Baked Veg Cheese Pasta

This easy baked pasta is loaded with vegetables and cheese that makes it simply irresistible. A famous dish in Europe, it has made its credible space in Indian households as well. Kids love it and new generation adores it.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Pasta
• 2 tsp oil
• 4 tsp pizza sauce
• 150 g cheese
• Few Black Olives
• 2 tsp butter
• 2 tsp Maida
• 1.5 cup Milk
• ½ tsp black pepper powder
• 2 tsp grated cheese
• Salt ( as per taste )
• A little of all vegetables below (chopped)
  • Red Capsicum
  • Yellow or Green capsicum
  • Onion
  • Grated ginger
  • Garlic
  • Sweet Corn

Preparation of Pasta:

• Take some water in a pan
• Add 1 tsp salt in it
• Add 1 cup pasta
• Boil it on high flame
• Once it starts to boil, cook it on high flame for 10-12 mins
• Make sure that Pasta is semi-cooked. Pour some cold water so that Pasta does not stick to each other

Preparation of White Sauce:

• Add 2 tsp butter in a pan and heat it
• Once it melts, add 2 tsp Maida, and mix it well
• Add some milk in small quantities to make sure lumps are not formed
• Keep stirring until you get a consistent sauce
• Add ½ tsp black pepper powder
• Add 2 tsp grated cheese and mix it well
• Add salt to taste on low flame
• WHITE SAUCE is ready

Preparation of Vegetables:

• Add 2 tsp of oil in a pan and heat it
• Add chopped ginger garlic pieces and stir it
• Add chopped onion. Stir it well till the onion turns soft
• Add all the vegetables
• Add salt to taste
• Add 2 tsp tomato ketchup
• Add ½ tsp chilly flakes and mixed herbs (as available)
• Mix it well and cook for 1 minute on medium flame

Preparation for baking:

• Prepare your baking tray by adding 4 tsp of Pizza sauce
• Spread it evenly over the tray’s surface
• Spread the cooked vegetables evenly
• Spread the white sauce again evenly over the vegetables
• Now spread the semi-cooked pasta evenly and put grated cheese as the last layer
• At the end, spread the finely cut black olives
• NOW, the pasta is ready to be baked
• Take a pan and put a stand in it
• Put the baking tray on the stand
• Bake it for 30-35 mins on medium to low flame
• You PASTA is ready to be served!