The month of November is full of celebration at OurFamilyWorld. I am proud to announce that I am a Cultured Kitchen Ambassador in partnership with Patak’s Canada and Blue Dragon Canada. It’s my third year working with these wonderful brands and I cannot wait to kick it off! These products became such a staple in my cooking that even my little one says: why don’t you add this from Patak’s Canada or that sauce from Blue Dragon. I love the taste. Even my friends (whom I spoil with some jars) keep asking for ideas and recipes and on how to include a little bit of Indian in their everyday cooking. My dear readers, stay tuned for upcoming delicious, easy recipes with Pataks’s Canada and Blue Dragon. You know how I love easy and quick recipes!
Each milestone requires a celebration. I will be celebrating this new partnership with Diwali. Did you know that on November 11th marks the date of Diwali, Festival of Lights? It marks the Hindu year. While I don’t have any Indian roots, I love celebrating with my community. I have lots of Indian neighbors who celebrate DIWALI. I was always curious to understand this holiday. I am happy to cheer for them. Besides, I find it’s important that my kids understand the cultures around them. It’s like traveling while staying at home. Last year, I celebrated this Festival of Lights with this Curried Roasted Pumpkin recipe.
Diwali 2015 Celebration
To celebrate the 2015 Diwali, Patak’s Canada challenged me to decorate a Rangoli pattern. This traditional sign of Diwali symbolizes good luck. What a wonderful way to wish good luck: with colors, designs and yummy food. To help me decorate a Rangoli, I got this beautiful cutting board. It is so beautiful that I am too scared to use it for its own purposes: cutting. I was a bit nervous to decorate this board. I am not a crafty person, nor a designer, but I was up to the challenge.
Rangoli Design: How To
Items needed
- A Rangoli pattern
- Some spices in different colors: red, yellow, etc
- Some rice
How to:
- Follow the pattern and your inspiration.
- My daughter was on board for this activity. She loves decorating and her little hands are helpful.
- It took us less than 15 minutes to decorate the board with spices and rice. And you know what? While we were making this activity, I felt relaxed. It’s as if time stopped and I felt hope and peace. I don’t know if it is the combination of spices, rice or the fact that I was sitting down with my daughter crafting. Anyways here is my first Rangoli pattern.
Happy Diwali to all those who celebrate.
Now like any celebration, we need some food to kick it off. Patak’s Canada challenged me to “Mix in a Little India” in my favorite family dish. What did I prepare? A Spaghetti with Butter Chicken sauce and sea food.
Sea-food Spaghetti Recipe With Patak’s Canada Butter Chicken Sauce
Now don’t frown or make a face. It came out so good. Why did I choose spaghetti? It’s my children’s favourite dish. I always have sea food in my freezer but I did not have a tomato sauce ready. Besides spaghetti meals are quick to prepare. I thought it would be a great idea to mix all these ingredients with some Patak’s Canada Butter chicken sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 package of spaghetti
- 1 Patak’s Canada Butter chicken sauce for 2
- 1 package of frozen sea food (around 1 pound)
- 2 TBSP of oil
- 1 tsp of ready to serve garlic
Make it
- Heat water in a large pot and cook half of the spaghetti as the directions of the package. Reserve the rest for another dish.
- In the mean, heat a non-stick large wok
- Add oil
- Add garlic
- Add the sea food
- Cover and let it simmer for about 5 to 10 minutes or until tender. You don’t need to add water as sea food will
- In the mean drain the spaghetti
- Add the spaghetti to the sea food
- Add the cooking sauce
- Let it simmer for 15 minutes while stirring constantly.
Results
It is delicious. The Butter Chicken sauce added such a nice flavor to the dish. The sea food is sometimes hard to flavor but Patak’s Canada sauce was a perfect addition to them and to the spaghetti. It was not too spicy for the kids, who kept asking for more until we had no more. This meal took me less than 30 minutes to prepare.
Twitter Party Alert
In order to celebrate Diwali in style, you are invited to the following Twitter party. Details are below
- November 10th
- At 8.30 PM EST.
