VEGETARIAN YAM BALL SPAGHETTI

VEGETARIAN YAM BALL SPAGHETTI

This is a great meal and it's so flavorful and what even better this is one of those meals you can eat cold or hot.  I like this cold.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Egg.
1 lb Yam or you can use Sweet Potatos too.
1/2 of a medium white onion or red.
2 celery sticks.
2 cups of Panco bread crumbs or bread crumbs.
1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
1 teaspoon of cumin
2 diced garlic cloves.
A handful of cilantro.
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
Toasted Seame seed oil (Optional)

 FOR SPAGHETTI SAUCE 
 1 16 oz Can of ready cut tomatoes.      
 2 8 oz Can of tomato paste.
 A pinch of Basil and Rosemary finely chopped.  Add teaspoon of  cinnamon and pepper if desired.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

Have a cookie tray ready to put the yam balls on and a Table spoon ready to make the balls.

FIRST: COOK THE YAM.
1. Peel the yam.
2. Cut the yam into small equal pieces.
3. Put yams in a pot and cover with water, bring to a boil.
4. Cook until soft not mushy or chunchy.  Take a piece out cool and try it.    
5. Drain and remove and pat dry with paper towl

SECOND: 
Add cooked yams to a large mixing bowl and add, diced Onion, Celery, Garlic, cilantro. To this mixture add spices and 1 cup of Panco bread crumbs mix very well.  Now add one tablespoon of Olive oil to the mixture and egg. Mix very well.     Pour the other cup of crumbs into a small bowl.  With a Tablespoon scoop out a little bit and put into the palm of your hand. If you cup both of your hands together their should be enough room for it to move. If not pinch a bit off. Drop it quickly from one hand to another it will form a ball on its own.  Now that you have a ball dunk it in the bread crumbs. Place on cookie try. Repeat until all the yam is used up.  Now you can either cook these right away or cover them up and put them in the refrigerator until the noodles and sauce is done. Find out what works best for you.

THIRD: Cooking Yam balls.
Note: The Yam balls are basically already cooked, except for the binder which is the eggs.
Coat a large pan with two table spoons of oil.  We're not drenching the yam balls in oil.  Cook on  a range from Medium High to Medium Low, adjust accordingly.  It's okay to turn the stove down to low if you feel their getting to dark and then back up if their not cooking at all.   Use tongs to turn them over as they turn golden brown. Keep cooking meat balls until they are all browned on all sides. Place cooked Yam balls on a plate and cover and keep warm in over on the lowest temp.

THIRD: Cooking the Spaghetti.
Fill a pot with water. Turn stove top to high. As soon as you see little bubbles starting to form break your spaghetti in half and put in the water. Stir noodles to prevent from sticking together.  If need be turn down the burner to Med-High  the noodles will still cook.  Leaving the water on high the entire time will only make the water boil up and over.  The noodles will cook at Med-High, Medium, and even Medium Low.   Test the noodles along the way.  When you see white foam on top of the water, that is when their close to being done.  That is the starch coming out.  Noodle take about 7 to 8 minutes to cook.

FOURTH:  Making the sauce.
This is the easiest.  Open your cans and pour all into a pot add rosemary and basil and spices. Cook on Medium stir often.  If you have any soup broth add a cup to the sauce and it will get absorbed into the tomato paste. Just keep stirring it and turn down if need be, then back up.  You can let this simmer for 15 minutes or longer.  If you don't have broth, add water.  You can add a 1/2 cup more of water or broth.

A big slice of French Bread and Parmesan and Dig in.