Tomato and Spinach Macaroni with Mayonnaise

Ingredients:

Macaroni – 3 cups, cooked in boiling water with salt and oil and drained

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Tomato – 1, big, finely chopped

Spinach leaves – handful, finely chopped

Italian Seasoning / Mixed herbs

Red Chili Flakes / Pepper powder

Salt

Mayonnaise

Olive Oil

Instructions:

• ·         Heat olive oil in a cooking vessel and add onion – saute till its translucent
• ·         Add tomatoes, salt and chili flakes (I dint had pepper powder that day)
• ·         When the tomatoes are half cooked, add spinach leaves – cook
• ·         Adjust salt and add the cooked macaroni and mixed herbs – mix well
• ·         Turn off the heat and add required quantity of mayonnaise and mix well before serving
• ·         Creamy and spicy macaroni is ready to eat

Green Macaroni

Ingredients:

Macaroni – boil with oil and salt, drain and keep it aside

Butter

Cheese

Cornflour – 1 tbsp

Milk – 1 cup or as per requirement

Onion – 1, thinly sliced

Bell Peppers – Red, Yellow and Green

Carrot – sliced into round pieces

Green Peas – a handful

Salt and Pepper powder

Palak Puree (steamed and pureed)

Mixed Herbs

Instructions:

• ·         Heat saucepan, add butter
• ·         Once its melted, add the cornflour – stir without any lumps
• ·         Add milk, grated cheese and stir it till it reaches a consistency – its called the white sauce
• ·         Now add the palak puree, salt and Pepper powder – let it cook
• ·         Meantime heat oil in a frying pan and sauté onion, bell pepper, carrot and green peas – saute
• ·         Add little salt (careful since its added already in both the sauce and boiled macaroni), pepper powder and Mixed Herbs – sauté
• ·         Add boiled Macaroni,  mix well and after few mins add the white sauce as well
• ·         Mix well, let it boil for few mins and turn the burner off
• ·         Serve hot with grated cheese on the top, if you wish

Macaroni - Indian Tadka

Ingredients:

Oil, mustard seeds for the tadka
Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp
Spring onion pellets - chopped
Spring onion greens - chopped
Capsicum - chopped (i dint add since i dint had)
Carrot 1/2 - chopped
Tomato - chopped
Sweet corn Pellets - boiled already
Coriander leaves - chopped
Macaroni
Turmeric powder, Salt and Chili powder
(Can also add coriander powder, garam masala or chat masala, as per preference)

Instructions:

• Boil water in a saucepan and add macaroni to it along with a tbsp olive oil and Salt - let it cook 
• Meanwhille, on the other burner, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds
• When it crackles, add chopped onion pellets, ginger garlic paste - saute til the raw smell vanishes
• Add Chopped Carrot and capsicum - fry for few mins and add tomatoes
• When tomato is kindof mashed, add the turmeric powder, salt and chili powder - mix well (remember there is already salt in macaroni)
• Now spring onion greens and boiled sweet corn pellets - mix well and add the cooked macaroni after draining the water from it
• Mix well and cook for few mins till its all blended very well
• Add chopped coriander leaves and few drops of lemon - mix and serve hot
• Its a yummy and filing breakfast / snack. Kids will love this colourful dish and will get the nutrients of all the vegetables as well.

Spinach White-sauce Macaroni

Ingredients:

Macaroni – boiled, drained and kept aside

Spinach – blanched

Garlic pods

Green Chilies - 2

**** Make puree of Blanced spinach, garlic and green chilies. Keep aside

For white Sauce:

Butter / Margarine

Corn flour / maida

Milk

Grated cheese

Salt and Black pepper powder

Preparation:

First lets prepare white sauce. Heat butter in a sauce pan(medium flame), when it melts add 1 or 2 tbsp corn flour / maida – stir well

When it gets thick add milk according to your choice of consistency – mix well and later add the grated cheese

Keep stirring until the cheese melts completely

Add salt and black pepper powder and wait till it reaches the required consistency

Add the spinach puree to this white sauce and let it boil

Add boiled macaroni, cook for few mins by continuously stirring it

Serve steaming creamy hot ! Yummy green delicacy is ready !!