Spaghetti with mushroom and garlic sauce

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 45 minutes
Serves : 2

Ingredients

Spaghetti - 350gm
Salt - to taste


For sauce

Olive oil - 4 tbsp
Tomatoes - 6 sliced
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 1
Button Mushrooms - 350gm washed, wiped and thinly sliced
Garlic - 3 cloves, crushed
Black Pepper - 1/2 tsp, freshly ground

Procedure

1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a saucepan
2. Add tomatoes, salt, sugar and bay leaf
3. Cook covered for 30 minutes and blend it (with a hand blender / in a mixer) and bring it back to the saucepan
4. To this add the mushrooms, garlic, the remaining olive oil, salt and pepper.
5. Simmer till the mushrooms are tender (approximately 15 minutes) stirring occassionally
6. Meanwhile cook the spaghetti in a pot of salted boiling water for 10 minutes.
7. Drain and put it into a serving dish.
8. Pour the hot sauce on the spaghetti and serve immediately garnished with a fresh sprig of basil and some chopped olives