Macaroni and cheese (Stove top recipe)

Updated on June 28, 2022 by Raks Anand 68 Comments

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Macaroni and cheese over stove top with creamy delicious saucey results. Quick and easy steps to follow.

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I have already a cheesy pasta recipe which can be made in a jiffy. This one is more proper method, found this recipe interesting.

I should sure try in oven too, but this one is a short cut method without any fancy items.

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My husband never liked the pasta sauce with tomato and likes this way, cheesy and juicy!

I am sure kids would love to have this for evening snack or dinner. Macaroni and cheese is a classic recipe for pasta and cheese lovers!

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Method

Boil 3 cups of water and cook macaroni until soft along with required salt. No need to wash the pasta. Just drain it and keep aside.
Mix all purpose flour, pepper, mustard and paprika in a bowl. Heat a heavy bottomed pan with butter in low flame.
When butter melts, add the mixed all purpose flour and mix with a whisk.
Add milk gradually with mixing with the whisk and mix to form a smooth sauce. As it gets heated, the sauce becomes thicker. Do this only in medium or low flame.
When its about to boil, add the cheese and mix well until the cheese melts in low – medium flame. Do not let the sauce boil.
When the sauce is ready, pour it over the cooked pasta and mix well.

Macaroni and cheese is ready ! Serve immediately, hot!

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Stove top Macaroni and cheese recipe

Macaroni and cheese over stove top with creamy delicious saucey results. Quick and easy steps to follow.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Global

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Author Raks Anand

Servings 2 people

Cup measurements

Ingredients

1 cup Macaroni
¾ cup Milk
½ cup Grated cheddar cheese
1.5 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon All purpose flour
¼ teaspoon Black pepper powder
½ teaspoon Chilli flakes
¼ teaspoon Mustard powder
Salt

Instructions

Boil 3 cups of water and cook macaroni until fork tender along with required salt. Drain it and keep aside.
Mix all purpose flour, pepper, mustard and paprika in a bowl.
Heat a heavy bottomed pan with butter in low flame.
When butter melts, add the mixed all purpose flour and mix with a whisk.
Add milk gradually with mixing with the whisk and mix to form a smooth sauce.
As it gets heated, the sauce becomes thicker. Do this only in medium or low flame.
When its about to boil, switch off stove.
Add the cheese and mix well until the cheese melts. As you mix it gets smoother.
.When the sauce is ready, pour it over the cooked pasta and mix well.

Notes

Yellow mustard powder is recommended. Black mustard is strong in flavor so if you are adding it, use just a pinch.
Do not do any step in high flame.
Use good quality cheese.

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jeyashrisuresh
March 12, 2012 at 7:39 am

wow a very interesting kids friendly recipe. Nicely explained and beautifully clicked
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Kavitha Bhargav
March 12, 2012 at 7:50 am

yummy and silky macaroni
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Prathibha
March 12, 2012 at 8:12 am

love this one anytime...3rd pic is 2 gud
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Sayantani
March 12, 2012 at 8:13 am

yum yum yum!
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Nisa Homey
March 12, 2012 at 8:19 am

Love this...super simple meal.
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Aarthi
March 12, 2012 at 8:28 am

awesome recipe...i love it..
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Vimitha Anand
March 12, 2012 at 8:29 am

That looks so cheesy and delicious Raks...
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Saraswathi Iyer
March 12, 2012 at 8:48 am

My sons fav recipe from the cartoon Little Bill, looks tempting and superb clicks as always.
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Rekha shoban
March 12, 2012 at 8:48 am

simply delicious!!this is absolutely creamy!love it!!!
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Nagalakshmi V
March 12, 2012 at 9:22 am

i bought elbow pasta about a year back to try this but never got around to doing it!
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Akila
March 12, 2012 at 10:23 am

Wow what a tempting cheesy pasta..... So yummy.... Yesterday bought the shell pasta.... Hope can try with that too....
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Akila
March 12, 2012 at 10:27 am

