International Cuisine

Vegetable pasta with white sauce

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup penne pasta
  • 2 cups cut vegetables (broccoli, onions, bell pepper,corn etc.)
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 serving white sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Shreddded cheese to garnish

For the white sauce:

  • 1½ tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1-2 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder
  • 1 cup milk

Method:

  1. Heat oil in a pan. Add all the cut vegetables.
  2. Saute until they are cooked. Add salt, pepper, and oregano.
  3. Cook pasta according to the instructions on the package.

White sauce:

  1. Heat butter in a pan. Add all purpose flour. Stir continiously for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add milk and start mixing it. Cook until the sauce gets thicken.
  3. Add garlic powder, oregano, nutmeg powder, salt, and pepper. If you are using crushed garlic, add it to the butter before adding the flour.

Assemble the pasta:

  1. Get a oven safe dish/bowl. Preheat oven to 200℉. Add pasta at the bottom. Add cooked vegetables on the pasta.
  2. Add white sauce on top of it. Garnish with the shredded cheese.
  3. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the cheese get melted.
  4. Serve hot with sriracha sauce.

Vegetable Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 4 Medium pizza base
  • ½ cup pizza sauce
  • 1 Large onion diced
  • 1 Large tomato diced
  • 1 large capsicum diced
  • 3-4 babycorns chopped in slices and boiled
  • ¼ cup sweet corns boiled
  • Grated mozarella or pizza cheese as required
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • Oregano/dried herbs
  • Chilli flakes
  • Butter as required

Method:

Check the recipe Pizza sauce

Pizza Sauce

To make the topping:

  1. Take some butter in a pan. Add all boiled and chopped vegetables and sauté it on medium flame for 2-3 mins.
  2. Add salt, black pepper and stir. Keep the mixture aside.

Assembling the pizza:

  1. Brush some butter on the top of pizza base. Heat the griddle and roast the top side of pizza base.
  2. Remove it from the griddle and spread the pizza sauce on top of the pizza base. Spread the topping evenly. Top it wih generous amount of mozarella or pizza cheese.
  3. Sprinkle some oregano/dried herbs and chilli flakes as per your choice.
  4. Bake the pizza in the oven till the cheese on top melts. You can also bake it on the fry pan.
  5. Spread some butter on fry pan, place the pizza and cover it with a lid. Keep the flame low.
  6. Once the cheese melts, pizza is ready. Serve it immediately with tomato ketchup.