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Penne Pasta with White Sauce and Vegetables

Penne Pasta with White Sauce and Vegetables is a one dish meal, quite nutritious and easy to make too. I like this recipe as it is nutritious and has good proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins.

 

Ingredients

Penne Pasta - 150 gms

Refined Flour - 2 tablespoons

Yellow Butter - 2 tablespoons

Milk - Half Litre

Cheese(optional) - 2 tablespoons

Cauliflower - 50 gms

Carrot - 50 gms

Mushrooms - 50 gms

Baby Corn - 50 gms

Water - 750 ml -1 litre

Oil - 2 tablespoons

Salt - As per Taste

Black Pepper - ¼ teaspoon

Mixed Herbs Seasoning - ½ teaspoon

Method

Boil water in a thick bottom vessel and add Penne Pasta to it. Allow it to cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Add two tablespoons oil, salt to taste and boil for one more minute and remove from fire. Strain the pasta and set aside. Clean and wash all vegetables and chop. Sauté all the chopped vegetables for about 2 minutes in a pan with little butter and set aside.

For the white sauce, take a non stick pan and add butter and flour and sauté lightly for 2 -3 minutes. Add milk gradually and keep stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed. Bring the mixture to a boil and the consistency should be that of a homogenous mixture. Add cheese, salt, black pepper and mixed herbs seasoning and boil for further minute. Now, add the cooked pasta, sautéed vegetables and cook for 2 minutes. Penne Pasta with White Sauce and Vegetables is ready to be served.

Note - Preparation time is about half hour to 40 minutes. This quantity should be enough for about 3- 4 persons. You may add veggies of your choice like sweet corn, bell peppers, French beans, green peas, broccoli etc.

For non-vegetarians, cooked chicken/ meat cubes can be added.