MASH, MINCE, MACARONI CASSEROLE

This devine recipe was created by my aunt Rafia. Its been a favourite of my entire families for years.
I attempted this recipe when I just got married and it was a HIT!

INGREDIENTS

MASH
Potatoes - ( I used about 12 small to medium potatoes)
salt
* Peel and chop the potatoes. Put to boil for about 45min or so , depends on how soft your potatoe gets. You most likely will have to keep checking if it is soft. Once soft, strain the water and begin mashing. If desired and this is what I did, I put a blob of butter to give it extra creaminess. Sometimes many others put little milk but you can play and do whatever you like.

MINCE FILLING Half punnet mince - Just about a handful of mince rinced.
salt to taste
oil for cooking - just enough to cover the pot
1 onion
1 tablespoon jeera (cumin) seeds
1 tablespoon full of Packo masala (curry powder)
Half tablespoon chillie powder
quarter tablespoon turmeric powder
Ginger garlic mixture
1 tomatoe grated
1 tin baked beans ( strained from its sauce)

Place oil, onion and cumin seeds on high heat till onion is browned. Throw in the spiced powders with ginger garlic paste (make sure you do not get burned as the ginger garlic paste tends to spurt about). Lower your heat halfway. Throw in the mince with your tomato, salt and let it cook. We are not going to put water into this as we want the mince slightly dry. If however you are afraid of burning it then put in few tablespoons of water but do not make it runny. Once the mince has cooked, which would take maybe 15 min, throw in your tin of Baked beans. the beans is cooked so we just going to soften it. Drop the heat now right down to low while you get your macaroni boiling.

MACARONI
The macaroni is quite simple, get a big pot and on hot heat throw in a kettle full of hot water with little oil, so the macaroni do not stick to one another too much, salt and throw in the packet of macaroni.
The trick is that just when you throw in the macaroni to take a fork and mix it around the oiled water so that the oil gets to most of it and it wont stick.
This would take about 15-20 min but ofcos you need to check when it is done.

Ok, so the final touch for this yummy dish is CHEESE.  I put the cheese and placed it in the oven for melting, Unfortunately by the time I had gotten my camera the dish was halfway in everybody's belly so no snap pic for the end result. Sorry.
Try it, I know you will love this. Be creative if ingredients not found, at least you have the idea for the perfect casserole.