Baked trio

Baked trio

White sauce

Milk 3 cups or milk & water together 3 cups

Butter 3 tbsp

Flour 3 tbsp

Layer 1-

Macaroni 100 gm

White sauce 1/3 the amount

Salt & pepper to taste

Layer 2

Tomatoes ½ kg

Onion 2 medium

Butter 1 tbsp

Flour 1 tbsp

Green chilies 2

Ginger small piece

Coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Cinnamon & clove pdr ¼ tsp

White sauce 1/3

Salt to taste

Layer 3

Spinach 5 bunches

Sugar 2 tsp

Onion 2 medium

Butter 1 tbsp

Flour 1 tbsp

White sauce 1/3

Salt

To make white sauce

Heat butter, add flour, mix well till a nice aroma comes. Take off fire, add cold milk, mix well seeing no lumps are formed. Keep on fire, stirring well till it gets thick.

For layer 1

Boil macaroni in salt water, drain, mix in 1/3 sauce & seasoning.

Layer 2

Skin & cut tomatoes. Chop onions, green chilies & coriander leaves.

Heat butter in a saucepan, fry onions, when brown, sprinkle flour & add tomatoes. Cook till thick. Take off fire & add all the other ingredients.

Layer 3

Wash & cut spinach, add salt & sugar. Cook till soft & water evaporates.

Heat butter in a pan, fry onions till transparent , sprinkle flour, add cooked spinach, cook till thick. Take off fire & add 1/3 white sauce.

Grease a big baking dish. Spread the 1^st layer & sprinkle 1/3 bread crumbs & cheese mixture. Now spread the 2^nd layer & sprinkle bread crumbs & cheese. Spread the 3^rd layer & sprinkle bread crumbs mixture. Dot with butter. Bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes.