Penne in White Sauce

I am not much of a Pasta person, but then there are always people around you who love to have it, and so being a responsible cook, it becomes your duty to keep them happy. The recipe that I have written below is a standard recipe, however, when I cooked, capsicums and broccoli were missing. Either ways, turned out to be a delicious affair!

Ingredients:

1.    1 packet of penne

2.    1 each of red capsicum and yellow capsicum

3.    2 tsp cornflour or plain flour (maida)

4.    1 cheese cube

5.    1 tsp dried oregano and dried thyme

6.    Dry red chilli flakes (paprika)

7.    1 cob of sweet corn , boiled

8.    salt and black pepper (kalimirch) powder to taste

9.    3 florets of broccoli

10. 1 tbsp butter

11. 4 big cloves of garlic, grated

12. 2 cups milk

Method:

For white sauce

1.    Heat butter in a pan. Add the grated garlic and saute for a minute

2.    Once it’s done, add the cornflour, saute for a second, do not let it turn brown.

3.    Add milk and stir it continuously to avoid lumps.

4.    Once the mixture starts thickening, add oregano, thyme, salt, pepper powder and red chilli flakes.

5.    Add grated cheese.

6.    Keep this sauce aside.

For the vegetables

1.    Boil peppers, sweetcorns and broccoli together with little salt.

2.    Don’t over boil the vegetables. It has to be crunchy.

For the pasta

1.    Boil the pasta as per the instruction in the packet.

To serve

Put the sauce back on flame. Add all the boiled vegetables and the boiled pasta. At the time of serving you can add more cheese. Serve hot.