Macaroni & Cottage Cheese Casserole

             

Macroni and Cottage Cheese Casserole is one of the easiest and yummiest Italian dish you wil ever have.. Layers of cottage cheese, marinara sauce and macroni makes it very enticing and drool worthy.. I have always made mac and cheese, slow cooker macroni and my mom's instant no bake macroni with veggies and cheese (this being one of the favourites in my home, recipes of which i would be sharing shortly in future), I was skeptikal if this version of macroni would be attested by my family or not, but as i loved cottage cheese, macroni and also the cheese, all three equally, I had to try this out atleast for my sake.. And im glad I did.. This MCCC didnt let me down.. In one bite, I could feel the firmness of macroni, the softness of cottage cheese and juicy marinara sauce imparting flavors to the dish overall, this has become a hit with my family..

Ingredients:

200gms cottage cheese sliced thin

1 cup macroni boiled in salted water

2-3 cubes cheese

For marinara sauce:

2tbsp olive oil

6-7 tomatoes blanched and peeled

1 onion chopped

1/2 capsicum chopped

3-4 cloves garlic chopped

Salt

1tbsp ketchup

2tsp red chilli powder / chilli flakes

1tsp mixed herbs

Method: Heat olive oil in a pan.. Add onion and garlic and saute till translucent.. Add in capsicum and saute for another minute.. Meanwhile puree the tomatoes coarsely.. Add this to the pan along with all the spices.. Cook on low flame for about 5-7 minutes till you achieve a thick consistency of the sauce.. Remove from flame and keep aside.. Now take a baking dish and spread some marinara sauce at the bottom.. Spread a layer of cottage cheese.. Top it with marinara sauce.. Arrange a layer of macroni and again cover with marinara sauce... Add another layer of cottage cheese and spread the leftover marinara sauce.. Grate cheese on top and bake in preheated oven at 180c for around 20-25mins till cheese melts and starts browning.. Serve hot..

 After this add a layer of macroni and the sauce again.. Forgot to click a picture of the same.. Would upload it next time..