Too much love with lasagna I have. I cook it too often, too and with variations every time.This time, it was very fusion-ist. Only, waiting for the day when I successfully cook that smooth non-lumpy white sauce. =\
Practice, more of it is needed.
Anyway, Blender comes to the rescue. :D Shush! never let any secret out. :D
So here is the recipe of my favorite style lasagna.
Ingredients:
10 Lasagna Sheets- Boiled;
Cheese- whichever you like.
For Tomato Relish:
4 nos Tomatoes (Big);
2 nos Onions (Medium) Shredded;
1 nos Capsicum (Medium) Shredded;
Small portion of carrot Shredded;
4-5 French Beans- Chopped;
4-5 nos Mushrooms- Shredded (Optional);
2 Tbsp Olive Oil;
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste;
Salt, pepper and Oregano to taste.
For White Sauce:
1 tsp Butter;
1 tsp Flour;
1 cup Milk;
Few baby corns or corn kernels;
Salt and pepper to taste.
Method:
For Tomato Relish:
- Blanch the tomatoes and peel off their skin, puree them with a Hand blender.
- Heat Olive oil in a pan, add ginger garlic paste.
- Now add all the shredded and chopped veggies and saute them.
- Add the tomato puree. Stir nicely to mix all the vegetables. Let it cook while stirring in between. See the oil gets absorbed in the gravy.
- Add the salt, pepper and oregano.
- Get the desired consistency, add a little water if it is getting dry. We'll need nice gravy.
For white Sauce:
- Heat the butter in a separate pan, add and roast the flour.
- Take the pan off the heat and start adding the milk in smaller quantities while stirring continuously.
- When you are done adding the milk, put the pan back on the flame and keep stirring so that no lumps are formed. (I suck at this)
- When the sauce get enough thick, put the flame off and add the salt and pepper and also the baby corn/ kernels.
Putting the dish together:
- Grease the baking dish and line it with two lasagna sheets.
- Now layer the Tomato relish on the lasagna nicely.
- Cover with another two lasagna sheets.
- Next layer the white sauce over it and cover it with lasagna sheets.
- Make 4-5 layers of lasagna sheets repeating the above mentioned process.
- Grate the cheese and some oregano on the top.
- Bake in the Microwave for 6-7 minutes or till the cheese is brown.
- Serve with Garlic bread.
The Outcome:
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| I used the heart shaped mold to cut it out and plate it. |
The Fiasco:
Like I said, I need to learn to make nice White sauce. =\
Additional Benefits:
Your kitchen will smell awesome with all the oregano also the microwave will smell awesome for days. :D
