Let us divide this recipe into 4 steps to make it easier. This recipe serves 2 persons Step – 1 – Cooking the pasta Step – 2 – Cooking the vegetables Step – 3 – Preparing the white sauce Step – 4 – Mixing all the above. Step 1- Cooking pasta Ingredients needed Penne Pasta – 125 grams Oil – 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp Salt – 1 tsp Method Step – 2 Cooking the vegetables Ingredients needed Olive oil – 1 tbsp Garlic finely chopped – 1 tbsp Red and yellow capsicum – half each (you can use green also) Cauliflower or broccoli florets- 1 cup ( blanched- put it in hot water with a little salt) Sweet corn – 1/3 cup Pepper powder to taste Salt as required Oregano -3/4 tsp or to taste Method Add oregano, salt and pepper powder to taste. Keep it aside. Step – 3 Preparing the white sauce You need Butter – 1 1/2 tbsp- 2 tbsp Cornflour – 2 tbsp ( if you do not have cornflour, use maida/ all purpose flour) Milk – 1 1/2 cup (boiled and cooled) Cheese – 3-4 tbsp (use mozzarella or parmesan or even amul cheese cubes) Salt and pepper powder to taste Mixed Italian herbs (or) Oregano and dried basil Method In a pan/ kadai, melt butter, simmer and add cornflour stirring continuously. Saute till it changes color slightly. At this stage, add 1/2 cup of cold milk and stir continuously with a whisk to prevent formation of lumps. When it starts thickening, add the remaining milk gradually stirring continuously with the whisk. Bring it to boil, reduce the flame, add cheese, salt, pepper powder and herbs to taste. Step – 4 Mixing all the three You need Grated cheese for garnishing. Mix all the three together. Transfer to a baking pan, top it with grated cheese and bake in a preheated (180 degree C) for 10-15 minutes or until the cheese has slightly browned. If you do not have an oven, mix all the three in a pan, heat it, top it with grated cheese and serve hot. Note – You get oregano, mixed Italian herbs, cheese in all big departmental stores.I got it from Nilgiris. More Pasta Recipes (Vegetarian) Pasta in tomato sauce Spaghetti Recipe If you found this post useful, I would really love it if you pin it or share it with your Facebook fans or Twitter followers or Google+ circles today. All it takes is a simple click on the “pin it” “like,” “share,” “tweet,” or Google+ buttons below the post. It will keep me motivated.Thank you! Read More
