How to Make Pasta with Red Sauce

Ingredients

• Thin pasta, boiled and drained
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• Vegetable oil
• Ground meat
• Salt
• A pinch of cinnamon
• A pinch of seven-spice
• A pinch of oregano - dried thyme
• Basil - optional
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste - or as needed
• Half a liter of water - or as needed
• How to Make Mghammar or Eggplant Moussaka from Wotfa too

Method

1. Cook the pasta, drain it, and set it aside.
2. In a pot, heat a little oil and sauté the finely chopped onion and garlic until they soften.
3. Add the ground meat and sauté until cooked through.
4. Add the spices, salt, herbs, tomato sauce and water, and leave to boil until the sauce thickens.
5. Finally add the cooked pasta and let everything simmer for 5 minutes before removing the pot from the heat.
   Timers: 5 min
6. Also from Wutfa, here is how to make maghmour (eggplant moussaka).