My son loves baked vegetables and its one of the ways of getting him to eat all those veggies which he would otherwise make a face for. Hence there are some here that you would otherwise not find in a vegetable bake like peas and sprouts, but then who cares as long as they taste good and manage to find a place in your kids tummy.
Here I have also used whole wheat flour to make white sauce, and guess what I find it easier making the sauce in a micro so that's the method that's shown here.
BAKED VEGETABLES WITH MACARONI
INGREDIENTS
VEGETABLES
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Cauliflower florets
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7 – 8 nos
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Broccoli florets
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7 – 8 nos
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Mushrooms (quartered)
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4 – 5 nos
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Carrots( cut in sticks 1 cm by 3 cm approx)
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½ cup
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Baby corn (sliced)
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8 – 10 nos
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Sweet corn kernels
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¼ cup
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Capsicum (sliced)
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½ no
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Red pepper (sliced)
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½ no
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Yellow pepper (sliced)
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½ no
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Green peas (shelled)
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¼ cup
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Garlic cloves sliced
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5 – 6 nos
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Bean sprouts
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½ cup
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WHITE SAUCE
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Butter
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2 tbsp
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Maida / refined flour OR wheat flour
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2 tbsp
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Milk
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½ liter
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Salt
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T.T.
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Pepper pdr
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T.T.
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OTHER INGREDIENTS
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Macaroni
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1 cup
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Pizza pasta sauce
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3 – 4 tbsp
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Olive oil
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1 tbsp
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Chilli flakes
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½ tsp + ½ tsp
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Oregano / mix herb
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½ tsp + ½ tsp
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Processed cheese
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2 cubes
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METHOD:
1.
Bring a heavy bottomed pot with half filled
water to boil. Add salt and a few drops of oil to it. Add in the macaroni and
cook till it is just cooked to the bite but still retains shape. Drain and
refresh under cold water.
VEGETABLES
2.
Steam the veggies except mushrooms, capsicum and
red and yellow peppers or parboil them till half cooked and still crunchy.
Refresh them under cold water and drain.
3.
You can also pressure cook them without water
till the pressure builds up, but do not allow to whistle.
4.
Immediately release the pressure and remove the
steam from the cooker and refresh the veggies under cold water.
5.
Heat olive oil, add the garlic and allow it to
lightly colour.
6.
Then add in the capsicum, red and yellow peppers
and stir fry on high heat till it starts to colour at the sides.
7.
Now add in all the parboiled veggies and stir
fry on high flame. Add the mushrooms and stir.
8.
Sprinkle salt chilli flakes and oregano or mix herbs.
Remove and cool.
WHITE
SAUCE
9.
Melt the butter in a micro safe bowl for 30 sec
on high.
10.
Add the flour to it and mix till it is well
incorporated in the butter. Again micro for a minute checking and mixing at 30
sec intervals.
11.
The flour will bubble and become frothy.
12.
Pour in hot milk, little at a time and simultaneously
whisk it so that lumps are not formed. You need to be fast since the flour and
milk are both hot and so the flour tends to absorb the milk, starts cooking and
thickening.
13.
The sauce should be of pouring consistency. Micro
again for 2 minutes checking and whisking at 30 second intervals. Add salt and
pepper. Check the consistency of the sauce, it should be thick but should be
able to pour in a thick stream.
ASSEMBLING
14.
Divide the macaroni, vegetables and white sauce
each into 2 parts.
15.
In a large micro safe bowl put one part of the
boiled macaroni at the base in an even layer. Sprinkle some chilli flakes and
oregano or mix herb on it.
16.
On top of this put one part of the vegetables. Spread
evenly till the corners of the bowl. Spread little pizza pasta sauce on top.
17.
Pour one part of the white sauce till evenly
coated on top.
18.
Repeat the process again as step 14, 15 and 16 with
the second part of the macaroni, vegetables and white sauce in layers.
19.
The top should be covered with sauce.
20.
Sprinkle grated cheese evenly on top. Micro for
3 – 4 minutes till the cheese melts and the top bubbles.
21.
Another way of doing it is where you can mix the
pizza pasta sauce with the vegetables and macaroni with the sauce leaving a
little sauce for the top layer and just alternate the layers with macaroni and
vegetables finally pouring the sauce on top. Sprinkle grated cheese and bake.
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