Mama's Turkish Pasta

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Directions

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• Step 1
  Cook the pasta according to package instructions and set aside.
  • 3/4 cup pasta (150 g)
    (bowtie or any pasta of choice)
• Step 2
  Add the ground meat to a pan on medium-high heat.
  • 0.50 lb ground beef (225 g)
• Step 3
  Break apart the ground beef and then add curry powder (to help neutralize the meat flavor), along with pepper, onion powder, sweet paprika and salt.
  • 1/4 tsp salt (1.50 g)
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper, fresh ground (1.50 g)
  • 1/4 tsp curry powder (1 g)
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder (1.50 g)
  • 1/4 tsp sweet paprika (1.50 g)
• Step 4
  Add your diced onion. Continue cooking for about 10 minutes or until the meat and onions start to brown, breaking up any large chunks.
  • 1/2 yellow onion, diced (160 g)
• Step 5
  For the yogurt sauce, mix salt and minced garlic into the greek yogurt.
  • 1/4 tsp salt (1.50 g)
  • 2 clove garlic, minced (6 g)
  • 1 cup greek yogurt (260 g)
• Step 6
  For the paprika butter sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan and mix in the sweet paprika powder.
  • 6 tbsp butter (84 g)
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika (3 g)
• Step 7
  To serve, add the pasta to a plate and top with yogurt sauce, then add the meat, and sprinkle with paprika butter.
• Step 8
  Sprinkle on some fresh cherry tomatoes and parsley.
  • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved (85 g)
    (optional)
  • 1/4 cup parsley, fresh chopped (10 g)
    (optional)