Yesterday night me and my dearest husband were home alone and since I was in charge of the dinner it had to be understood by default that my husband would like to have something other than the normal dal roti sabzi.
Originally I wanted to make pasta in orange sauce. But since we didn't have any pasta at home and the macaroni was in abundance, I ended up making macaroni in orange sauce.
My husband and I both enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy cooking it and having it with your loved once.
INGREDIENTS (serves 2 hungry people)
4-5 fistfuls of macaroni (boiled with a spoon of oil)
Fistful of grated pizza cheese
1/2 tbsp garlic chilli seasoning
1 capsicum (diced and steamed)
Handful of beans (chopped and steamed)
For Orange Sauce
Mix the below mentioned two sauces
Red Sauce
2 Bay leaves
1/2 tbsp garlic paste
3 tomatoes (puréed)
1 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2 tbsp ketchup
White Sauce
2 tbsp butter
1/2 tbsp garlic paste
1.5 tbsp all purpose flour
1 cup milk
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Oregano to taste
RECIPE
Red Sauce
Put oil in a pan. Add bay leaves to it and let them crackle.
Add garlic paste and cook for a minute.
Add puréed tomatoes and salt and cook till tomatoes reduce to almost half.
Add ketchup and pepper. Let it cook for a few minutes, then turn the flame off.
White Sauce
Put butter in a pan. Add garlic paste to it and cook for a minute.
Add all purpose flour, sauté for a few seconds.
And milk and stir really well to avoid lumps.
Let it simmer for a minute or two. Add salt, pepper and oregano. Cook for a few more seconds, then turn the flame off.
Orange Sauce
Mix the above two sauces. Add some milk if it gets too thick and let it come to a boil.
Final Macaroni
Add grated cheese to the Orange sauce and stir well.
Add the boiled macaroni, steamed capsicum and beans and mix them all well.
Cook for a few minutes, drizzling some garlic chilli seasoning.
Serve hot with toasted buttered bread.
NOTE:
You can use wholewheat pasta for a healthier version.
I didn't have too many veggies at hand so I used what was lying in the fridge. You can add mushrooms, broccoli, red and yellow bell peppers.
You can use a tbsp of sugar instead of ketchup to balance out the tang of the tomato purée.
I didn't have fresh basil leaves. If you can hold of them, add them to your red sauce, sparing a few for garnish.
You can serve this with garlic bread or focaccia. I used what I had in stock.
HAPPY COOKING!