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I love spaghetti and pasta in any shape and form. So whenever I feel like eating something in the middle of the day, I just take a little whole-wheat spaghetti, whip up this easy-to-make tomato and basil sauce and I am set!
Ingredients:
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon salt
- ½ tablespoon sugar
- Basil Leaves
- Mint Leaves
- Paprika to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- tomato paste
- Diced or crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon dried leaf oregano
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Step1 - Cook Spaghetti in water for about 6-8 minutes. Drain the spaghetti and save the starch water (in which the spaghetti was boiled) because it will be used in our tomato basil sauce later.
- Step2 - Heat olive oil and sauté onions and garlic in the oil until tender and translucent.
- Step3 - Add chopped tomato. You can also use readymade tomato paste or ketchup for this, but since I always have fresh tomato readily available in my pantry, I prefer using it. You can also blend tomato instead of chopping, but it works equally well with chopped tomatoes, so why bother.
- Step4- Add salt, paprika and oregano to taste.
- Step5- Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally till the tomato is soft and tender. Squish the tender tomatoes to break them. If you prefer to have chunks of tomato in your sauce, you needn’t do this step. I love my sauce smooth and thick, so I squish them.Add basil leaves and mint leaves to taste
- Step6 – Add starch water (from the drained spaghetti) so that the tomato mix turns into a thick consistency. Cook this for another 3-5 minutes, depending on how thick you want your sauce to be. Bring to a gentle boil.
- Step7- Add sugar to create a nice balance in taste. This is one of the most essential steps, so don’t skip it.
- Step8 – Stir in cheese and then toss in drained spaghetti after you have turned off the heat.
- Step9 – Garnish with cheese, crushed black pepper, oregano and/or fresh basil leaves. At this stage, I leave out the cheese (A moment on the lips, forever on the hips, y’all!) and add way too much oregano. After all, cooking is all about finding out what works for you and what doesn’t.
Enjoy! And do let me know how you love to eat your pasta/spaghetti. I am always looking for new pasta sauce recipes 
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:clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump: I loveeee spaghetti and that water saving tip is awesome..i am going to remember it when I make spaghetti next time
Let me know how it turns out!!…the starch water makes the sauce amazingly thick and creamy…I prefer using it over vegetable stock or water
thats one tip ive never ever tried Swati..ialways drain out the starch…shud try this..
I love love love spagetti!! its my fav of all Pastas…and this is so easy t make also..Thanks so much Swati!
How do you make your spaghetti? Do share your recipe too!
Spaghetti ..i m sure Swati gets it from the market
i make it with green peas and cheese…white sauce wala…
am too die hard pasta lover..i can have it for brkfast,lunch, dinner
m gonna make dis. thanks for d recipe swati 
i love pasta too ..i like it in cream as well but thas full of calories
http://www.wiseshe.com/2010/10/east-pasta-recipe-in-fifteen-minutes.html
yesterday choc today pasta, we all gals r foodies here
i swear…m gona gain wieght just thining bout all this stuff
I wanted to try this recipe…but all that cream makes me feel guilty…I’ll probably try it on a day I am feeling slim and fit!
i wish pasta was low calorie….id eat it everyday!
I wish cheese was low calorie….that would be my version of heaven!
sigh!! kaaashhh! that wud be a dream come true…or imagine cheese being the right diet food!
Zee there is wheat pasta also na
yes..but even then…white wale ka mazaa hi nirala hai
unhealthy food is always tastier 
I used whole-wheat spaghetti only…my sister bought loads of whole-wheat pastas for me from singapore…these taste just like the white one, sans the extra calories….the best of both worlds!
ohh u do !! but these one do not like wheat one or are they ?
They are…it looks white-er than the kind we get here, but on the cover it says whole-wheat pasta
Me too Tulips!!..I love all kindsa pastas!
wow…such an easy recipe..will try for sure swati
yes ! i cant wait ..Swati do let me know which cheese did u use in it?
The recipe calls for parmesan cheese, but I used Amul Processed Cheese which is actually actually cheddar cheese…I add smalls chunks of cheese…no grating-shrating
all this talk of cheese is making my mouth water..
Hehe…get some diet cheese
looks so yummy, want to try it right now LOL
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Do try…most of the ingredients used are easily available in any home!
thats wot i like most bout this recipe…i dont have t go hunting for ingredients!
I will surely ask my ma to do this.. hehe..
