Macaroni Delights Part 2

Easy to make and tasty as ever, a salad is a must with every meal as it can give you all the nutrients that you might not necessarily have with the main course. So, I present to you, our version of the 'Macaroni Salad'.

Dish 2: Macaroni Salad

Ingredients:

Macaroni Salad

• 1 Cucumber
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Green Capsicum
• ½ white onion
• A small piece of celery
• 4 – 5 Iceberg Lettuce leaves
• 1 cup of Macaroni
• Feta Cheese

For Dressing:

• 3 tsps olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 green chilli
• Juice of 1 Lime
• Salt and pepper as required

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Serves: 2 – 3 people

Steps: 

1. First, we need to prepare the dressing for the salad.
2. Mash the garlic and remove the skin.
3. Cut the chill in half.
4. In a bowl, add the garlic, chilli, salt, pepper, olive oil and the lime juice. Mash the chilli and garlic well. Keep aside.
5. Next, chop all the vegetables into cubes except the lettuce.
6. Cut the lettuce into strips.
7. Take a big bowl, preferably a salad bowl and add the cut vegetables and the dressing and mix well. Before mixing remove the chilli from the dressing.
8. Top it up with cubes of Feta cheese and serve after some time.

This is a dish best served cold. Unlike revenge, this tastes way better.

Cheers,

Macaroni Delights Part 1

One can find many variations of the Macaroni recipe on the internet. It’s not a dish that people haven’t heard of. It’s a good, cheap and easy to cook meal that almost anybody can concoct and the best part about it is that; there’s no one way to cook it. You can do almost anything with a plate of macaroni. Below is something what my sister cooked up in her style. I was very surprised and very satisfied by the end of the meal. So, bringing to a screen near you, the famous ‘Macaroni’

Dish 1: Macaroni with Chicken Meatballs and Sausages

Macaroni with Meatballs and Sausages

Ingredients:

• 1 Red Onion (chopped)
• Cooking Oil
• Spicy Tomato Sauce (180 grams)
• Chilli flakes
• Freshly ground pepper
• Salt (as required)
• 4 Chicken Sausages
• 4 Chicken Meatballs
• 3 cups of Macaroni

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 2 – 3 people

Steps:

1. Boil the Macaroni in water with a little bit of oil and salt added in the mixture. For every cup of macaroni, add 4 cups of water. This needs to be boiled for 10 minutes.
2. Once done, drain the water away and rinse the macaroni with cold water so that the macaroni doesn’t stick to each other.
3. Deep fry the meatballs and keep aside.
4. Heat oil in a non stick vessel and fry the chopped onions till it changes colour.
5. Cut the sausages in small round slices, add it with the onions and fry till the sausages have a brownish tinge to it.
6. Cut the meatballs in halves. Add it to the mixture and fry for 3 minutes.
7. Add the tomato sauce and a little bit of water to make it thinner. (Note – If you prefer the meal with a thick sauce, do not add water).
8. Add the chilli flakes, salt and pepper as required.
9. Bring the flame to sim to allow the sauce to boil.
10. Add the macaroni and mix well.
11. Check the seasoning and add more if required.
12. Allow the ingredients to cook for 10 minutes and serve immediately.

~ End of Part 1 ~