vegetarian casserole!

This is a recipe that has a touch of italian & Mexican to it! Its not the usual way of doing a caserole,but I tried it in my own way after going through a lot of recipes & keeping in mind the ingredients I had in hand.It was a long process but the end result was nice & I thought its worth sharing.Its a nice change when you are bored of the usual food,but this is really high on calories[like my husband reminded me when I made it :)],as it uses processed cheese,butter,& oil.But I guess its ok to indulge once in a while.:)
Here goes the recipe:

Ingredients!
There are three stages or rather its a mix of three combinations.
For the Patties:
1.Potatoes-4 nos(mashed)
2.Paneer-100gms(crumbled)
3.Green chillies-1 no(finely chopped)
4.salt to taste
5.oil for shaallow frying
6.chopper corianderleaves
7.chilli powder-1/2 tsp
corn flour-1tsp

For the Rice:
1.Steamed rice-2cups
2.Cooking butter-3 tsp
3.Mix of boiled vegetables(peas,beans,cauliflower,capsicum,mushrooms,carrots,that has been finely chopped)
4.Onion-1 no(finely chopped)
5.salt to taste
6.chilli powder-1/2 tsp


For The Tomato Gravy:

1.Onions-1 no.(finely slicesd)
2.Tomatoes-3 nos
3.Salt to taste
4.Chilli powder-1/2 tsp
4.Oil-2-3 tsp
5.Ajwain or oregano-1 tsp.
6.Cooking Butter & Oil-1 tbs each

We need 3 small blocks of processed Cheese,for the final garnishing.

Procedure:
For the Patties:
Mix the mashed potatoes,crumbled paneer,salt,greenchillies,chilli powder,corn flour & corainder leaves well & make small balls of this mixture.Flatten them on your palms & shallow fry these patties until browned on both sides.Keep them aside on a tissue paper,so as to remove excess oil.

For the Rice:
Heat the butter & then add the chopped onions & stir them for a few seconds.Once the onions start changing colour,add the cooked vegetables,salt & chilli powder.Stir for a few seconds & once a litlle crinchy in texture,add the steamed rice & mix well.Keep tis aside.

For the Tomato Gravy:
Heat the cooking butter & oil & add ajwain & the sliced onions to the melted butter.Stir it for a few seconds & then add the sliced tomatoes.Cook until pulpy & then add the salt & chilli powder.Once cooked,let the mixture cool,then make a paste of this using a blender.

Final procedure:
You need a greased glass utensil that can be used in a microwave or oven.I used a borosil glass utensil in the microwave.
You need to first put a layer of rice,then the patties & then add the tomato sauce on top of this.Finally garnish with shredded cheese on top.

Keep this in the Grill combi mode in the microwae for 5-10 mins until the cheese melts & its slightly browned.You could bake this in an oven too.
Remove & serve hot.Let me know on your comments on the same....................:)