Fusilli with Creamy Tomato Meatball Sauce

The day I was leaving home(Kuwait) to get back to the busy University life in Lahore. My mom was all sad and in tears so I made this pasta for my Pasta-lover mom to cheer her up a little :) and she absolutely loved it and almost ate all of it. :)

How I mentioned in my last post that she is the judge in the house whose comments I wait for the most and it makes me so happy when she loves the food I make. If she loved it, it has to go up on my blog! YES, for sure.

I'm now back to University, with a new semester and everywhere I go I'm just like "HELP! I'm homesick." :( I miss my mom the most and as they say 'home is where mom is' *sigh*. Okay, before I get too emotional let me get to the recipe.

So here it is, I share with you my mom's new favorite pasta and I'm sure everyone is going to love it, if she did. :)

Ingredients

• 250 grams Fusilli pasta

• 3 tablespoons Olive oil

• Salt (According to taste)

For the sauce:

• 3 Medium size Tomatoes

• 3/4 cup cream

• 1 teaspoon crushed red chili

• 4 tablespoons olive oil

• 5-6 garlic cloves (chopped, finely)

• 1 tablespoon ginger paste

• 2 green chilis (chopped, finely)

• Salt and Black pepper (According to taste)

Meatballs:

• 250 grams ground mutton

• 1/2 red onion(chopped)

• 1/4 cup coriander(chopped)

• 1 egg

• 1/2 cup bread crumbs 

• Salt and Black pepper (According to taste)

• Oil for frying

Method

• Fill a large pot with water, enough to boil the pasta. Bring to a boil. Add in the pasta, olive oil and salt. Let it boil until the pasta is cooked through.

• Save one cup of the water in which the pasta was being cooked for the sauce and then empty the entire pot of pasta into a strainer, let it cool.

• To prepare the sauce, first blend the tomatoes in a blender

• Add the blended tomatoes in a large skillet and place on the stove to cook and turn down the stove slightly. 

• Add in the crushed red chilli, salt and pepper and let it cook for around 20 minutes or until it changes color.

• After the mixture changes color, add in cream and stir.
• Remove from the stove.

• In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the meatballs.

• Using your hands roll the meat into meatballs and place on a tray.

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the meat balls for about 3 minutes on each side. Until meat balls are golden brown.

• Drain on paper towel.

• In another pan, add olive oil, garlic, ginger and green chilis and sauté these ingredients.

• Add these sautéed ingredients in the sauce and mix.

• Add the fried meatballs in the sauce.

• Spread the sauce over the pasta.

• Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and Parmesan cheese and serve.