White Sauce Pasta
Cheesy Creamy Pasta cooked in White sauce and loaded with colorful veggies
Ingredients
To cook pasta
- 1 cup Pasta ( Any pasta / Penne ), cook al Dante , Dont over cook
- 4 cup Water
For white Sauce
- 1-2 Tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Maida
- 1.5 Cup Milk , ( room temperature )
- 1/2 cup Pasta cooked water
- Cheese as much you like
- 1 Tsp Chilli Flakes
- 1 Tsp Herbs seasoning
- 1/2 Tsp Pepper powder
- 1/2 Tsp Garlic powder
- Salt to taste
For Veggies ( maintain crunchiness of veggies . Dont over cook )
- 1-2 Tbsp Butter
- 4-6 flakes Garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 Onion , chopped
- 1 cup Choice of veggies ( corn , brocolli , capsicum ) etc
- 1/2 tsp Pepper pwd
- 1/2 tsp Seasoning
- tsp Salt
Instructions
Cook Pasta
- In a large pan take 4 cups of water . Add little salt and a tsp of oil . Allow water to boil . When it boils .. add pasta into the boiling water.
- After 6-7 mins .. pasta would have cooked . Check .. take care not to over cook . It should be al dente ( Cooked just enough to retain the shape ) . Drain and retain the stock water . Refresh the cooked pasta with running water . This avoids over cooking of pasta due to the heat .
- Cooked drained pasta is ready . Keep aside pasta
Saute veggies
- Take a pan . Add little butter . Add finely chopped garlic . Saute a minute .
- Add Onion and all the chopped veggies 1-1 to the hot pan ... You can use choice of your veggies . Saute for 2-3 mins.
- Add little salt, pepper powder ,little herbs / oregano , fry for a minute.
- Don't over cook the veggies .. retain their color and crunchiness . They taste and look best that way . Transfer to a plate and keep aside .
How to make White sauce
- To the same pan add little butter .
- Add maida and roast till golden brown.
- Next to the sauted flour .. add milk at room temperature . Add slowly in steps and mix well . Keep stirring and break the lumps . Make sure that there are no lumps. Bring the milk to boil .
- When its boiling .. simmer and add little pasta waster , cheese cubes , salt , red chilli flakes , pepper powder , garlic powder and oregano powder . Mix everything well . Bring to boil . .Keep the consistency of white thin only , later it will thicken .
- Our creamy white sauce for the pasta is ready Time to bring everything together
Time to assemble everything
- To the ready white sauce ... add the sauted veggies and cooked pasta . Combine everything . Simmer and cook for 2-3 mins , allow pasta to take in flavors .
- Transfer it to the serving plate and garnish with some grated cheese if you want to make it more cheesy . White sauce pasta is ready to serve . Relish white sauce pasta hot .