Sardines and Vegetables Spaghetti Recipe.

Good morning dear friends, I'm Stephen from Nigeria. Today I'll be sharing with you a recipe for spaghetti with a twist to the traditional ways of preparing pasta. Spaghetti is a very common meal in Nigeria but truth be told, it found its way into our daily menu via introduction by the westerners and the Italians to be precise.

Pasta is a traditional Italian dish which we adopted here in Africa. A major traditional practice of cooking pasta the Italian or Western way is the inclusion of modest quantities of tomatoes but today I did mine differently by completely substituting tomatoes with fresh green veggies and surprisingly it came out awesomely delicious. Traditionally pasta cooked in a tomatoes based sauce comes out a rich reddish hue but mine cooked with green veggies came out a golden green colour.

I'll start by listing my ingredients then I'll take us through the methods.

INGREDIENTS
1 pack 400g durum wheat spaghetti

2 cans of 250g canned sardines

1cup baby carrots, 5 green chilli peppers, 3 Spring onions and a sachet/1tbs of fried rice spice

1 cube Maggi star chicken stock cube

1cooking spoon vegetable oil, 1 small onion, 1tbs curry powder and 1/2tbs salt

METHOD
STEP 1
I started with boiling my spaghetti Al dente for 5 minutes in hot water.

After 5 minutes I removed from the pot of hot water and put in a sieve to drain. Next I washed my green veggies and carrots and finely chopped them up.

STEP 2
I opened up my sardines and put them in a clean bowl.

Next I put a clean pot on fire and poured in a cooking spoon full of vegetable oil. I heated it up and poured in a small bulb of finely chopped onion.

I fried the onions until it was caramelized then I added the canned sardines.

Next I added my curry powder.

I added the fried rice spice.

I added the stock cube and gave a gentle stirr so I don't disintegrate the cooking sardines.

I put a pot cover and allowed it simmer on low heat for 2 minutes.

STEP 3
I opened the pot after 2 minutes then added my spaghetti.

Next I added my chopped vegetables then I sprinkled a cooking spoon of tap water, I gave a gentle stirr and replaced the pot cover. I allowed it simmer on low heat for 3 minutes.

After 3 minutes my pasta was ready. I turned off the heat and it looked like this in my pot.

I served some in my plate and took the photograph above.

Thanks for your time reading, I do hope you enjoyed my Sardines and Vegetable Spaghetti Recipe with a twist to the traditional pasta culinary norm. You can give it a try and bring your own twist to see what delicious enigmas you'll be steaming up. Bye for now and stay safe.

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