Our local brands of Spaghetti taste awful.


‎Hi there. Indulge me.. I implore you. Also, poured my second serving and watching Moriarty the Patriot... I'm having an amazing Sunday!

You probably have a packet of spaghetti collecting dust in your kitchen juu... Kama si spaghetti ni indomie. Na juu, you're probably shopping on a budget..then the spaghetti brand you have wasting away is a cheaper on the shelf. And so you say, ugh, by kesho ita spoil, ... Or I'll enjoy it for one serving it tastes ugh by the next serving... Ama, inashikana nikipika, eeww , I don't want my spaghetti mushy... Etc. So you wonder, why do I even have a packet rotting in the house in the first place?? 

But then again, It's a go to meal for most people, in spite of the lack of taste . I mean, for most people, or rather for me, it's something I alw
 
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ays have in my kitchen juu, poverty will make spaghetti drenched in mayonnaise and scrambled eggs and raw tomatoes taste heavenly. Yes.... That is how far I have sunk.... It's so bad, I can't even enjoy spaghetti or pasta in a restaurant. Juu, I always taste the cheapness lol. Maybe I'm the problem....I've never tried ramen so that's an untouched territory, anyway my point is... I might have stumbled on a worthwhile recipe for cheap-branded spaghetti at our local shops leave alone supermarkets. 
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Milk... This was freaking differentiating factor for a taste I have been chasing in locally available cheap spaghetti brands. I live alone, and I'm not a chef per say, but there's no local dish I can't make. Well, except for Chapo, if you eat the shape that Is. 
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‎I mean, obviously, if you can't afford Akina Sanda Malia(this post is not sponsored)the most economical option is getting pasta that is affordable. Why? Because regardless of the brand, the spaghetti tastes the same anyway. 

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‎Incorporate it in meat stew? Tastes bland! Eggs? Disgusting! Tomato sauce...Stir fry spaghetti in veggies (nyanya, kitunguu, hoho , Dania...Eww. By the next consumption, you just eat so that it doesn't rot.



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‎Like, I live alone and I've explored every fucking recipe out there to literally make spaghetti I can afford (which is the cheaper brands) taste like food. ..or A meal... An emotion. ..A feeling... A craving... Yaani, ionje tu chakula woiye. Juu, with the economical factor in play... Hakuna haja ya us consuming unsatisfactory meals. 
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‎Context, I'm a shut in . And I thrive in my fortress of solitude. One of the activities that I thrive in, is drunk cooking. I hate cooking for one person so most days, I eat out. (Reliable reliable hoteli with freshly made meals under 150/- in accordance with their menu). The one time I cook, I indulge in drinking. I get a quarter of the hard  alcohol of choice, and that's enough for me. From there, I do ingredient prep and the first shot is always always taken after all ingredients have been prepared and the cooking flow has been established. I like order.
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‎Today, I made spaghetti that tasted like "home". I swear. No overrated ingredients, no cheese, no mozzarella, no fancy shmancy shit just plain old ingredients we get at our bandaskis. I am so in love with this recipe, because, the spaghetti (cheaper brand) , doesn't taste as bland anymore. It tastes satisfactory, and wholesome. In addition, very healthy and nutritious, you need one sufuria to make and it tastes amazing. If any chefs or introverts or kitchen lovers come across this, I implore to take a leap of faith and hopefully see, if this is a worthy recipe....?? And feedback necessary, just have the satisfaction of indulgence, I want that for you. 💜 
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‎Again, I'm not claiming originality of this recipe, I barely watch cooking videos, I just want cheap ass spaghetti to taste amazing to the local Kenyan . 


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‎Here is my recipe, feel free to stop reading here. I'll just include the process, I'll be as articulate as possible so derive your ingredients from the steps. 
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‎Step 1.
‎Pasta boiling . (One sufuria)
‎Minji and carrots boiling. I used I cup of minji (ya 50/-) and 20/- carrots.( Different sufuria)
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‎After boiling both;
‎1.  wash the pasta over cold water. 
‎2. Separated minji from carrots. I Crushed the carrots in salt and one royco cube.( Salt and spices are subjective to the individual.)
‎Mix all ingredients using your fingers in four crushed  garlic cloves and ⅛ of 10/- bob ginger.
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‎While the above is going on...
‎Step 2
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‎1. Cut three onions ( I use zile za 3-20/-)
‎2. Grate four tomatoes ( I grate my tomatoes, I don't cut or dice them.) 
‎3. Dice one hoho
‎4. Cut  One Dania.
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‎Step 3.
‎1. Heat your meat. ( I neither wash my meat lol, nor do I boil it.  I apply direct heat in it's raw state.)  Once the meat is dehydrated, I add 4 parts of vegetable oil ( vifuniko nne vya kifuniko ya chupa ya  2litres of cooking oil. ) . I purchased 250/- worth of meat.
‎2. Fry the meat for five minutes under medium heat while constantly stirring .
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‎Step 4.
‎1. To the frying meat, Add the carrot- garlic- ginger mash; as well as four table spoons of dark soy sauce. Let simmer for five minutes.
‎2.  Add grated  tomatoes and hoho and two cups of milk and half a cup of water. To this, Add your separated , boiled minji.
‎3. Add 1/4 curry powder 10/- packet, a teaspoon of tomato paste and 1 more royco cube (optional). Add salt to taste. (SEE IMAGE NO.3 ATTACHED AT THIS STEP)
‎4. Let simmer for 6-8 minutes, as it slowly comes to a boil. 
‎5. Add pasta and Dania. 
‎6. Let boil for 4 minutes. 
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‎Step 5.
‎Serve while hot and enjoy!
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‎Results...
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‎1. Creamier spaghetti taste without using cooking or heavy cream or other expensive ingredients. No bland or light soup 👍.
‎2. Easy easy go to meal honestly.
‎3. One sufuria- one plate compliance.
‎4. I don't have a fridge so this is enough for at least four conservative meals with heating it in the morning and evening, so it will get me to Tuesday breakfast. 
‎5. Cheap ass spaghetti brands don't taste like plastic anymore.
‎6. You get to make an ecstatic feeling in your mouth, on top of being tipsy and creating a masterpiece. Whats a better feeling than that? 
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On the other hand...
I'm probably exaggerating the recipe because well, I'm the taste subject , so... meh. Blessed Sunday wadau.
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From Poverty to creamy...A redemption story.