White sauce Pasta

This is kids favorite dish :) All kids would love to eat creamy pasta :)

After many experiment of white sauce preparation I liked the taste of the below mentioned recipe of white sauce.This recipe is a combination of recipe from my friend and a magazine.

Ingredients

For white sauce

• maida - 1.5 tbsp

• milk - based on sauce consistensy

• butter - 25 gm / 2  tbsp

• bay leaf  - 1

• clove - 2

• onion - 1 piece ( if onion flavour required )

For pasta

• pasta - 3/4th cup any shape( I prefer delmote pasta )

• capsicum - 1/2 cup cut  (Different colors we white sauce recipe is a combination oill be good)

• veggies - 1 cup cut ( brocolli/ babycorn / zuchini / carrot ( any of your choice))

• mixed herbs - as per taste ( oregano,thyme, red chilli flakes)optional

• salt - as per taste

• black pepper powder optional

• butter - to fry veggies

Method

For white sauce

• Fry maida in a pan on low flame till raw smell goes ( it should not turn into brown color).

• keep aside.melt the butter on low flame and add maida slowly to the butter .Keep stiring for 2 mins.

• Then start adding milk little by little and stirring.Cook for 2-3 mins

• put the bay leaf,clove, onion (if using) .

• Let this mixture to cool.

• remove the bay leaf, clove, onion before mixing with pasta

Next step

• Boil the pasta as mentioned on the pack.( boil water put the pasta , cook till pasta is done and strain the water.If required wash the pasta in cold water).Keep aside.

• veggies - boil baby corn and carrot if using. then fry the veggies for 3-4 mins & remove from flame.

• Add the boiled pasta and veggies to white sauce and mix (don't add all the pasta at once add little by little based on the quantity of the white sauce)

• sprinkle pepper powder and mixed herbs and mix and serve hot.