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Easy Pasta In White Sauce Indian Recipe

Pasta in White Sauce


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  • Author: Debjani
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 4 People 1x

Description

Pasta in White Sauce is a famous Italian delicacy where Pasta along with veggies are cooked in White Sauce or Béchamel Sauce


Ingredients

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For White Sauce:

  • Butter: 3 Tbsp.
  • All Purpose Flour: 4 Tbsp.
  • Boiled Milk: 2.5 cup
  • Processed Cheese: 4 Tbsp.
  • Onion: 1 (Medium Size)
  • Cloves: 8-10
  • Bay Leaf: 1
  • Pepper Powder: 1 Tsp.
  • Mixed Italian Herbs: 1 Tsp.
  • Salt: 1/2 Tsp.

For Cooking Pasta:

  • Penne Pasta: 200g
  • Vegetable Refined Oil: 2 Tbsp.
  • Salt: 1 Tbsp.
  • Water: 1 liter

For Cooking Veggies:

  • Red Bell Pepper: 1/2 Cup (Chopped)
  • Yellow Bell Pepper: 1/2 Cup (Chopped)
  • Green Capsicum: 1/2 cup (Chopped)
  • Sweet corn: 1/2 cup
  • Onion: 1 cup (Chopped)
  • Button Mushroom: 1 cup (Chopped)
  • Garlic: 1 Tbsp. (Chopped)
  • Pepper Powder: 1 Tsp.
  • Mixed Italian Herbs: 1 Tsp.
  • Salt: 1/2 Tsp.
  • Olive Oil: 2 Tbsp.

For baking and Garnishing:

  • Grated Cheese: 1/2 cup (I've used Mozzarella Cheese)


Instructions

Making of the White Sauce/ Béchamel Sauce*: [url href="https://kitchenofdebjani.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Making-of-White-Sauce-300x212.jpg"]Making of White Sauce or Béchamel Sauce[/url]

  1. Take a medium sized Onion and tack the Bay leaf on the body of the Onion using Cloves (as Shown in the Picture)
  2. Now take Milk in a bowl and put the Bay leaf tacked Onion and then Boil the milk for around 8-10 minute in low flame and then remove the Onion from milk and strain the milk and keep aside for future use.
  3. Melt Butter in a Non-stick Pan over medium flame and add All Purpose Flour little by little and stir continuously to mix the Flour with Butter for around 1 minute till the Flour changes the color a bit.
  4. Now start adding previously prepared flavored milk in portion to the Flour mix and stir continuously so that no lump form while cooking. Add rest of the Milk and bring the mixture in to boil.
  5. Now add Cheese, Pepper, Salt, and herbs to the Sauce and cook for around 2-3 minutes until the sauce thickens a bit.
  6. Add little Water if required.
  7. Keep the Sauce aside for assembling the Pasta.
  8. [url href="https://kitchenofdebjani.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Making-of-Pasta-in-White-Sauce-300x208.jpg"]Making of Pasta in White Sauce Indian[/url]

Cooking Pasta:

  1. Boil around 2 litres along with salt, Oil in a deep bottomed pan in high flame.
  2. Add Pasta to the boiling water and cook for around 10-12 minutes till Pasta turned Al Dente which means completely cooked but firm to the bite.
  3. Strain Water using a strainer and then pour some cold water over pasta and then strain the cold water as well. Keep Cooked Pasta aside for future Use.

Cooking Veggies:

  1. Heat Olive oil in a pan, and add Garlic flakes and sauté for ½ minute
  2. Add chopped Onion, Bell Peppers, Corn and Mushroom and Cook for around 3-4 minutes or till the veggies cooked completely but retain their crunchiness.
  3. Add herbs, salt and pepper powder to taste. Keep the Veggie mix aside for assembling with Pasta.

Assembling and Baking the Pasta with Sauce and Veggies:

  1. In a big Pan assemble cooked pasta along with the White Sauce and cooked Veggies.
  2. I've baked the Pasta further in 180 degrees C for 15 minutes after sprinkling some more Cheese.
  3. If you don’t want to bake the Pasta then just cook it after assembling for 5 minutes in low flame.
  4. Serve Pasta in White Sauce Hot!
  5. [url href="https://kitchenofdebjani.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Veg-Pasta-in-White-Sauce-300x248.jpg"]Veg Pasta in White Sauce Indian Recipe[/url]
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Category: Main
  • Cuisine: Italian
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