- in partnership with Anjum Choudry of MasalaMomma. Anjum will be leading the conversation,
- @PataksCanada will be creating Rangoli Gifs when you tweet @PataksCanada
- Hashtag #ShareTheLight.
Visit Pataks Canada to check out more delicious Diwali ideas! Follow on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with all their exciting news!
Disclosure: I am part of The Cultured Kitchen Ambassador program in partnership with Patak’s Canada and Blue Dragon Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
sounds delish … i will def be trying this thanks for sharing the recipe :)
That looks delicious. I don´t eat a lot of seafood but it sounds good!
(Celebrate Diwali With Seafood Spaghetti & a Rangoli Craft! #TheCulturedKitchen) Now this sounds like something that I would make for myself some night for dinner-
Looks delicious! Thanks for linking up to Home Matters Party. #HomeMattersParty http://cu-rio.net/home-matters-linky-party-63/
This spaghetti has a new twist on it for me with the seafood in it.I find it intriguing and it sounds delicious because I love seafood.Thanks for posting the recipe.
How fun! One of my groups of friends has been participating in a Diwali challenge and to be honest, I had no idea what it was. Thanks for all of the great info.
This looks and sounds so Yummy. Love to try new things.Thank you for sharing.
I’ve never had seafood spaghetti before, but that looks really good. I’ll give it a try sometime!
I really don’t see many people posting on Diwali. The recipe looks like something that I wouldn’t mind trying.
Wow, never heard of this before, but it sounds wonderful!! Butter chicken sauce sounds great too!
I so need to try that butter chicken sauce. Its a nice twist adding seafood to your recipe!
This recipe sounds wonderful. Never thought to have seafood with spaghetti. Seems like an interesting twist!
I love Seafood Spaghetti, I tend to make it more Italian Style like in a Fra Diavolo, but I’m open to trying new recipes so thanks for sharing!
Wow, that sounds amazing! Ive never heard of it but I definitely want to make it!
That looks SO good. I really dislike seafood but the second I saw this, I just starting craving it. Yum
That’s too perfect because we all love seafood and pasta around here. I’m drooling now and I can’t wait to try your recipe.
This craft idea looks fun for the whole family. The recipe also looks delish!
This looks really good, I bet my husband would love it. By the way, that cutting board is so cool!
I have had butter chicken mixed with spaghetti before. It’s actually quite tasty! What a fun project for you and your daughter to work on as well.
I like the idea of serving in a cup. This is a good looking spaghetti too.
The seafood spaghetti looks delicious. I’ve never thought about making it that way before!
The cutting board looks so gorgeous and I love how creative it is to do this too.I have never seen this sauce before but it sound delicious. I would love to try this recipe for sure.
Oh now that looks so good!! I imagine it to be very tasty and savory. I will definitely going to try this recipe!
I like the thought of serving your seafood spaghetti. I think I will add it to my menu plan for next week!
I have never heard of seafood spaghetti or Diwali brands. I’ll have to look for them, my husband would love this.
Now that is an awesome way to celebrate. I’m sure my family would love to have some of this right about now.
My daughter would love this because she love seafood. Love the rice and other things art display.
This sounds good and looks so easy to make! I may have to try and make this for me and the hubby :)
Spagetthi is a favorite in our household! i have never heard of seafood spagetthi before, looks yum!
This spaghetti looks amazing. I have never tried it this way before but I definitely will now!
We are trying all sorts of new spices. Today we are trying a totally different spicy chicken that we have never tried before and I am kind of excited. That time you spent with your daughter creating that pattern is a time she and you will always remember! I bet she LOVED it!
I can honestly say that I’ve never heard of seafood spaghetti before. The entire family loves seafood, so this is definitely making its way to our table soon.
your rangoli turned out so cool. I’ve never seen that before but I like it. I can definitely see how it was relaxing to spend that time with your daughter.
That sounds so good. I think my husband would love that seafood spaghetti, so I will make it for him one of these nights.