Spaghetti bhajiya
Crispy spaghetti fritters with a quick chilli sauce. Makes 40
Short pieces of spaghetti in a peppery batter, fried in small balls until golden and crunchy. Kids love them. Serve hot with the quick tomato-chilli sauce.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
For the batter
For the chilli sauce
Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Boil 7 oz spaghetti in salted water with a little oil until just tender. Drain and keep aside.
10 minStep 2: Mix 4 ½ oz self-raising flour, ¼ cup milk, ½ tsp black pepper, 3 tbsp chilli sauce and ½ tsp salt. Add ¼ cup water gradually to make a medium-thick batter.
Step 3: Stir in the boiled spaghetti.
Step 4: Heat oil over a medium heat (350°F). Drop in small balls of the batter and fry in batches for 3–4 minutes, until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.
15 minStep 5: Mix 3 tbsp tomato sauce (ketchup), 2 tbsp chilli sauce, 1 small onion, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp white vinegar and ¼ tsp salt in a small pan and simmer for 2–3 minutes, until the onion softens.
3 minStep 6: Serve the spaghetti bhajiya hot with the chilli sauce.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 240 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 37 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does spaghetti bhajiya take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of spaghetti?
- Linguine or any long pasta, same amount.
- What can I use instead of self-raising flour?
- Plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder per 150g (1 cup).
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