For the second day of cooking Pasta with different sauces, it was only natural that I end up making a pasta dish with Arrabbiata Sauce. As expected there are so many variations to this sauce and I adapted this after reading so many sites and ended up making something that suited my taste buds. Of course, this is more to our taste as this sauce is supposed to be spicier. Arrabbiata Sauce is mostly served with penne pasta. For a change, I wanted to use spaghetti. I haven't introduced spaghetti to my boys and wanted to see if they will accept it as a regular noodle. Just as I thought they thought this to be Hakka noodles only and wanted more of this than other pasta dishes.
I used fresh red ripe chilies and garlic cloves, apart from using ripe blanched tomatoes. The sauce was quite thick and it nicely coated the spaghetti.
Spaghetti with Arrabiata sauce
Ingredients Needed:
Spaghetti - handful
Onion - 1 small, minced
Tomato, puree - 3 large
Garlic - 5 -6 finely chopped
Chilli Flakes - 1/2 tsp
Ripe green Chilies - 2 long
Dry Oregano - 1/4 tsp
Dried Basil Herb -1/4 tsp(optional)
Parmesan Cheese - 2 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Water - as required
Salt - to taste
How to make the Arrabiata Sauce
Blanch the tomatoes in a large pot and cook for 5 - 7 mins. Cool and remove the skin. Make a puree when the tomatoes are cooled down.
Heat a nonstick pan with olive oil, add finely minced ripe green chilies, onion. Saute till the onions turn colour.
Then add the tomato puree and bring to boil. When it thickens, add salt, all the dry herbs along with the required amount of chili flakes.
Adjust spice and continue cooking on low flame.
Cook till the sauce becomes thick in consistency and oil separates.
Boil Spaghetti as per directions in a large pot of water, drain, and toss little oil on the top.
I made this in two ways, one with sauce simply served on top, the other tossed in a pan with sauce and more spices.
Both the methods tasted great!
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Varadas Kitchen says
Nice to know everyone liked it.
Sarita says
I have to try this sauce .. Nicely done,sauce looks yummy.
Priya Suresh says
My younger one's favourite, he can have this arrabiata sauce topped spaghetti anytime.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Looks lovely Valli! I had made arrabiata recently and my son is in love with it ever since.
vaishali sabnani says
Spaghetti is loved by kids, just like maggi and they enjoy slurping it. The sauce looks delicious and love that deep colour.
Annu Swamy says
Im surprised and impressed that you have managed to keep your kids off sphagetti/noodles for this long! Nice and simple sauce.
Pavani N says
This is the kind of pasta sauce that my family would love. Fresh and delicious. My kids love slurping on the looong noodles 🙂
Padmajha PJ says
The sauce on the spaghetti looks very tempting. And I am in love with your fork 🙂
Harini-Jaya R says
Simple n kid friendly. I can imagine my lil one slurping on the long spaghetti:)
Suma Gandlur says
The sauce is very colorful.
sneha datar says
A delicious sauce, your kids must had a feast.
Priya Srinivasan says
I would like the sauce and spaghetti tossed together in the pan better than the other!!! Looks inviting!!!