Vegetable Macaroni Mix

You will need these ingredients:

Macaroni (Elbow or shell) - 200 gms

Water - 3 cups

Cooking Oil - 2 tbsps

Carrot - 1 medium sized cut julienne

Beans - 4 to 5 cut julienne

Potato - 1 medium sized cut julienne

Peas - 1/4 cup

Baby corn - 3 cut into thin slices

Button Mushrooms - 4 cut into thin slices

Onion - 1 large sliced thin

Tomato Puree - 3 tbsps

Green Chillies - 4 slit in between

Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Heat water with salt in a big vessel and add in the macaroni. Cook the macaroni for about 8 to 10 minutes.

2. Drain the water from the macaroni and rub in a little oil.

3. Steam the carrots, beans, potatoes and baby corn until partly cooked.

4. Steam the peas separately until fully cooked.

5. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and crackle the mustard.

6. Add in the mushrooms and saute until the mushroom is partly cooked.

7. Add in the onion, the ginger garlic paste, salt and the chillies and saute until the raw smell goes.

8. Add in the partly cooked vegetables and the peas and mix well.

9. Add in the tomato puree and mix well. Keep stirring the mixture until the oil separates from the mixture.

10. Add the chilly powder, garam masala powder and more salt (only if necessary) and mix well.

11. Lower the flame and add the Macaroni into this mixture and mix it well until the macaroni is completely blended into the mixture.

12. Remove from flame. 

13. Serve Hot. 

Note: 

For a Non-veg twist, you can add about 2 to 3 chopped sausages/salami into the mix before adding in the macaroni. 

Microwave Macaroni Hot Pot

You will need these ingredients:

Cooked shelled/elbow macaroni – 1 cup
Onion – 1 large
Capsicum - 1
Tomato puree – 2 and half tbsp
Garlic paste – 2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (acc. To taste)
Baked beans – 1/2 cup
Tomato ketchup - 5 to 6 tbsp
Processed cheese (grated) - as required
Butter (softened) - 2 tbsp
Sausages - 3 chopped into small pieces
Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Cut the onions and capsicum into thin rings.
2. Put the butter in a microwave safe bowl (glass preferably) and microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds.
3. Add the onion rings and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
4. Add the capsicum rings and microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes.
5. Take a few rings of onion and capsicum out for decoration.
6. Add the garlic paste, tomato puree and chilli powder, mix well and microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes, stirring once in between after 1 minute.
7. Add the macaroni, beans, tomato puree, the sausages, the salt and mix well.
8. Cover with the capsicum and onion rings and sprinkle grated cheese on top
9. Microwave on HIGH for about 5 minutes.
10. Serve immediately.

Note: The cooking time depends on the microwave you are using.