Baked Macaroni
with Mushrooms & Cheese
(Panir)
Ingredients
FOR THE
BASE
| Shell
Macaroni | 250
gms |
| Cottage
Cheese or
Paneer | 500
gms |
| Button
Mushrooms | 250
gms |
| Capsicum/Bell
Pepper | 200
gms |
| Onion | 2 |
| Tomato | 2 |
| Green
Peas | 100
gms |
| Salt | To
taste |
| Whole
Black Pepper | 10
gms |
| Cooking
Medium (Oil) | 50 mls |
FOR THE
WHITE SAUCE
| Milk | 100
mls |
| Flour | 10
gms |
| Butter | 50 gms |
| Cheese
Cubes | 2 |
Preparation: 20
minutes
- Boil the
Macaroni, Wash in cold water & keep aside
- Grate Cottage
Cheese/Paneer
- Chop the
Mushrooms, Capsicum, Onion & Tomato
- Cut Cheese
cubes into thin strips
- Prepare the
White Topping
- Warm up Milk
over Medium Heat.
- Add Butter and
Cheese strips.
- Sift &
blend flour.
- Keep
stirring to avoid formation of lumps till thickens.
- Remove from heat
& keep aside
Cooking: (15 + 30)
minutes
Heat Oil in a Wok/pan and Saute the chopped
Mushroom, Capsicum, Tomato,
Peas & Onion till onions are translucent.
Add
the grated Cottage
Cheese/Paneer and stir fry for 1/2 minute.
Add
the boiled Macaroni
& ground black pepper. Stir for 2 minutes.
Remove the Wok/pan and pour
mix into a pre-greased oven proof casserole -
spread
evenly.
Pour White
Sauce over the mix. Pre-heat oven to 200 C, bake
for 30 minutes. Serve
Hot.
A wonderful Recipe from Seligor's Cookery Book for Children. This one from her great friend Dadazi in India.