Spaghetti with spicy tomato sauce - This is the fusion dish with Indian touch on Italian Pasta recipe. I am saying this because this spicy sauce is made with Indian spices.
Cook the spaghetti as per package instruction or follow this: bring about 4-5 cups of water to a boil, add big pinch of salt.
Once water starts boiling, add spaghetti into it. Keep it whole, do not break, as it cooks it will settle down in the boiling water. Let it cook for 8-10 minutes or till al dente.
Note: Boiling pasta and making sauce, do both tasks simultaneously. Keep all the ingredients ready for tomato sauce, add pasta to the water and on other stove start making sauce. Both will be ready at the same time and mix them together.
Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle, add dried red chili and sauté for 30 seconds.
Add onions and cook till it becomes translucent.
Add freshly grated ginger and garlic with tomato paste. Mix and sauté for 30-40 seconds.
Add spices (red chili powder, garam masala) along with salt and sugar. Mix immediately.
Add 1 cup of water. And let it comes to a boil.
Simmer to for 5-6 minutes or till it gets thick. Sauce should be really thick.
Then mix in chopped tomatoes and let it get heated through. Do not cook tomatoes too much; they should be just barely soft.
By this time spaghetti should be cooked, drain the water.