Odisha Mo Odisha

Recently, an indo-chinese restaurant opened near our place and like moths to fire, we all flocked the place to try the food out. Food was undoubtedly good but it was all like good old India, oily and very very spicy.  So I thought, if I could collect all ingredients at home and make my own info style Chinese Hakka noodles which will have my level of spices and my choice of veggies in it. How wonderful... I thought to myself.  One fine day, I was all set to make my very own veg. Hakka noodles and alas.. there was no regular noodles in the pantry. My heart sank to the deepest of the deep because I was actually looking forward to having some nice home made indo-chinese noodles on that cold rainy evening. What I had was whole wheat spaghetti though so I thought, I can make noodles sometime later but I could settle for normal pasta that day. So I started... and in the process I decided to make the exact same recipe for the Indo-chinese noodles with the whole wheat...

There's always a time that I question my culture & values.. well I am human too you know.. This time it was a silly remark about how we can't have the Italian favorite home cooked spaghetti with meatballs in marinara sauce in Italian restaurants because the meat balls are made of beef/pork (I am not really sure) and our religion does not allow us to eat that.. We have a mental block to not consume any other meat than chicken, goat or lamb.. beef & pork are a big no no in the religion.. God knows how exactly that came into being.. But then yesterday, while trying to imagine things that I could do with some ground chicken lying in the freezer... the idea came to my mind.. that a masala chicken meat ball (similar to ground chicken kofta) should be made with good old spaghetti with some yummy sauce.. and what could be more yummier than old fashioned marinara sauce.. so here it is.. Spaghetti with chicken meat balls in marinara sauce... since it was weeknight.. the marina...