Veg Cheesy Bake in Red & Green Sauce
Veg Cheesy Bake in Tri-Coloured Sauces is a cheesy savoury baked casserole with veggies, pasta and different sauces.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mixed vegetables boiled
- 1 cup macaroni boiled
- Cheese grated
White Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour/wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup milk
Red Sauce
- 6 large tomatoes
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp chilly flakes
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 can ready baked beans
Spinach Sauce
- 1 bunch spinach
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp flour
- 1 tbsp cream
- Salt to taste
Instructions
White Sauce
- Add butter to a pan.
- As soon it melts add the flour.
- Roast till the flour turns a little brown.
- Gradually add milk and whisk constantly.
- Add salt and freshly milled pepper.
Red Sauce
- Place a pot of water to boil.
- Make a criss-cross on the tomato heads and drop them in water.
- Let boil for 4-5 minutes, cover for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain the water, let the tomatoes cool.
- Peel off the skin and blend to make a smooth purée.
- Add 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and add chopped garlic, sauté for a minute or two.
- Add the prepared purée.
- Add the mixed herbs, salt.
- Add the tomato ketchup and the ready purée.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes or until completely cooked.
- Add the baked beans. Mix well.
Spinach Sauce
- Clean the spinach making sure there are no weeds.
- Wash the spinach very well and roughly chop it.
- Place a pot of water for boiling.
- Once the water comes to a rolling boil, add spinach.
- after one boil, drain this water and rinse it with ice-cold water.
- Now using a blender, make a fine purée of spinach.
- Melt a tbsp of butter, add garlic and sauté for a minute.
- Add finely chopped onion and cook till translucent.
- Add 1/2 tbsp of flour and roast it for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the spinach purée.
- Adjust the consistency by adding milk.
- Add salt and mix well.
Assembling the Dish
- Grease an ovenproof dish.
- Spread a layer of Spinach sauce.
- Add the boiled veggies and macaroni to the white sauce.
- Next spread a layer of the veggies with white sauce.
- Now spread the red sauce with beans over the white sauce layer.
- Sprinkle bread crumbs all over the dish.
- Grate and spread cheese all over.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for about 25 minutes.
- Serve hot with garlic toast.
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