#spaghetti balls

Last week I ventured out of my usual dive bar circuit and hit up a spot called Berg’n in Brooklyn. It’s a huge space with a bar, coffee stand, and a handful of food vendors. It was there that I got to try ramen fries. Think: chunky fries, and when you bite into them, no potatoes, just ramen noodles! They were very very good. I mean, noodles, fried - plus, beer on the side. I was in a very happy place. Anyway, NOW I find out spaghetti balls are a thing. Yep. Recipe below. And really between ramen fries and spaghetti balls, I’m just like...

Yes, please. 

You know?

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups boiled spaghetti 1 1/2 cups milk 4 tbsp butter 5 tbsp plain flour  100 gms grated processed cheese 3 chopped green chillies 1 tbsp chopped fresh corriander  3 sticks celery, finely chopped 1/3 cup plain flour  bread crumbs oil for deep-frying salt to taste tomato ketchup to serve

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt the butter. Add 5 tablespoons of flour and cook for 1 minute.

Add the milk and go on cooking and stirring until the mixture becomes a lump.

Cool and add the spaghetti, green chillies, coriander, cheese, celery and salt. Mix very well. Shape into small rounds.