Ingredients

• spaghetti - 200 gm
• butter - 4 tbsp
• oil - 1/3 cup
• cloves 2
• bay leaf 1
• dried thyme - 1 tsp
• minced meat - 1/2 kg
• carrot 1, chopped
• celery 2 stalks, chopped
• onions 2, chopped
• tomatoes - 1/2 kg, peeled and chopped
• button mushrooms - 200 gm, chopped
• Maida - 1 tbsp
• pepper to tastesalt to taste

How to Make Spaghetti with Meat and Mushroom sauce

• Cook spaghetti in plenty of boiling water to which a tsp of salt and 2 tsp of oil is added.
• Drain, rinse with cold water, toss in 1 tsp of oil and keep aside.
• Heat one and a half tbsps butter with remaining oil.
• Brown the meat in it.
• Add carrot, celery and onion.
• Fry for a few minutes.
• Add salt and pepper and tomatoes, bay leaf and thyme.
• Add 2 cups of water and simmer till the meat is cooked.
• Add mushrooms and simmer for 2 more minutes.
• Add the remaining butter and Maida.
• Simmer for 2 more minutes.
• Serve the spaghetti, topped with the sauce.