Turmeric prawn spaghetti – my new found obsession with cooking spaghetti has two very simple reasons. One, it cooks much quicker than penne or fusilli. And second, that I finally found my long lost spaghetti spoon, so no straining hassles. With a few prawns left from last time’s curry. Turmeric marinated prawns, cooked with butter and garlic, spaghetti and chilly flakes.
Ingredients
- Prawns – 8 to 10
- Spaghetti
- Butter – 1 tbsp
- Garlic Cloves – 3, chopped
- Chilly flakes – 1 tsp
- Turmeric – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Olive oil – 1 tsp
Method
- Thoroughly wash and marinate the prawns with turmeric and salt. Rub on the prawns gently and keep aside for 2 hours.
- In a large pot, bring water to a boil and add the spaghetti to cook it.
- Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan, add the butter so it doesn’t burn.
- Add garlic cloves, stir and cook for a minute.
- Add the prawns, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until the prawns are done.
- Stir occasionally.
- When the prawns are done, lower the heat, and add the cooked spaghetti into the pan.
- Add the chilly flakes and a ladle full of pasta water from the spaghetti.
- Cook on a low flame till the time the pasta comes together.
- Turmeric prawn spaghetti is ready to be gobbled up.
The turmeric marination lends a beautiful individuality to the spaghetti.
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