A Yemeniyah's Recipes

You can actually make this with any ground meat–beef, lamb, chicken or Turkey.Ground lamb tastes divine in this recipe as it does with Kebabs. I just had some ground turkey left over after i made the turkey kababs so that is what i used.

Boil 1/2 a box of angel hair pasta in salty boiling water while you make the ground turkey sauce. Keep your eye on it as it cooks. When cooked drain of all its water and toss in a little oilive oil (the oilive oil does not let the pasta clump together even if you have some left over for the day after).

For the ground turkey you will need:

1) 1lb ground turkey

2) 1 big whole onion or 2 medium onions finally chopped

3) 3 medium sized patagoes quartered

4) 3 tsp of red chilly powder

5) 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

6) 1 tsp coriander

7)1 tsp ground cumin

8) 2 tsp of tomato paste

9) 2 tbslp Olive Oil

10) Salt to taste

11) 2 cloves of garlic (minced)

12) 2 medium tomatoes (diced)

Okay, what you need to do is sautee the onions in the oilve oil until they are translucent. Then add the patatoes and sautee for about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and sautee for 1 minute (do not burn) and add the chilly powder and sautee for five minutes. Then add the ground meat and let the water evaporate, and brown the meat. Again be careful that it does not burn or dry out. Do not brown for more than 5 minutes.

Then add the diced tomatoes and the salt and allow the tomatoes to soften. When softened add the tomatoe paste and 2 cups of water and let simmer under low heat unitl the sauce is thickened and the oil rises to the surface. This should take about 10 minutes. Make sure the patatoes are cooked through, if they are then it is ready.

To serve place the angel hair pasta on a platter and pour the sauce on top–garnish with finely chopped cilantro and lemon pieces. You can also sprinkle parmesan cheese instead of the cilantro.