well with that soft chana dosa more than coconut chutney. Thank you so much Suchi for sharing your mom's recipe with me. Friends, do try this chutney recipe for Idli, dosa and enjoy! Forgot to tell you, this chutney is without coconut too. Ok, lets see how to make this South Indian style Kara chutney recipe.
Do check out my hotel style Red chutney recipe and Chettinad Red chilli chutney.

Kara chutney recipe

Kara chutney recipe with onion and tomato - Side dish for idli,dosa., pongal and adai

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Chutney recipes

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Ripe tomato - 2 no Big onion - 1 no Red chillies - 4-6 nos ( adjust as per taste, I used 5 byadgi chillies) Dhania/Coriander seeds - 1 tsp Small Garlic cloves - 4 nos Ginger - 1/2 inch piece Cooking oil – 2 tbsp Tamarind – a very small piece Salt & water - as needed To temper Cooking oil or gingely oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - few

METHOD

Wash and chop the onion and tomatoes into small cubes. Peel the ginger and garlic cloves. Chop the ginger finely. Heat oil in a kadai. lower the flame and saute the dhania seeds, broken red chillies, garlic cloves and ginger pieces.  Make sure you don’t burn the dhania seeds.Then add the onion slices. Saute for a minute in medium flame. Add tomato pieces, required salt. Saute until tomato turns mushy. Switch off the flame & let it cool down. Add a very small pinch of tamarind and grind to a smooth paste adding required water.Heat oil in a small kadai and temper mustard seeds, urad dal, hing and curry leaves. Add to the chutney. Mix well and serve with Idli, dosa, pongal or adai by drizzling few tsp of gingely oil. Enjoy ! NOTE : You can carry this chutney for travel. In that case, use gingely oil for tempering and add the chutney to the kadai. Let it boil till all the moisture content vanishes. After the chutney becomes thick like a thokku, remove it from the flame and let it cool. Then store in a box and carry it for travel.Stays good for a day. Use clean spoon to handle. For variations, you can skip dhania seeds or ginger and make this chutney. I used Byadgi red chillies to get this bright color. I used nearly 5 chillies. Use 3 chillies for mild spicy taste.

Enjoy this yummy, spicy tomato kara chutney with Idli, dosa and Pongal !! We had it with chana dosa: ))

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Chana Dosa – Kondakadalai Dosai Recipe - Chickpeas Dosa

Kabuli chana dosa/Chickpeas dosa / Kondakadalai dosai in Tamil. This recipe was shared to me by Suchi Vasan, my reader.She shared this dosa recipe along with a side dish – Kara chutney. When she sent the recipe, I thought it would be more like our mixed lentil adai. But I was wrong. Its completely different from adai batter in ingredients and procedure.Its a very healthy, protein rich dosa recipe with more quantity of white chana and less rice. Batter should be ground like our usual dosa batter.This dosa can be made instantly, no fermentation needed. It comes out very soft and tasty. Sendhil & myself loved it a lot. Its a very good and healthy breakfast choice for adults and kids as well. I have decided to make this dosa very often in my kitchen.In fact I loved to have kabuli chana in the form of dosa more than sundal or gravy.Thanks a lot Suchi for sharing this yummy, healthy dosa variety with me.Friends, do try this dosa and share your feedback here. I guess this recipe works for kala chana/Black chana too.Lets see how to make Kabuli chana dosa recipe.HERE is the link for Kara Chutney.
Check out my Puffed rice dosa/Arisi pori dosai from Suchi

Chana dosa - Kondakadalai dosa

Healthy, Protein rich dosa recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Dosa recipes

Yields: 10 nos

Prep time: 10 Hours

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 10 hours5Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml Kabuli chana/ white chana - 1 cup Idli rice - 1/4 cup Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp Asafetida/Hing – 1/2 tsp Salt & water - as needed

METHOD

Wash and soak chana for 8 hrs. Wash and soak the rice & methi seeds for 2 hrs. Grind the chana adding hing to a smooth paste in a big mixie jar. Add the required water while grinding. Transfer the batter to a vessel. Now grind the rice like rava(If you want to make crispy dosa, grind the rice till smooth).Add required salt. Mix both the batter and leave it aside. I kept the batter for 4-6 hours as we like mild sourness taste. If you want to make dosa instantly, you can go ahead. Mix the batter well before making dosa. Make sure the batter is not too thick or too thin.Heat a dosa tawa and pour a ladleful of batter. Spread it thin or thick as u wish. Drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa and in the middle of dosa. Let it cook in medium flame for few minutes. Flip the dosa and cook the other side for few minutes. Remove and serve hot with Kara chutney. You can grind red chillies along with chana and hing and make it like spicy adai dosa. You can also add finely chopped onions, curry leaves and make dosa. You can modify this recipe as you like. I am sure adding all these spices makes this dosa even more flavorful. If you have left over batter, refrigerate it and use it the next day. Suppose if the batter is too thin, you can add some rice flour and make it thicker. If you want to make crispy dosas, make the batter thin and spreadable. Enjoy !

Enjoy this protein rich dosa with kara chutney for breakfast or dinner !

