Macaroni Cake/ Macaroni Pola

Recipe & photo courtesy: Nasrin (My Sister)

Ingredients

Macaroni: 100gms

Egg: 4

Chicken: 250gms

Onion: 2

Ginger/garlic paste: 1tsp

Green Chilli: 1

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Chilli powder: ¼ tsp

Pepper Powder: ½ tsp

Garam Masala: ½ tsp

Salt: needed

Oil: 2tbsp

Lemon juice: 2tbsp

Coriander leaves & Curry leaves finely chopped: needed

Cashew roasted: 4tbsp

Ghee/refined oil: 1tbsp

Method Of Preparation:

Cook chicken by adding salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and water. When cooled shred the chicken.

In a pan add oil and sauté the chopped onion. When onion becomes transparent add in the pepper powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste. Then add chicken and green chilli. Stir well till onion and masala get joint with chicken. Now add lemon juice coriander leaves and curry leaves and switch off the flame. Let it cool.

Cook macaroni by adding salt and water, till it is soft and drain it. Let it cool

Beat Eggs and keep aside. Add salt only if required.

In a bowl add cooked pasta, prepared chicken masala and beaten eggs. Stir to combine. Then add coriander leaves.

Heat a pressure cooker and add ghee to it. Rotate the pressure cooker so that the ghee is spread in the base and sides of the cooker. Then add the egg mixture and sprinkle the cashews and coriander leaves over it. Close the lid and lower the flame to very low point. Cook to about half an hour without putting the weight on the lid. Flip the cake into a greased nonstick pan and cook the upper portion in low flame for 5minutyes.

When slightly cooled cut and serve.