Baked vegetable pie

Ingredients

• Carrot-1 cup chopped into cubes
• Cauliflower-1/2 cup shredded
• Corn kernels -1/2 cup
• Potatoes-1 medium sized
• Butter-1/4 cup
• Bread crumbs-1/4th cup or more
• Macaroni-3 cups
• Pepper powder-1 tsp
• Cheese-Mozzarella, processed cheese or cheddar

Sauce:

• Maida-4-5 tbsp. or more
• Butter-4 tbsp or more
• Milk-1/2 cup or more (enough to make the sauce creamy)
• Garlic crushed-1-2 cloves
• Pepper powder-1 tsp
• Salt to taste

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Preparation

• Pressure cook potatoes, cauliflower and carrot (2-3 whistles).You can pressure cook carrots and cauliflower together but potatoes separately. Mash the potatoes and add little salt to it.
• Add corn to boiling water. You may add little salt to it if you require (a pinch) and let it bubble. Once water bubbles simmer and heat corn with closed lid for 3 minutes
  Boil water .Add macaroni and boil with little salt and 1/2 tsp. of oil till cooked.
  Mix macaroni, carrot and cauliflower
• Sauce
  In a non-stick pan add butter, and fry Maida.
  Add salt, pepper and crushed garlic. Mix.
  Switch the gas off. Add milk till the mixture becomes creamy.
  Coat vegetables and macaroni with sauce.
• Assemble
  In a baking dish spread butter.
  Layer mashed potato at bottom.
  Then spread the coated vegetables and macaroni.
  Dot the layer with dollops of butter.
  Sprinkle bread crumbs.
  Spred one more layer of coated vegetable and macaroni and sprinkle bread crumbs again on top of it.
  Sprinkle grated cheese.
  Preheat oven to 180 C .Reduce to 150 C and bake for 15 minutes or till cheese is melted.
  Turn the knob to grill and grill for 2-3 minutes.
  Serve it with tomato sauce.