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lol…mas do it the best, isn’t it sangeetha?
yeahh.. hehe..
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That looks & sound so yummy! I must try this out sometime. What’s paprika??
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Do try it out Eesha! Paprika is made from seeds of a particular kinda bell pepper…it’s easily available in stores…if that’s not available, you can try adding chili flakes instead
its looking yummm
I have never made spaghetti in my life and never eaten too !!!
but am staring at the screen with an empty stomach
feel like grabbing and having one bowl of spaghetti right now
Swati this is for you
u made me more hungry :bangbang:
uv never had spagetti mitha???gosh! ur missing something awesome m tellin u…do try it out…its my fav pasta of all
hey Zee I meant i have not eaten home made spaghetti in my life
I always thought hat it needs many store bought sauces to pep up its taste.
never knew that simple tomato and cheese could pepp up its flavour and taste !!
Thanks for the recipe Swati
am sure my son would love this for sure.
ohhh accha!
Thats true…even i used to think it required too many complicated ingrdients…but its actually so simple na?
U shud totally ask ur son to have it…the way my dad had taught me was to put one end in my mouth and then suck it in like a wire with a fish mouth..hehe…It used to be so much fun!
ha ha thats what my son does these days with his share of noodles. at my home only me and my son loves noodles !!
hahah cho cute.i use to do this with Maggi
spaghetti in rich gravy…awesome…you have got to try it!
I love Spagetti with tomato sauce…I usually end up making this atleast once ot twice a month.
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u do?? do u make it the same way or a diff sauce?
More or less same way..i use garlic-infused olive oil instead of adding garlic separately..and use a wooden spatula. Never use a steel based spoon with this..as it changes the taste of the sauce..always use only a wooden one..that comes with the non stick cookware.
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yes i agree to that..i have experience great change when i use wooden spatula..i now used even spatula even for dal and all.
Thanks for the great tip…never knew steel spatula changes the taste!
I also add coloured bell peppers, mushrooms and chopped egg plant along with tomatoes to add more flavour to the dish
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hey thats a nice tip..i too had no idea about the difference the spatula makes…
Really that steel spatula changes the taste! I was not aware at all!
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yes it does..Eesha..can u send me the mail at anamika(at)wiseshe.com as i didnt get yur mail.
not egg plant plzzzzz…..rest everything is my fav.
I will try it with eggplant now!
btw Kej, how u doin girl?
Hey Zeee: whr have u been yest!!? I came back and talked to Ana..but didnt see u around. M good. How r u doing?
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Haan..i was at my in laws for Diwali..just returned this weekend
How was ur trip Kej? had fun?
trip was good..had fun. Good long break..now back to work as usual
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hehe…still vacation hangover kya?
hey…we seem to be having a theme here…a new recipe every week! great recipe
so yummy…I am hungry now..
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looks yumm….
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swati this is looking so yummy…..wud try this out soon
im greedy for this…………………………………………..
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I loooove pastas…in any shape…and this looks soo yummmm…
Mits u need to tell me some amazing pasta joints of Hyd .
Little Italy is one place and Gallopin Gooseberries in Banjara Hills another one..
Galloping Gooseberries:
Beside Pizza Corner,
Road No. 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad – 500 034
Tel:+(91)-(40) – 55686555.
Little Italy
275, Film Nagar, Opp. KBR Park,
At Applo Crossing,
Hyderabad – 500 034
Tel:+(91)-(40) – 23558001 / 2 /
And ya there is a lebanese joint near Central even they have some good pasta dont remember its name though..
oh i luv lill italy
me wanna go hyd rite now 
yuuummmmmmmmm
i tooo love pasta’s a lottttt :clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump: simple n quick recipe swats 
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yes!! i loved the recippppeee so much
drooling over zara’s blush, yest.FP and 2day pasta
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yaa imagine we have pasta after using the FP and then the blush
perfect evening 
ahh yess…best idea!! fultoo meal on wiseshe
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i just made dis n m having it now
its awesomely tasty 
Tulip don say that i am getting famished
You did!! Great…now I am getting tempted to whip up a bowl!
i loveeeee pasta!! definitely try the pasta olio aglio! it’s just delish with olive oil and garlic only.of course sum salt pepper and parmesan =)
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Drooooool!! i luv pasta n luv oregano even more. In the mood for a midnight snack now after seeing this post
. Nice recipe swati. Thanks for sharing 