Wow what a tempting cheesy pasta..... So yummy.... Yesterday bought the shell pasta.... Hope can try with that too....
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Sharmilee! :)
March 12, 2012 at 10:40 am

Looks so creamy and yummy....I love white sauce than the tomato based ones. Loved the macroni on the wooden base click very much!
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Feeling Food
March 12, 2012 at 10:47 am

Delicious. A true classic.. I think the mustard powder makes macaroni magical. Lovely pics and great recipe.
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Hamaree Rasoi
March 12, 2012 at 10:50 am

Beautifully captured, my son's fav pasta preparation..looks inviting dear
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
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Kanchan
March 12, 2012 at 11:01 am

I love mac and cheese and yours does look perfect. btw loved your first snap vessel, v cute and it does go over stove is nice 🙂
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faseela
March 12, 2012 at 11:28 am

wow....i love macroni with cheese.....very yummy dear
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Ramya
March 12, 2012 at 11:49 am

That looks absolutely yummy! Who can resist this cheese yummy pasta!
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Krithi's Kitchen
March 12, 2012 at 12:24 pm

Super yumm... loving this stovetop version!!
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MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.
March 12, 2012 at 12:28 pm

Very delicious luking Awesome Cheesy Macaroni Dear. Yummy!
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Srimathi
March 12, 2012 at 12:29 pm

My fav! Very nicely presented.
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Home Cooked Oriya Food
March 12, 2012 at 1:31 pm

yummy! love it! Addition of mustard powder must be giving it a unique taste!
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VineelaSiva
March 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Wow looks very yummy.Never tried and tasted the mac cheese.Its very tempting.Will give a try.
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Hema
March 12, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Awesome clicks, kids would simply love it, so nicely made..
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Laavanya
March 12, 2012 at 2:43 pm

My kids love this creamy version while I prefer the baked version with browned bread crumbs on top. Lovely pics as usual Raks.
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Ramya
March 12, 2012 at 2:46 pm

simple yet yu,m...my kids fave..lovely clicks
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Anu
March 12, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Nice creamy pasta. Love the presentation
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Aruna Manikandan
March 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm

looks perfect and very tempting raji...
adding mustard powder sounds new to me
will try it soon 🙂
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Spice up the Curry
March 12, 2012 at 4:06 pm

love the recipe. kids fav mac n cheese. beautiful pics
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March 12, 2012 at 4:37 pm

One dish kids love will be this mac n cheese. I like it too 🙂 It's one comfort brekky.
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Paaka Shaale
March 12, 2012 at 5:06 pm

Very yummy mac and cheese. Loved the blue plate and the presentation 🙂
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Suja Manoj
March 12, 2012 at 6:08 pm

Kids will love this,simple and yummy
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Sobha Shyam
March 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm

simple, creamy and yummy..kids delight for sure 🙂
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sangee vijay
March 12, 2012 at 8:07 pm

wow...looks so creamy and yummy...sure will make this for my kids...loved your clicks...so sharp!!
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Mahi
March 12, 2012 at 9:59 pm

Am not a big fan of these creamy pasta dishes! But enjoyed your clicks Raji! 😉 🙂
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Vardhini
March 12, 2012 at 11:48 pm

My kids would gobble this up 🙂
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Raaz
March 13, 2012 at 1:08 am

just prepared it for dinner!! wow.. it was.. loved every shell of my macaroni. i had used garlic on experiment!! it was garlic-ky!! 🙂
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Chitra
March 13, 2012 at 1:08 am

Nice recipe..Lovely clicks 🙂
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RENU
March 13, 2012 at 1:17 am

hi raks
it looks nice n yummy
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Amina Khaleel
March 13, 2012 at 2:02 am

wow... cheesy macaroni looks so delicious.... will surely try this... your recipes as usual are so clear and easy to follow...
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Shabitha Karthikeyan
March 13, 2012 at 4:09 am

