Do you know how Spaghetti? Be it jollof or stew, Spaghetti is an amazing meal for your delight. It can be taken during breakfast, lunch or dinner. This discourse explains how the dish can be cooked.

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The most popular way to prepare spaghetti is simple. Put the pasta into plenty of boiling water, stir it, bring it to a simmer, turn the heat off, put a lid on and leave it to finish cooking for 10-12 mins. This method works very fine.

How to Cook Spaghetti for the Best Flavour

Cook pasta in less water than you often make use of. Instead of tipping away plenty of water after cooking, you’ll end up with a small amount of very starchy water in the pan – this will help thicken any pasta sauce it is added to, and will put the flavour lost in the water back into the sauce (recipes often tell you to reserve some pasta water to do this).

You will have to stir the pasta now and then as it cooks.

How to Stop Spaghetti Sticking?

Don’t Add Oil

The first thing to know is that adding oil to the water has no effect, as it floats on the top of the water. The second thing to know is that adding oil to cooked spaghetti will make any sauce slide off it – again, not what you want.

Stir the Pasta after You’ve Added it to the Water

Pasta releases starch as soon as it starts to cook. When you put it in boiling water it does this straight away, making the surface of the pasta sticky, which is why you always have to stir the pot to separate the pieces.

As the spaghetti continues to cook, the starch dissolves into the water so it doesn’t stick any more.

Ingredients for Cooking Spaghetti

Here are the ingredients used in cooking Spaghetti:

Spaghetti

Tomatoes

Scotch Bonnet (Rodo)

Vegetable Oil

Onga Classic

Salt

Onions

Method of Cooking Spaghetti

1. Blend the tomatoes, onions, and peppers until smooth. Keep aside

2. Boil down the tomato sauce in a pot until the sauce has thickened to look like a paste

3. In a large wok or skillet, pour vegetable oil, then add sliced onions. Allow to fry until soft and brown

4. Add the reduced tomato paste, and fry for another 5-8 minutes

5. Add salt and Onga classic powder. Fry for a few minutes and set aside

6. In a large pot of boiling water, add two teaspoons of salt, then add in the spaghetti, push it down or break it to fit into the pot

7. Cover and allow to cook for 5 minutes on medium heat

8. After 5 minutes, stir, turn down the heat to low, and allow to cook for another 5 minutes

9. Sieve out the pasta water (but keep the water for later use)

10. Add the boiled spaghetti to the fried sauce and stir until the sauce is well incorporated. You can add some of the spaghetti water to soften and cook for a few minutes

Serve with any protein you prefer.