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Rec cred: @when_ruhana_cooks
INGREDIENTS
Chicken-500g chicken fillet (cubed),2 tablespoon butter,1 teaspoon salt,1 teaspoon rough red chillies,1 teaspoon dhana jeeroo powder,1 tablespoon garlic paste,2 tablespoon lemon juice,1 teaspoon ground green chillies,1 tub chunky cottage cheese.
Creamed Spinach-1 packet Mc'cains garden spinach1 onion sliced2 Tablespoon butter½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon pepper1 cup milk1 cup fresh cream1 tablespoon cornflour
Pasta sauce-1 medium onion (sliced),2 tablespoon oil,1 teaspoon dried oregano,1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs,1 can Italian tomatoes,½ teaspoon salt,½ teaspoon black pepper,1 teaspoon chilli powder.
Pasta-500g pasta shells.1 teaspoon rough salt,Drizzle oil.
Garnishes-Mozzarella cheese (grated),Parmesan cheese,Chopped parsley.
METHOD
1. Make a wet tomato sauce by braising sliced onion in oil, adding tomato and spices, and cooking down with a dash if water until reduced.2. Spoon ¾ of the sauce onto the bottom of an oven proof casserole dish. 3. Heat butter, saute garlic, add chillies, lemon and spices with chicken.4. Once water is cooked out, add cottage cheese.5. Spoon onto pasta sauce.6. Braise onion in butter till softened. Add spinach, salt, pepper and milk. Cook till milk has reduced.7. Then add fresh cream to spinach with cornflour and mix in. 8. Boil on low till cream has reduced and spinach is creamy.9. Boil pasta for 5min, till al-dente. Drain.10. Arrange shells next to each other in casserole dish ontop of pasta sauce and creamy chicken.11. Generously stuff creamed spinach into shells.12. Then drizzle on reserved pasta sauce and sprinkle on mozzarella.13. Cover with foil.14. Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C till heated through.15. Remove foil. Garnish with chopped parsley.#whenruhanacooks
Note: chicken is totally optional, may leave it out. If not using chicken layer, then I make a white sauce and pour over the shells before placing over mozzarella or parmesan cheese.
POSTED ON
11 Jun 2019
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Ruhana Ebrahim
Grand Master1367
15M
5.6K
Food Blogger & Food Stylist.
Fusion Cooking.
Food Author.
Mum & Wife.
Interior Decorator.
South African.

Joined 9 years ago