Easy Spaghetti with Homemade Vegetable Sauce
This spaghetti recipe with delicious vegetable sauce takes less than an hour to make and turns into a perfect, homemade spaghetti dinner. The sauce is made from scratch and is loaded with a ton of vegetables like mushrooms, onions, carrots, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 large Red onion diced
- 1 large Bell pepper (any colour) diced
- 5 cloves Garlic chopped
- 2 Green onions chopped
- 1 cup Carrots diced
- 1 cup Mushrooms chopped
- 1 can Crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1/2 Lime juiced
- 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- 375 g Spaghetti noodles
- Shredded cheese for garnish
- Green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Follow the instructions on the package and cook the spaghetti noodles in boiling water. Always add a tbsp of olive oil in the boiling water to avoid sticking of the noodles.
Sauce Prep
- Heat olive oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and chopped garlic. Sauté for a minute.
- Add chopped red and green onions to the pan. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add chopped bell peppers, carrots and mushrooms. Cook all these veggies for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add salt, black pepper, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garlic powder, oregano. Mix well.
- Now add crushed tomatoes.
- Cook the sauce with the lid; on low flame for another 10 minutes.
- Add lime juice and tomato ketchup. Add cooked spaghetti noodles into the sauce. Toss nicely. Garnish with chopped green onions and shredded cheese and serve hot!