To make this recipe quick. Use store bought Marinara sauce and Pesto sauce. Making both of these sauce at home are very easy but since it's under 30 minute recipe and since we don't like spending too much time in kitchen. We are speeding up the process by getting these two sauces from store. Its readily available in all stores.

Steps to make Meatballs:

I have used soya chunks here since I felt it has that meat taste and texture of the minced beef. When soya chunks gets minced they look a lot like minced beef. Okay now off to making this meatless meatballs.

1. Take 2 cup water and let it boil for 5-7 minutes.  Switch it off. Now add 1 cup of soya chunks and let it stay in that hot water for 5 minutes. They will change in size and will look soft. Now pour the hot water out and add cold water to soya chunks. Leave it for 5 more mins. Then throw the water and squeeze the soya chunks completely. Now blend them nicely in a blender as shown in pic.

2. Transfer the minced soy chunks into a big bowl. To this add chopped onion, garlic, cheeses, salt, parsley and  breadcrumbs. Now take this again to blender and in pulse mode just beat it twice like for a 2 sec. Now add maida flour and make a ball out of it. I got 12 balls from 1 cup of soy chunks. Now heat oil in a pan and seep fry and remove it when they are slight golden in color as shown in pic.




3. Keep them in a tissue paper and let it absorb the oil. Mean time make your marinara pasta and Spaghetti ready. To make spaghetti follow the instruction given in the package. Once done , drain pasta from water and when they are still hot, add pesto sauce and mix everything well.


4. Now off to Marinara sauce preparation. Since I was in a hurry to make it fast. I used the store bought. You can use the homemade marinara sauce too by adding olive oil in a pan, then add chopped onion, garlic , red chilly flakes and stir fry it. To this add chunky tomato puree and let it boil for 10 mins. Now add fresh basil leaves and this is how we prepare Marinara sauce. Okay since we are using store bough here, all you have to do it heat pan. Now add olive oil , use chopped onion and garlic and pour the marinara sauce into it.

5. Since I like it little spicy I added pepper, salt and little bit of dry chili flakes for extra flavor. Add little water or you can use the same water that was used for boiling pasta. Add half cup not more than that. Let it boil for 10 mins or until the sauce gets little thickened.  Switch it off. Now add the soya balls and coat it well with marinara sauce.

6. Now in a plate place the hot pesto spaghetti pasta and serve this vegetarian meatballs on top. Now enjoy this delicious food. You mouth and tummy will thank you. It's like a festival celebration and balanced food.

1 . First choose what kind of pasta you want to make for this recipe. There are so many options like penne, spiral, elbow, shell and many more. Here I have used shell shaped pasta. First take a pan and add 5 bowl of water and sprinkle little salt and let it boil. Now add the shell shaped pasta and let it cook for 15-20 mins. Read your instruction given in your pasta box. Cook according to that. Don't overcook pasta.  I always use the pasta water for making sauces. You can use it or throw it. Its purely up to you. But for this recipe I didn't use the water.

2. Now when the pastas are cooking. Heat pan and add some olive oil . Now saute all the veggie for 2-3 mins in the oil, don't overcook them.   You can add any veggie of your choice like squash, zucchini , broccoli  anything of your choice.I added pepper powder, little salt, dry red chilli flakes, Oregano, garlic powder  and little parmesan cheese.Let everything cool well. Once done keep it Separate.

3. Again heat pan in another flame and start preparing white sauce. For making white sauce we need a hot pan and add butter to it. Now add plain flour and mix them well as shown in picture. Now keep the flame low and slowly add milk and keep stirring. Care should be taken while making this white sauce. Keep stirring otherwsie it will burn and stick to the bottom.

4. Once the sauce gets thicker as shown in pic, Switch off the flame. Now transfer the cooked pasta into the white sauce, add the cooked veggies too and coat everything together. Pasta is ready. Usually the pasta will be white and mild in taste. Garnish with fresh basil leaves and serve it piping hot.

1. In a pan add butter, when they melt add little flour and combine them well. Once they are mixed well add milk and whisk them well.

2. Then add heavy cream and keep whisking it till they form a soft buttery cream texture. This is called WHITE SAUCE. To this I added pasta sauce and mixed it again. I have added garlic powder and mixed them well and switch it off. Keep it separate in a bowl.

3. Now in a separate bowl boil pasta(follow the instruction shown in cover) when they are done Just sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top along with few basil leaves and later you can serve this creamy sauce on top. This is one way.

4. But I wanted to skip this Parmesan cheese,so I added basil pesto sauce. You can use homemade or store bought. Add when the pasta is hot and mix it well. On top of this add this creamy sauce and serve it hot.



5. Yummy ,tasty and creamy restaurant style pasta is ready. If you want it more cream you can add the sauce to pasta and cook in that heavy cream itself. It will be very rich so I prefer this way.

1. Chop the mentioned vegetables long. Season it with salt and pepper and roast them in oven for 5-7 mins. They taste well when they charred. If you dont have oven add olive oil in a pan and toss the veggies well in a pan and keep it separate.

2. I used flori pasta(flower shaped) because its nice in shape and looks beautiful on plate. You can use any type of paste for this recipe. Add 4 glasses of water and add little salt and let it boil. Add paste to this and let it cook well. Collect the water and pasta separate when its well cooked.

3. Now add the veggies that are oven roasted and stir in pan for a minute. To this add Italian seasoning & salt. Stir it well. Then add the cooked paste and stir again. To this add basil pesto sauce(homemade) and stir again. While they are still hot add the Parmesan cheese and serve it hot. Add salt and pepper if required. It has no spice too so you can add chilly flakes or more pepper to this.

1. Prepare the Idiyappam and break into pieces and keep it separate.

2. In a pan heat oil and do the seasoning mentioned above. To this add onion and saute it well. Switch it off and add Idiyappam and stir it well.

3. Make one batch this way and to another serving sprinkle Idly podi and enjoy it. Other type pf recipe that can be made with leftover Idiyappam are Tomato Idiyappam and Tamarind Idiyappam.

1. In a pan add some oil then saute onion, tomatoes for few mins. To this add some chopped vegetables and stir them for 2  more mins.
2. Do not over cook the vegetables completely because the crunchy veggies add taste to the noodles. Then add some water let it boil for 5 mins and then add the noodles and let it cook for 5 min.
3. To this add the noodles masala and stir well for a minute. To this add some soya sauce,chilly sauce and switch off the flame and stir well. I sometimes add spring onions(optional) to get that Chinese flavor smell so if you want you can skip it and serve it to kids. They will dig inside it totally.

1.In a blender add basil leaves,mint,parsley leaves,pine nuts,garlic,spring onion and grind them all to fine paste.Then to this add olive oil and Parmesan cheese and blend it in pulse mode for a min.Now sprinkle some salt and mix it well.Voila!!!!!!!!!!!! Pesto sauce is ready.Add this to bread or pasta or saute them with vegetable and serve it hot.I love to add this paste to my pastas and as dips sometimes.Will soon load recipes that has pesto sauce in them.Enjoy it right now with yummy hot pasta.

1.Boil the noodles according to the instruction given in the packet. Now sprinkle 1/2 tsp of oil to the noodles so they don't stick.

2.Heat the wok/pan pour some olive oil and start stirring the vegetables given below.

3.Add soya sauce,red chilly flakes or red chilly sauce,schezwan sauce and stir fry.
4. Now add the noodles to the mix then sprinkle pepper powder, salt.care must be taken while adding salt because the soya sauce will already be salty so add salt at last.
5. Spring some spring onions and serve hot.