The other day my younger daughter asked me if I could suggest a simple dish for a friday night when one wants to have something nice and yet is not in the mood to spend too much time in the kitchen. This is for you! Hope you try it and enjoy.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 teacups cooked macaroni
1 can ( 400g) baked beans
100g grated cheese
2 capsicum
4 tomatoes
1/2 teacup tomato ketchup
4 cloves crushed garlic
3 onions
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp butter
Salt to taste
Method: Cut onions and capsicum into rings. Boil tomatoes for 3-4 minutes. Skin and chop them.
Put the butter in a non stick or heavy bottom pan, add onion rings. Cook for 2 mins. Add capsicum rings. After a minute take out few onion and capsicum rings for garnish. To the pan now add crushed garlic, tomatoes and chilli powder. Cook for about 4 mins. Add the macroni, baked beans, tomato ketchup and salt.
Grease a baking dish and pour the mixture in it. Cover with reserved onion and capsicum rings and the grated cheese. Bake in pre heated oven at 180 degrees C for about 15 mins or till cheese melts and top is lightly browned. Serve hot.
It's important to check seasonings before serving a dish. In this case before you put it into baking dish check if all the flavours are well balanced. In case you find the taste of tomato too overpowering then you can add 1/2 tsp sugar or a little cream or milk. Also, while cooking don't dry out the dish too much as it will dry a little during baking process as well.
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