*Tomato Casserole and a Click for Bri...

Open Sesame II event at the Dining Hall designed and started by Siri and Divya is a wonderful event.Last time I missed the event...so I had decided that this time no way I am gonna miss this interesting event .I had so much fun solving the riddle.I picked the box no. 2 and got the following riddle:

I think I am a pleased woman since I blush so much
I am so soft and shiny to your delicate touch
But look what I have for relatives, so different with no common string
one used for smoking, one for hotness, one used to refer idler and one referred as veggie's King.

I am not what you refer to me most often
I am 'fruit' of labour but never called one so
I am neither a wolf nor a peach in the scale of one to ten
but then why do you think I am called one as so?

I can go green with envy, or completely red with anger
A little crown on my head makes my walk look like a swagger
You cant do without me in your day to day cooking
Tell me what veggie I am without too much thinking.

The answer is Tomato.

Without much thinking I got the answer in the first attempt itself,I am so happy about it.That was a wonderful riddle Divya.

Now its time to post a wonderful tomato recipe for this event.You can find so many recipes of tomato as its an integral part of our day to day cooking. I wanted to make a new and a different tomato dish. After much research I finally decided to make this recipe which I found tasty and healthy too.I have customized the recipe accordingly.

Tomato Casserole

Ingredients

For Sauce

• Butter 3 tsp
• Onion 1,cut into long slices
• Skimmed/Low fat milk 1 small cup
• All purpose flour 1 tbsp
• Bread crumbs 1 cup
  
• Black pepper powder 2 tsp
• Salt to taste

For the Casserole

• Tomatoes:
  
• 3 -chopped into medium size pieces &
• 2- cut in round slices
• Capsicum 1/2,cut into medium size pieces.
  
• Corn kernels 1/4 cup
• Black olives,Sliced/chopped 2-3 tsp (optional)
  
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Cheese (Part skimmed milk) 2 tbsp
  

Method
For Sauce

• In a small, heavy saucepan butter over low heat.
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• Saute onions till they become golden brown.
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• Blend 1 tablespoon of flour into the melted butter and add salt and black pepper powder. Cook over low heat, stirring, for 4 - 5 minutes.
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• Slowly add milk, stirring constantly and continue cooking slowly until smooth and thickened.

• Finally add the bread crumbs and mix well.
  

For Casserole

• Preheat the oven to 375° C .
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• After you finish making the sauce keep it aside and let it cool.
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• In a pan, cook tomatoes pieces(not the slices) and capsicum for 5-6 mins till they become a bit soft.
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• Take a casserole or a baking dish and layer half of the tomato capsicum mixture in the bottom.
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• Sprinkle a little crushed red pepper if you have and then add half of the sauce mixture over the tomato layer.
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• Layer remaining tomato capsicum mixture and then put the remaining sauce layer over it.
• Sprinkle half of the cheese over it.
  

• Now top with corn kernels and round tomato slices and olives (optional).
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• Bake at 400° C for 25-30 mins or till the tomatoes are tender.
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• Remove from the oven. Let it cool.

• Garnish with remaining cheese and serve.

Serves 2-4

This recipe makes it way to the Open Sesame II event hosted by Siri and Divya.

Note : Beware of the recent Salmonella outbreak related to tomatoes.

A Click for Bri....

Click is a monthly theme-based photography contest hosted by Jugalbandi. This month’s theme is: YELLOW for Bri,Yellow being the colour of hope. Its so good to see that the target for the fundraiser has been achieved.

I thought this time I won't be able to send my entry for the Click event as this month has been very busy for me, first guests had come at my place,then I was on a vacation for a week. I was so sad but I wanted to send my entry for the event....for dear Briana. So I was checking some photos that I had taken a some time back to find something related to the event so that I could send it and I found some pics which I thought were good for the event. Thanks to my love for photography....at last I found that Click I was searching for.


This picture is my entry for JUNE edition of CLICK,the theme is YELLOW for Bri.

Dancing with joy...

Hey I found one more lovely picture,check this out......

Enjoy the Casserole and the pictures.......