U need:
Pasta: 1 cup
fresh palak(spinach): 1 bunch
fresh corn: 1 cup
cauliflower florets: 1 cup
fresh white breadcrumbs: 1/2 cup
cheddar or parmessan cheese: 1/2 cup grated
salt and peeper to taste
dried mixed herbs: 1/2 tsp
maida: 1 tablsp
milk: 1 and 1/2 cups
butter: 2 and 1/2 tablsp.
Method:
1.Cook pasta in hot salted water.(10 mins) Drain and set aside. Add 1 tsp oil to the cooked pasta.Mix well.This will prevent the pastas from sticking to each other.
2.Clean wash the spinach. Cut to small pieces. Heat 1 tsp butter in a pan.Fry the chopped spinach for a few seconds. Cool. Wash cauliflower florets and semi cook in hot water.
3. White sauce: Heat the balance butter in the same pan.When the butter melts add the flour and quickly stir for a few seconds.Lower heat and start pouring the milk into the pan stirring continuously.Ensure no lumps are formed.Stir well till the sauce begins to thick.Add salt,pepper and dried herbs. Add the fresh corn, drained semi cooked cauliflower,cooked pasta and stir for another 10 mins till the sauce coats the vegetables and pasta well.Add the spinach.
4. Pour the pasta into an oven proof bowl.Mix together breadcrumbs and cheese. Sprinkle this mix over the pasta vegetables till they cover them fully.
5.Pre heat oven to 170 celcius for 5 mins.Put the oven into the oven and bake for 15 mins or until the cheese melts and breadcrumbs sets well.
Serve hot with toast and flavoured butter*.
* A few flavoured butter recipes have been written,Please check the blog.
* Crumble one day old white or brown bread to get fresh bread crumbs
* Amul or britania cheese are the best for pasta toppings.
Pasta: 1 cup
fresh palak(spinach): 1 bunch
fresh corn: 1 cup
cauliflower florets: 1 cup
fresh white breadcrumbs: 1/2 cup
cheddar or parmessan cheese: 1/2 cup grated
salt and peeper to taste
dried mixed herbs: 1/2 tsp
maida: 1 tablsp
milk: 1 and 1/2 cups
butter: 2 and 1/2 tablsp.
Method:
1.Cook pasta in hot salted water.(10 mins) Drain and set aside. Add 1 tsp oil to the cooked pasta.Mix well.This will prevent the pastas from sticking to each other.
2.Clean wash the spinach. Cut to small pieces. Heat 1 tsp butter in a pan.Fry the chopped spinach for a few seconds. Cool. Wash cauliflower florets and semi cook in hot water.
3. White sauce: Heat the balance butter in the same pan.When the butter melts add the flour and quickly stir for a few seconds.Lower heat and start pouring the milk into the pan stirring continuously.Ensure no lumps are formed.Stir well till the sauce begins to thick.Add salt,pepper and dried herbs. Add the fresh corn, drained semi cooked cauliflower,cooked pasta and stir for another 10 mins till the sauce coats the vegetables and pasta well.Add the spinach.
4. Pour the pasta into an oven proof bowl.Mix together breadcrumbs and cheese. Sprinkle this mix over the pasta vegetables till they cover them fully.
5.Pre heat oven to 170 celcius for 5 mins.Put the oven into the oven and bake for 15 mins or until the cheese melts and breadcrumbs sets well.
Serve hot with toast and flavoured butter*.
* A few flavoured butter recipes have been written,Please check the blog.
* Crumble one day old white or brown bread to get fresh bread crumbs
* Amul or britania cheese are the best for pasta toppings.
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