Recipe:
Ingredients:
1) 2 cup pasta of your choice
2) mixed herb/pasta seasoning (if you're using pasta seasoning instead of mixed herbs then you can omit adding black pepper and oregano seperately.
3) 2 tablespoons butter for sauce.
4) extra butter to sauté veggies (I used 1 and 1/2 tablespoons since I didn't have much veggies)
5) 2 tablespoons corn flour
6) 3 cup milk (whichever kind you prefer, I used whole milk)
7) 1 cube (approx. 25 gm) of cheese (I used cheddar but you can switch to one of your favourites)
8) veggies of your choice (I only had capsicums available atm)
9) minced garlic (3-4 cloves), 1 teaspoon minced ginger
10) 1 diced onion
11) 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
12) 1/2 teaspoon red chilli flakes
13) salt as per your taste
14) olive oil (can omit this if not available)
How to cook:
Bring about 6-7 cups of water to boil, then add pasta and 1/3 teaspoon salt + a few drops of olive oil. Cook pasta till al dente then remove it on a strainer to drain water. Pasta should be chewy but tender. Save 1 tablespoon pasta water for the sauce.
Melt butter in a pan and add minced garlic to it, after 3-4 seconds add minced garlic and sauté for about 2-3 minutes then add diced onion and sauté until the onion starts getting golden, now add rest of the veggies and sauté them until they get a little tender but are still crunchy.
Now prepare the sauce for which melt two tablespoons of butter in a pan then add corn flour and keep stirring for 1 and 1/2 minute.
Now turn off the heat and starts adding milk by small quantity and keep stirring to not let it form lumps. After pouring all of the milk and whisking it well, turn on the heat again and add cheese and mix everything well and keep stirring until the sauce becomes thick. Now add pasta seasoning/mixed herbs, chilli flakes, salt and pepper and stir the sauce to mix it uniformly. Add your sautéd veggies and pasta to the sauce and mix well.
Lastly, we saved the pasta water to add to the sauce if it looks too thick before adding the seasoning, veggies and the pasta. Bon appétit!
by mightycowndria