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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil for pasta. | 2. While the water is heating, peel and finely chop onion. Peel and mince garlic. Seed and mince the chile (I used a serrano). | 3. in a small bowl, combine the spices (and red pepper flakes if not using fresh chile). set the bowl aside. | 4. add the pasta to the boiling water and cook till it is tender but still firm to the bite. | 5. meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over med-high heat. add the onions and garlic and saute about 1 minute. | 6. reduce heat to medium and continue to cook, stirring now and then, till onions are tender, about 5 minutes. | 7. when the onions are cooked stir in the mixture of spices, the fresh chile and the sugar. | 8. crumble the meat into the onion mixture and saute till meat is no longer pink. | 9. add the tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. season to taste with salt and continue to cook over low heat while the noodles boil. | 10. drain the noodles and toss with the sauce, serve immediately. | 11. this is very good topped with plain yogurt and/or feta cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	1			302.6007	0.0	67.3202	1.7
green chile	1	t		302.6007	0.0	67.3202	1.7
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
cinnamon	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
wide egg noodle	3/4	lb		302.6007	0.0	67.3202	1.7
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
beef	3/4 - 1	lb	ground	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
plain yogurt				-	-	-	-
feta cheese				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.