Add the onion and fry, stirring, until the onion turns deep golden.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3
Add the garlic and fry 2 minutes, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
4
Add the cumin, paprika and hot paprika and stir about a minute, until fragrant.
⚙ SimmeringStove
💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
To assemble
5
Add the water to the sauce and bring to a boil.
Stove
6
Break the pasta into thirds and add it to the boiling sauce and cook 15–18 minutes, stirring now and then, until the pasta is cooked.
Stove
7
Add the cilantro and serve hot.
635calories
18 gprotein
99 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 64%● fat 24%
Per serving (400 g), of 4 servings
For the Tomato sauce · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
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