Baked Vegetables

This is a recipe that is quick and easy and can be easily made in the microwave and the results are amazing. Do make this dish when you want a change from heavy cooking. This dish goes very well with tomato soup.

Ingredients:

1. 1-1 1/2 cups vegetables. You can use carrots, beans, cauliflower, capsicum, peas. Caluiflower and capsicum make excellent choices . I have used peas, beans, carrot and corn as shown in the picture below.

2. Once cup macaroni boiled (optional)

3. 2 tablespoon butter

4. 2 tablespoons chopped onions

5. 2 tablespoon cornflour/ maida

6. 2 cups milk

7. 1 tablespoon oregano

8. salt to taste (1 teaspoon)

9. pepper (1 teaspoon)

10. Cheese (1/2 cup)

Method:

1. In the microwave, melt the butter for 40 seconds. Add the onions to the butter and cook in the microwave for 2 minutes till the onions turn transparent.

2. Add one tablespoon of cornflour and mix till . Heat in the microwave for a minute again.

3. Put the 2 cups of milk in the mixture and heat in the microwave for 8 minutes. Once you take the mixture out of the microwave, stir it. The sauce must be of a thick consistency. Add a tablespoon of maida/ cornflour to thicken it.

4. Add the oregano, salt and pepper and stir it.

5. Put the vegetables with a quarter cup of water in the microwave for 5-6 minutes. Put a teaspoon of salt with the vegetables before putting it in the microwave. Boil the macaroni separately if you are using it.

6. After the vegetables are cooked, drain the excess water and put the vegetables and macaroni (if you are using it) on a microwave dish. Pour the sauce over the vegetables and grate cheese all over.

7. Put the dish back in the microwave for 3-4 minutes. The cheese would have melted.

Take the dish out. The dish now has the veggie layer at the bottom, the sauce in the middle and the cheese on the top (as seen in the picture) and is ready to be served. I have made the dish in a bowl, but you can make it on a curved microwave plate if you have one.