Chessy macaroni is always liked by the kids. Nicely cooked and presented !!
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Uma
March 13, 2012 at 5:21 am

tempting macaroni!! Delicious.
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Kalpana Sareesh
March 13, 2012 at 6:03 am

wowo too creamy lovely presentation
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Valarmathi Sanjeev
March 13, 2012 at 7:17 am

Wow...super, yummy creamy macaroni... nice clicks, specially the 3rd one...loved it and also love the props, mainly the props color.
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Deeps @ Naughty Curry
March 13, 2012 at 7:22 am

im a cheesey pasta lover too, but generally find mac n cheese bland, i like that urs has pepper must have been nice & flavourful
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Shanthi
March 13, 2012 at 11:09 am

Simple, quick and tasty dish for kids
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Kaveri
March 13, 2012 at 11:56 am

My daughter also likes only cheesy pasta and not the tomato sauce...this recipe is sure easy and looks yummy
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Gayathri Anand
March 13, 2012 at 2:01 pm

I loved ur pictures so much ...nicely presented ..
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Pavithra Elangovan
March 13, 2012 at 2:52 pm

All time fav one for all kids, any kid will get tempted looking at this.. yumm 🙂
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Nagashree
March 13, 2012 at 6:52 pm

Looks so perfect!, love your pictures. My daughter never liked mac & cheese, a total antitheses to her generation of kids :-), I used to envy moms carrying mac & cheese in a bowl on trips while I had to plan something she would eat.
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Anonymous
March 13, 2012 at 10:42 pm

Wonderful presentation! This definitely calls me for a mac and cheese dinner tonight 🙂
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Sensible Vegetarian
March 14, 2012 at 3:15 am

Lovely looking lip smacking dish, great clicks.
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sanjeeta kk
March 14, 2012 at 4:42 am

Yum..yum..the white sauce looks so creamy and delicious!
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Archana
March 14, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Looks so delicious. I could like the screen dear.
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Anonymous
March 14, 2012 at 4:18 pm

Looks so delish, especially your photos. It makes it even more difficult to stop drooling.
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Vanamala Hebbar
March 21, 2012 at 4:55 pm

yummmy...yummmy
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vidhas
March 21, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Love this, i have never added paprika to this. Neat explanation and awesome clicks.
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Nhla
August 06, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Best mac n cheese ever ever ever.
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ramya eks
August 14, 2012 at 11:50 am

i am just learning about the varities of cheese.this one looks really yummy.i am gonna try this!
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ramya eks
August 14, 2012 at 11:50 am

i just learning about cheese and i love experimenting that .i love this one.mmmm.yum.....
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Saranya Prakasam
November 28, 2013 at 12:08 am

Hi.. I am new to cookin.. And I am really fatty. 🙂 So can u suggest an Indian style pasta with vegetables but without cheese. Please.. Thanks in advance
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hema priya Subramaniam
December 24, 2013 at 11:57 am

I tried your receipe today, was delicious. Easy to prepare
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sharmi
January 10, 2014 at 11:28 am

All purpose flour means??
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Raks anand
January 10, 2014 at 11:42 am

Maida
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Triparna Maitra
September 21, 2014 at 1:39 pm

Mde ths tdy fr my mom......... N she simply lvd it.........!!!!!!!! Vry yummy.... I didn't add da dry musturd powder thgh!!!!!!
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pinky
September 19, 2015 at 9:39 am

Hi raks..thank u so much for ur recipes..its just an inspiration to me people who are new to kitchen.. Either ur recipes or instructions never failed me.. Continue ur awesome job.. Sory for the late thanking.. Ur recipe index is my menu card in my new marriage life.. Thank u sis 🙂
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Ramya
July 01, 2020 at 7:15 pm

Made a wheat roux. Came out pretty good!:)
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- Raks Anand
  July 03, 2020 at 8:27 am
  
  Super 🙂
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