Preparation Time : 25 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serving : 5-8 members
Description
An all girls , out of station trip with my friend meera aboo Thamby for the first time after my marriage was done nearly before eleven years from now . Well the trip was to my moms place but I made sure these two days must be cherished by both of us for decades there after . Rarely did we dine at moms place and the few times we did mom made sure to treat us well . On one such dinner we were served a macaroni salad , baby ( that’s how I call meera ) and myself just could not stop ourselves from eating it . The different textures from soft , chewy , crunchy to crispy tossed over in a melt in the mouth slippery sauce was to die for teasing all the theories in your taste buds . The stand out ingredient being the mopped up crispy bread in the mayonnaise sauce . I could not ask mom the recipe as she was busy with other guests at home . Once back home , had to treat hubby dear’s niece and her family for dinner . Made sure I wanted that macaroni salad recipe and called mom but she was like it was made by her cousin sister dilnawaz . Now I had to hunt her down with those days of no access to mobiles , SMS , Facebook or what’s app and finally got the recipe , followed it exactly as she told and it sure was the star dish on the table with being the talk of the dinner gathering as well . Since then , I do make sure to keep it on the table as a must try for special guests . A one platter dish with very few simple steps to follow that’s a terrific choice for an easy family meal or a causal entertaining . These simple but impressive dishes are for sure keeps and it’s one among the first few recipes noted down in my first hand written recipe note book as well . So peeps , make sure to save the recipe as well .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Tri coloured macroni | 1/2 pac ( 200 grams ) boiled , strained and run under water to avoid stickiness |
| Boiled Potatoes | 2 medium sized cubed |
| Boiled Carrots | 3 medium sized cubed |
| Bread slices | 8 cubed and deep fried to golden , crisp and stored in an air tight container |
| Capsicum | 1 big chopped |
| Onion | 2 big chopped |
| Tomatoes | 2 chopped |
| Tomato sauce | 3 tablespoons |
| Celery | 1 stick chopped |
| Mayonnaise | 1/4 cup |
| Red chilli powder | 1/2 teaspoon or more to taste |
| Sugar | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt | to taste |
Method
- Mix tomato sauce , mayonnaise , red chilli powder , sugar and salt together . Mix well until sugar dissolves .
- Taste , adjust seasoning and set aside the mayonnaise dressing . Mix boiled tri coloured macroni , potatoes and carrots together . Add chopped onions , tomatoes , celery and capsicum .
- Toss all together well adding the mayonnaise dressing . Place on the refrigerator for 2 hours . Just before serving add the fried bread slices , toss once again and serve chill .
