Preparation time : 30 minutes
Cooking time : 30 minutes
Serves : 4 members
Description
Once in a while , I get to a mode of clearing my pantry and end up cooking with the ingredients in hand. This spaghetti was one such try. I didn’t want to repeat with the red meat ball sauce I usually make. I had fresh prawns so I paired it up with a cheesy white sauce. Flavored it up with dried herbs, mushroom and capsicum. The sauce was yum, obviously with so much of cheese any thing would taste divine. The bite of the prawn with the spaghetti sure did hit on the right spot. Served it for dinner. My son in law was like ” please reserve the left overs for breakfast “. Which is a signal that the spaghetti was done to perfection. What more do I need. I smiled with a blooming heart.
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Spaghetti | 200 grams |
| Prawns | 1/4 kg |
| Garlic | 2 crushed |
| Butter | 2 tablespoons |
| Flour | 2 tablespoons |
| Salt | to taste |
| Milk | 3 cups |
| Parmesan cheese | 1/4 cup grated |
| Chilly flakes | 1 teaspoon |
| Dried basil and dried oregano | 1 teaspoon |
| White pepper powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Capsicum | 1 cubes |
| Mushroom | 1 cup sliced |
Method
- Boil water with salt and add the spaghetti. Cook for ten minutes until cooked well. Strain and rinse in cold running water. Strain and keep aside.
- Cook cleaned prawns with salt to taste and little water for five minutes and set aside.
- Heat and Melt butter, add garlic crushed. Sauté until golden in color. Top with capsicum and mushrooms. Sauté for a minute. Then add the cooked prawns with the water.
- Add flour, saute a little and add the milk very gradually, stirring vigorously all the time making sure no lumps are formed.
- Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 1-2 minutes, add the salt, white pepper, chilly flakes dried herbs basil + oregano and 1/2 of Parmesan cheese. Mix well and boil till a thick gooey saucy consistency is obtained.
- Add a little more milk if the sauce gets too thick. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Add the boiled spaghetti and toss well in low heat for five minutes, letting all the flavor’s infuse together.
- Serve hot with a generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese over.
