Pushed for time and lacking inspiration, this quick pasta dish helps Deputy Sub-Editor Nana Okosi feel full fast.

Nana’s Seafood Spaghetti Sauce

A curry-scented tomato seafood sauce, perfect for topping pasta or sopping up with a slice of bread.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

• 1 onion
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tin fish of your choice
• 3 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tbsp ginger paste
• 1 pack king prawns
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes, or to taste
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 2 tsp dried parsley
• fresh basil and/or parsley

Instructions

 

• Dice onions, and 1 tbsp ginger paste, and fry in olive oil for 3 minutes on medium heat.
• Add tomato puree and stir everything together for another 3–4 minutes.
• Pour a can of chopped tomatoes into a blender along with the onion mixture and tinned fish.
• Blend the sauce until it’s smooth. Add oil more to the pot to fry king prawns and the rest of the ginger paste for 5 minutes on medium heat.
• Add the blended mixture to the pot and cook everything for 30 minutes on low heat.
• While it cooks, flavour the sauce with garlic powder, curry powder, dried parsley, and chilli flakes.
• Cook for a further 10–15 minutes on low heat, and add salt to taste.
• In a separate pot, cook pasta according to instructions. Once cooked, plate pasta and top with the sauce. Final step, add basil or parsley to garnish.