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Whole Wheat Nankhatai – Atta Nankhatai Recipe

Yesterday I saw this wheat flour nan khatai recipe/Atta nankhatai post in a facebook group and got tempted to try it. So I was watching an Youtube video for the recipe. When Raksha saw the video, she was more excited than me and told she would help me in making it.I gave her all the ingredients and she did the mixing and shaping part as per my instructions.I was happily capturing the video for this cookie.Earlier I had shared benne biscuit/ Butter biscuit using ghee & maida and multigrain naan khatai recipe using ragi, oats and oil. This recipe is very similar to my benne biscuit but it is really a healthy option when compared with my maida version. Do try this whole wheat flour nankhatai following this recipe.You will get melt in mouth cookies for sure. Kids would love it. Lets see how to make wheat nankhatai with step by step pictures and a video.

Whole wheat nankhatai recipe

How to make nankhatai using wheat flour/Atta

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Cookies

Serves: 8 nos

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 25 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200 ml Wheat flour -1/2 cup I used pillsburry Powdered sugar - 1/4 cup Melted ghee - 1/4 cup ( at room temp) Baking powder - 1/8 tsp Baking soda - 1/8 tsp Vanilla essence – 1 tsp Water or milk - 1-2 tsp ( completely optional)

METHOD

Powder the sugar nicely and measure 1/4 cup of it. In a wide bowl, take the melted ghee at room temperature, powdered sugar and vanilla essence.Mix well with a whisk without lumps. To this add 1/8 tsp of baking powder, 1/8 tsp of baking soda and wheat flour little by little.Make a non-sticky dough.Don’t worry dough would be slightly crumbly. If you feel, the dough is too dry after mixing, add a tsp of boiled milk or water.Mix well. Gather to make a dough and cover it. Let it rest for 20 minutes. Then take a small ball sized dough and make a smooth round.Flatten it slightly and make a plus mark using a knife.Cracks may appear while shaping the cookies. Just seal it with your fingers. You can also make swirls in the cookies using a round spoon as shown in the video. Preheat the oven at 200c.Line a cookie tray with butter paper and arrange the cookies. Bake at 200c for 14-15 minutes. Remove the tray and let the cookies cool down. Do not remove it. It may break. After the cookie cools down, it will become soft with melt in mouth texture. Enjoy with tea !

Note

I used Pillsburry atta in this recipe. You can replace melted ghee with melted butter but the flavor may be different.For low cal version, u can use cooking oil. If the dough is too dry, add a tsp of milk or water. But do not add more. Baking time of cookies would vary and its shelf life would be reduced. For variations, u can use crushed cardamom+ one clove instead of vanilla essence.

Enjoy this healthy, easy nankhatai recipe using wheat flour and enjoy it for your tea time !

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Jackfruit Seed Curry–Palakottai Poriyal Recipe - South Indian Style Raw Jackfruit Curry

Raw jackfruit curry ( palakottai poriyal in Tamil) was new to me until my friend suggested me to try South Indian style jackfruit seed curry/ Palakottai poriyal for rice. Recently we got a big jackfruit from Sendhil’s Periappa’s house from Manakkarai, Kumbakonam. We enjoyed the fruit and reserved the jackfruit seed ( Palakottai in Tamil) for making sambar or puli kuzhambu with it as it has so many health benefits and good nutritional value. This time I asked my MIL for the poriyal recipe and tried it yesterday for our lunch. It came out very tasty. Sendhil loved it a lot. As I cooked this curry in pressure cooker, my job was done quickly.Its ingredients and method of preparation are very similar to Kerala style Jackfruit seed thoran recipe. It was tasting good with sambar rice.I am happy that I tried a new Jackfruit seed recipe. Jackfruit season has started in India. So if you buy jackfruit, do not discard the seeds.Try this Palakottai poriyal and enjoy its health benefits. Lets see how to make jackfruit seeds curry recipe.
Check out my Kathal Biryani too.

Jackfruit seed curry recipe

How to make jackfruit seed curry / Palakottai poriyal

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Poriyal recipes

Serves: Serves 2-3

Prep time: 15 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml Jackfruit seed - 30 nos Sambar powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Big onion or small onion - 1 no or 5 nos Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt & water - as needed To temper Cooking oil or coconut oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1 tsp Hing - a big pinch Curry leaves - few

METHOD

Sun dry the jackfruit seeds for a week if you have time. Don’t worry it would stay good for more than a week. Skin can be peeled easily OR Microwave the jackfruit seed for 2-3 minutes in high power. Skin will crackle and seed will become soft, half cooked.Peel the skin easily and chop the seeds into cubes. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and add the chopped jackfruit seeds.Saute for a minute adding salt and turmeric powder. Grind the grated coconut, onion, sambar powder and cumin seeds to a coarse paste without adding water. Add this paste to the sauteed jackfruit seed. Mix well to coat it. Add 1/2 cup of water, mix well. Pressure cook for one whistle in low flame.Remove after the steam is released. If there is any excess water, boil for sometime to drain it. Remove the poriyal in a plate and serve with sambar rice.Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the amount of sambar powder as per your taste. You can replace sambar powder with red chilli powder and dhania powder in 1:2 ratio.

Try this easy and flavorful jackfruit seed curry for Sambar rice and enjoy !

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