Pasta is an Italian food and is widely adopted by Indians. This popular dish is vegetarian and can be served as a snack or light dinner. This is the classic white sauce pasta recipe I am sharing. You can make it look more beautiful and healthier by adding some vegetables to it.
When preparing pasta
recipes, whole wheat pasta is always a great healthy choice. I have used maida
penne in this recipe, however, you can use any pasta you prefer and include
different veggies like carrots, green peas, beans, cauliflower, peppers
(capsicum), sweet corn, broccoli, zucchini or baby corn. Adding mixed
veggies to this classic pasta dish is a great way to have your kids some
veggies along with their pasta. These vegetables can be steamed, cooked,
roasted. It is
one of the most liked pasta recipes.
Step 1:
Cooking Pasta: Boil 4 cups of water with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a pan. When it
comes to boil add I cup macroni/ pasta. Cook the pasta on a medium flame for 5
mins. When the pasta is cooked drain pasta with a strainer or spoon.
Step 2:
Roasting veggies: Heat sauce pan adding 1 teaspoon of oil/
butter. Add veggies (selection of veggies are optional, highly recommended
adding them as it enhances the taste. You can add carrot,
capsicum, broccoli, sweet corns etc) into it and roast them for 2
mins. Switch off the flame.
Step 3:
White sauce Preparation: Heat To the sauce pan
, add 2 teaspoons of butter, Once the butter melts, add chopped garlic and cook
for 2 mins until fragrant. Then add 1 tablespoon of whole wheat flour or
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Stir the flour as quickly as possible as
soon as you add it. Keep on stirring so that no lumps are formed. Saute it
until you get a nice cooked aroma and the flour is a pale golden color. Keeping
the flame low add 1 cup chilled milk keep stirring well as soon as you pour milk.
Let the milk heat up.
When the milk gets thickened add 1/2 teaspoon of
pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of chili flakes (optional) and a pinch of salt. Switch
off the flame. Then add cooked pasta and roasted veggies into it and mix
well.
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ReplyDeleteDo try the recipe and enjoy :)
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