Sunday, April 17, 2016

Spaghetti with No-meat balls

A vegetarians take on the American favorite - Meatballs with Spaghetti ! 

Total Time 45 mins . Prep: 20 min Cook: 25 min
Servings :  4 servings, 16 - 18 balls 

Ingredients :

For the Veggie Balls
2 cups grated Cauliflower
3/4 cup grated boiled potato
1/2 cup grated carrots, tightly packed
1/2 cup grated zucchini, tightly packed
3/4 cup bread crumbs
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
2/4 tbsp Cayenne pepper
Salt to taste

For Tomato Sauce **
1 cup Chunky tomato puree
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Other :
Spaghetti
Parmesan 
Basil

Directions :

Veggie Balls 
1) Microwave grated cauliflower for 10 minutes. Allow cauliflower to cool down a little and then with help of a muslin cloth drain the water. You want to squeeze out as much water as possible.
2) In a bowl combine all the ingredients for veggie balls.
3) Make lemon sized balls of the prepared mixture.
4) The balls can be fried/baked/shallow fried. I've used Appam maker to keep it healthy. This way I only need to use a few drops of oil for each ball.

Tomato Sauce :
5) Heat olive oil in a pan. Saute minced garlic until light brown. Add chunky tomato puree.
6) Mix in the Italian seasoning and let it cook on medium heat for 7-8 minutes. We don't want the sauce to be too thick so add a little water if needed. 

 Put it all together !
7) Toss  spaghetti with half of tomato sauce.
8) Serve spaghetti with veggie balls on top and pour the remaining tomato sauce on top. 

Optional : Sprinkle freshly chopped basil and parmesan before serving ! 


NOTE :
** You can also use any readymade pasta sauce of your choice ! 



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