Name: Healthy Pasta recipe by Krupa Shah at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat penne pasta; For white sauce:; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp whole wheat flour; 2 cups milk; Salt to taste; 1.5 tsp black pepper powder; For vegetable layer:; 1 cup veggies- broccoli florets, red yellow green capsicums, carrots and French beans.; 1 tbsp oil; 1/2 tsp chilli flakes; 1/2 tsp oregano; 1 tsp mixed herbs; Salt to taste; Other ingredients:; 2 tbsp butter; Grated processed cheese, green part of spring onions, oregano and chilli flakes as garnish!

ABOUT Healthy Pasta RECIPE

Pasta and healthy? Is it possible? Yes it is possible. Have used whole wheat penne pasta, made white sauce using whole wheat flour and added veggies to make it more healthy! Hope you all also like it! Believe me they taste yummm inspite of using wheat flour and wheat pasta!

Ingredients Serving: 3

1 cup whole wheat penne pasta
For white sauce:
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp whole wheat flour
2 cups milk
Salt to taste
1.5 tsp black pepper powder
For vegetable layer:
1 cup veggies- broccoli florets, red yellow green capsicums, carrots and French beans.
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp mixed herbs
Salt to taste
Other ingredients:
2 tbsp butter
Grated processed cheese, green part of spring onions, oregano and chilli flakes as garnish!

Instructions

Cook pasta according to the instructions given on the packet and keep it aside.
Heat butter in a non-stick pan and roast wheat flour in it till it leaves a nice fragrance. Add milk continuously stirring it so that no lumps are formed (use luckwarm milk) add salt and pepper powder and cook till white sauce is made. See to it that you don't make it too hard nor it's too flowy.
Cook the veggies in oil and butter mixture. Add mixed herbs oregano salt to taste and chilli flakes.
In a baking tray/vessel. First make the layer of veggies
Now place the layer of cooked pasta over the vegetables layer and sprinkle chilli flakes over it
Now pour the white sauce
The put grated cheese butter and cut spring onions over it and bake it in a preheated oven at 180° C till the cheese melts.
Finally baked dish

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