Here is how to make white sauce pasta recipe, a delightful lunch/dinner that toddlers and kids will adore. You can use whole wheat pasta, but the flour used in white sauce cannot be replaced with wheat I guess. So it is better to eat this in moderation and once in a while.
1.To begin making white sauce pasta recipe start by cooking pasta. Bring plenty of water in a pot to boil. Add pasta along with a drop of oil and cook till done. Drain and reserve the stock. Set aside the boiled pasta.
2.Now to make white sauce, in a pan add 1/2 teaspoon butter. Add the chopped bell pepper, boiled sweet corns, peeled and chopped carrots and saute for few minutes. Remove to a plate.
3.In the same pan add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and melt it.
4.Add 1 tablespoon madia/all purpose flour and whisk very well.
5.Add 1 1/4 cup boiled and cooled milk. Keep whisking in low flame.
6.The mixture will start to thicken. At this stage add chilli flakes, pepper powder, salt and oregano.
7.keep whisking till the white sauce further thickens and turns smooth.
8.Add the sauteed vegetables and mix well.
9.Add the boiled pasta to the prepared white sauce.
10.Mix well and add some more dried herbs if needed. Serve white sauce pasta hot.
Ingredients (1 cup=250 ml)
- 3/4 cup pasta I used penne
- 1 small carrot peeled and chopped fine
- 1/3 cup sweet corn kernels boiled
- 1/2 green bell pepper chopped fine
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped fine
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
For white sauce - 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon maida/ all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup milk boiled and cooled
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano or basil or thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
- Salt
Instructions
- Boil the pasta and set aside.
- Heat 1/2 tablespoon butter in a pan and saute the chopped vegetables. Remove to a plate.
- Add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in the same pan and add maida/flour. Whisk very well.
- Add boiled milk and mix well. Whisk very well in low flame to avoid lumps.
- Once the sauce starts to thicken, add salt, pepper powder, chilli flakes and dried herbs. Mix well.
- Cook further in low flame till the sauce thickens and turns smooth.
- Add sauteed veggies and mix well.
- Add boiled pasta and mix well.
- Serve white sauce pasta hot.
Recipe Notes
1.Make sure that there are no lumps in white sauce.
2.You can add 2 tablespoons grated cheese while preparing white sauce. Or you can serve the topped with grated cheese.
3.You can any dried herb or even mixed pasta spice instead of oregano.
Hope you will enjoy...Cheers ! :)