Baked Vegetables in White Sauce
Baked vegetables in white sauce is a rich, creamy and a delicious one pot meal.
Equipment
- Oven / OTG / Convection Microwave
- Sauté Pan / Fry Pan / Wok / Kadhai
- Sauce Pan
- Spatula
- Whisk
- Grater (optional)
- Baking Dish
Ingredients
White Sauce
- 3 tablespoon Butter
- 3 tablespoon All-Purpose flour / Maida / Whole Wheat flour
- 2 cups Milk Preferably whole milk
- ⅛ teaspoon Nutmeg Powder optional
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- Salt as per taste
- ¼ teaspoon Sugar
- 120 gm Grated Processed Cheese (1 cup) (if you are using amul cheese then 5 cubes of cheese)
Baked Vegetables
- ½ cup Capsicum diced
- ½ cup Mushrooms sliced (optional)
- ½ cup Carrots Diced and blanched
- ½ cup broccoli blanched
- ½ cup Sweet corn blanched
- ½ cup Green peas or sweet peas blanched
- ½ cup French beans diced and blanched
- 1 tablespoon Oil preferably Olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
- 1.5 teaspoon Red chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon Oregano or Italian herb mix
- 120 gm Grated Processed cheese (about 1-1.5 cup) 6 cubes of Amul cheese
Instructions
Making White Sauce
- Take a pan and add butter to it.
- After butter melts a little, add the all-purpose flour / maida and stir and cook it till its slightly changes color and you get a nice roasting smell. Cook this on medium low flame to avoid burning.
- Now reduce the flame to low and gradually add milk to it, stirring continuously using a whisk.
- Once you have added all the milk turn the flame to medium heat and keep on stirring till the sauce begins to thicken.
- Add nutmeg powder, black pepper, salt and sugar and mix it in.
- Add grated processed cheese to the white sauce / béchamel sauce and keep on mixing till all the cheese melts and is well combined. Once the sauce is smooth and silky, switch off the gas and set it aside for later.
Baked Vegetables in White Sauce
- Ingredients
- Preheat the oven at 400 F / 205 C.
- Heat up a sauté pan / wok / kadhai on a medium heat and add oil to it. To the oil add the capsicum and cook it for a minute.
- Add the remaining blanched vegetables, chili flakes, salt, pepper and herbs and sauté it for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the white sauce to it and mix it well. Cook it for couple of minutes.
- Transfer the vegetables with white sauce to the baking dish and sprinkle the grated cheese on top to form an even layer and all the veggies are covered with the cheese. So if you take big or wide baking dish then you will need more cheese to cover veggies.
- Bake for about 15 - 20 mins or till the top is golden browned. Each oven heats up differently so its best to check at 10 mins and then bake it further if required.
- Serve the baked vegetables in white sauce with garlic bread or eat it just by itself.
Notes
- If you skip adding cheese to the white sauce then reduce the milk in the sauce. Use 1.5 cups of milk to have a good consistency sauce.
- Preferably use a oven safe glass or ceramic bowl / pan for this recipe.
- Do not over cook the white sauce or it will be too thick for this recipe.
- In case the sauce turn thick add milk gradually to it till it you you get right consistency.
- Always blanch the veggies for this recipe to get good taste and texture.
- You can add more chili flakes if you want to increase the spice level.
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