Avantika's Kitchen Delights: Indian style of Vegetable Macaroni

Indian style of Vegetable Macaroni is a delightful snack recipe and a Kid’s tiffin box recipe. This recipe is prepared using Macaroni with Vegetables and basic Indian dry spices and is something that everyone relish eating.

I have prepared it slightly with gravy. We can prepare it extremely dry version too. I plan to prepare it next time and is in my To - do list.

Here are the list of ingredients to prepare Indian Style of Vegetable Macaroni.

INGREDIENTS :

(1) Macaroni - 2 cups (200 gms) sufficient for 4-5 persons. For 1 serving 50 gms is taken.
(2) Cabbage - Half cup finely chopped
(3) 1 Carrot finely chopped
(4) 2 small Potatoes finely chopped
(5) 2 medium sized Onions finely chopped
(6) 2 medium sized Tomatoes finely chopped
(7) Coriander leaves finely chopped
(8) 1 whole green Chilli, minced (Optional)
(9) 1 tea spoon Ginger paste / Ginger Garlic paste
(10) 4 table spoon of Vegetable oil
(11) 1 tea spoon Chaat masala
(12) 1 tea spoon of Garam masala powder
(13) 3/4 tea spoon of Coriander / Dhaniya powder
(14) 1/2 tea spoon of Cumin / Jeera powder
(15) Half tea spoon of Turmeric / Haldi powder
(16) Salt to taste

Macaroni (Before cooking)

Cuisine : Indian

Serves : 4-5 persons

Time required : 30 minutes including preparation time.

METHOD :

(1) Wash all the vegetables, Carrot, Onions, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cabbage thoroughly, pat dry and then chop them finely.

(2) Cook the Macaroni in water of quantity enough for it. Once the water starts boiling add salt to taste and 1 tea spoon of Vegetable Oil. It took me 10-12 minutes to cook Macaroni on a medium flame. Stir at regular intervals. Strain it with the help of a sieve and discard the water. Keep the Macaroni aside in any bowl.

Cooked Macaroni

(3) Also cook all the chopped Vegetables like Potatoes, Cabbage and Carrot. You may cook them separately one by one in boiled water with salt to taste as each take different time to cook. Keep them aside.

Cooked cabbage

Cooked carrot and potatoes

As you can see, I have slightly overcooked it to prepare macaroni with little gravy. Incase, you don't like that way cook till the stage of just cooked.

(4) Preheat 3 table spoon of oil in any Kadhai / Wok. To the warm oil, add chopped Onions and sauté till it turns light golden in colour. Add ginger paste and chopped green chilli and mix well. Saute for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they are mushy.

Heat Vegetable Oil in a wok

Add chopped Onions

Saute the onions till golden brown

Add Ginger Garlic paste

Add minced green chillies

Add chopped Tomatoes

Saute till Tomatoes are mushy and cooked

(5) Add Turmeric powder, Coriander / Dhaniya powder, Cumin / Jeera powder. Mix well. Stir for 1 minute.

(6) Add the boiled vegetables like Cabbage, Potatoes and Carrot.

Mix well. Stir for 1 minute.

(7) Add Garam masala, Chaat masala and salt to taste. Mix well.

Note that all the vegetables and Macaroni were already cooked in salted water, so add salt accordingly. It might not even require or need a very little amount of salt.