Bean Casserole


Red kidney beans & cauliflower baked in creamy cheese sauce.
Serves 6

Ingredients
Rajmah 1 ¼ cups boiled
Onion 1 chopped
Cauliflower 4 cups finely chopped
Tomatoes 3
Tomato Ketchup 2 ½ tbsp
Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp (this is what I replaced )
Cheese 1 ½ cups (150 gms) grated
Cream ½ cup
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt & Pepper to taste

Get Baking!
1.Put the tomatoes on a plate and microwave for 3 minutes. Remove peel after they cool. Chop finely.
2.Take the onions, cauliflower and oil in a dish. Mix well and microwave for 6 minutes.
3.Add 1 tsp of salt and ½ tsp pepper. Add the tomatoes, boiled rajmah, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well. Check salt and pepper.
4.Add half of the grated cheese.
5.Mix the other half of the cheese with cream. Add ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Pour cream over the vegetables and spread gently.
6.Set oven at 180°C and preheat.
7.Place the vegetables in the oven at 180°C for 25 minutes. Bake till golden brown. Serve hot.

Tips
I replaced the Worcestershire sauce with some red chilli powder, garam masala. I had also tried chat masala once.
The recipe’s salt content can be reduced as I found it a bit too salty for my taste especially since I used cheddar cheese.

6 comments so far

  1. alpa on

    lovely recipe! like your photo… this is true comfort food – beans, tomatoes and cheese all together!

  2. Apar on

    Thank you Alpa! Definitely is comfort food :)

  3. Namratha on

    Mmm, love the combo of beans and gobi…looks yummy…

  4. TBC on

    ooh! that is a good idea indeed…beans and cauliflower.

  5. Cham on

    Casserole with rajma sounds good, looks cheesy , yum :)

  6. Apar on

    Thank u Namratha, TBC & Cham. It does taste yummy. My 3 yr old son loved it.


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