Recipe: Perfect Pasta in white sauce

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This popular dish is vegetarian and can be served as a snack or light dinner. Boil them until al-dente (cooked but not very soft). White sauce is the main ingredient in making white sauce pasta. You can have Pasta in white sauce using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pasta in white sauce

1. It's of shell pasta or macaroni.
2. Prepare of chopped white button mushrooms.
3. Prepare of green peas/matar (fresh or frozen).
4. Prepare of medium potato/aloo.
5. Prepare of small to medium carrot/gajar.
6. Prepare of small to medium capsicum/ bell pepper, any colour - red, green.
7. You need of baby corn.
8. It's of medium onion/pyaaz, chopped.
9. It's of , small garlic/lahsun, finely chopped.
10. You need of whole full fat milk.
11. It's of all purpose flour/maida.
12. Prepare of dry oregano or basil or a mix of both or your choice of.
13. Prepare of Dry herbs.
14. Prepare of butter.
15. Prepare of grated cheddar or regular cheese (optional).
16. It's of salt and black pepper as required.

White sauce is one of the mother sauces which is made using butter, milk and flour. It has a creamy, silky and smooth texture and bonuses with soothing flavor, it is not just perfectly cooked and combined with fusilli but also with colourful and crunchy veggies in White Sauce Pasta. For doing white pasta sauce, can ghee be used in place of butter. Yes but little ghee with little oil.

Pasta in white sauce instructions

1. First steam or boil the potatoes, carrots, baby corn and peas in a steamer or pressure cooker. drain and then chop them. keep aside..
2. Heat enough water in a pan with salt and a few drops of oil. when the water comes to a boil, add the pasta and boil them till they are completely cooked..
3. Strain the pasta and rinse with water. drain and keep aside. in a pan, melt the butter. add the onions and garlic and saute till the onions are softened..
4. Then add the mushrooms. stir and saute the mushrooms till the mushrooms are lightly browned from the sides. the mushrooms will release their juices initially and after continuous sauteing, the juices will evaporate. there should be no moisture in the pan..
5. Keep on stirring in breaks while sauteing the mushrooms. then add the chopped capsicum/bell pepper and saute for 10 to 12 minutes. add the flour and saute for 4 to 5 minutes. add the boiled vegetables and saute for a minute..
6. Pour milk in a gentle stream to the pan and keep on stirring. the flour will combine with the milk and you will see the sauce getting thickened slowly. season with salt, pepper and oregano or basil or your choice of herbs..
7. When the sauce stars to thicken and reaches to your desired consistency. add the pasta. stir well so that the sauce coats the pasta. switch off the flame. if the sauce becomes too thick or lumpy, add some hot water or milk and thin the sauce. lastly add some grated cheese if required. serve the vegetable pasta in white sauce hot with some toasted bread or baguette..

For doing white pasta sauce, can ghee be used in place of butter. Melt butter and margarine in a saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in flour and bouillon until roux is well blended. White sauce pasta is much loved dish across the globe and it's kid's favorite. Making white sauce that has no maida/maida free was a welcome change. So let me reveal the secret ingredient, that I used to make this delicious white sauce pasta is Oats.