Its been quite a few months since I tried any pasta dish. I even forgot about pasta..
I don't know why it happened, but it happened..I know it happens often to me like this..
Enough explanations…
Now I am remembered and got some wonderful shaped pastas…So I am ready to cook with it again..
I thought to make some baked pasta dish yesterday and made a baked pasta dish yesterday itself..I added some vegetables to it and turned it like a baked vegetable pasta dish..It came out so good, I can't wait to share it with you..Hence I am posting it immediately..
There are two kinds of sauces going in it. One is a vegetable sauce and another one is a cheesy white sauce, which makes the pasta hold together and crisp up beautifully in the oven.
I topped it with some extra mozarella cheese on top to make it even more cheesy cheesy..
You know I like everything more cheesy..
Enough talking ( I talk a lot) off you go to the recipe..
Ingredients:
Pasta - 3 cups ( any shape, I used disc)
Water - 8 cups
Salt - 2 tblspn
For Vegetable Mixture:
Olive Oil- 2 tblspn
Garlic - 4 cloves minced
Zucchini - 1 large diced
Bell pepper - 1 diced
Carrot - 1 diced(optional)
Mushrooms - 1 cup diced(optional)
Oregano - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Flakes - 2 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 3 tblspn
Salt to taste
For White Sauce:
Butter - ¼ cup
All purpose Flour / Maida - ¼ cup
Milk - 500 ml
Mozarella Cheese - 1 cup grated
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
For Topping:
Oregano - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Flakes - 1 tsp
Mozarella Cheese - ½ cup grated
Method:
Step 1: Cooking Pasta
Take water in a large pot and add salt to it. Bring this to a boil.
Add pasta and cook as per package instructions. Drain and transfer it to a large mixing bowl.
Step 2: Cooking Vegetable Sauce
Now make the vegetable sauce. Heat olive oil in a pan.
Add in minced garlic and saute this for a min.
Add in all the vegetables and toss well for 3 mins.
Add in salt, oregano, red chilli flakes and tomato ketchup. Mix well. Vegetable sauce is done.
Step 3: Cooking White Sauce
Now make the white sauce. Heat butter in a pan.
Add flour to it and saute for a min.
Slowly add in milk and mix well.
Cook everything for 3 mins.
Add in grated cheese and mix well.
Season with salt and pepper.
Step 4: Assembling and Baking
Preheat the oven to 200 degree C / 400 degree F.
Pour the vegetable mixture and white sauce over the cooked pasta and toss well.
Transfer this to a butter baking dish and sprinkle oregano and chilli flakes over it.
Bake this in a preheated oven for 25 mins.
Remove this from oven and sprinkle cheese over it and bake again for 5 mins.
Remove it carefully and allow it to cool a bit.
Serve with some garlic bread.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingrediants..Add Red Chilli flakes too.. |
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| I am using a disc shaped pasta for this |
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| Boil lots of water with some salt |
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| add pasta in |
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| drain it and set aside |
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| Now make the vegetable sauce..Heat olive oil in a pan |
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| add in miced garlic |
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| add the vegetables |
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| sprinkle some salt |
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| sprinkle in red chilli flakes and oregano.. |
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| pour some ketchup |
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| done..Set this too aside |
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| Now make the white sauce..Heat butter and add in flour |
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| mix well and cook it |
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| pour in milk |
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| and mix well |
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| add in grated cheese |
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| season with salt and pepper |
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| Sauce done |
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| Now lets mix...Take pasta in a bowl |
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| add vegetable mixture |
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| and white sauce |
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| mix well...I know that looks like a mess, but it taste so good |
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| Transfer this to a greased bowl |
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| sprinkle with oregano and red chilli flakes |
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| bake it in oven |
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| till the top is golden and crisp |
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| sprinkle some grated cheese |
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| and bake it for few minutes till all melts |
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| serve with garlic bread |
Sangeetha Nambi
Real yummy one for our tummy...
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I never forget about pasta, it is the one meal that Nigel cooks well and I get a night off 🙂 I will send this recipe across to his computer. Thanks Diane
Manju Modiyani
Oh my!!!! This looks delicious and cheesy...Baked pasta is always nice and has a crunchy golden top layer.I wish I cud grab the entire dish from here... 😀
Cheese sauce looks so perfect..can also use it as a dip with chips...
LoLy
WOW, Looks Yummy, I looooooooooooove white sauce 😀
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Devi
I'm literally drooling over here!... real yummiiee recipe 🙂
meena
lovely dish aarthi. err which oven are you using.
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and yummy looking pasta.
Deepa
Rosy BM
¡Un plato fantástico!
Besos.
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Aarthi
@meena
I am using my new morphy richards 40 liter OTG, which my hubby got it for me
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Looks yum
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Manju Modiyani
Oh...u got a new OTG...i m confused whether to buy a Microwave oven and an OTG. I just need it for baking cakes and cookies, biryanis...and grilling veggies and meat...is an OTG sufficient? coz its pocket friendly too...how is Morphy richard's quality according to you?
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
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Aarthi
@Manju ModiyaniI think OTG is best for ur use. Morphy richards is good according to me..
Preeti Garg
Baked Pasta completely new for me...
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Kavi Foodomania
Hey Aarthi! checking your blog after a long time! Love all the innovative and simple recipes you're sharing! YUMMY!! 🙂
Anonymous
I did this today breakfast... my hubby said itz yummy... thank u... means a lot
morri
This was AWESOME. I really don't like the "traditional" version of mac & cheese, because it's too bland, so I loved your addition of veggies and chilli. I used cheddar cheese, I also added some onions to the vegetable sauce. Everybody was so happy with the dinner, they fought for the leftovers! Also, it's such a great dish for the kids: they get cheese and pasta, which are their two favourite foods in the world, and they don't even notice how much veggies you put inside. Mwahahaha!
Nafeesa Mohd
How to make garlic bread????
darshana shah
Wow...it looks so yummy. Today itself I m going to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
anju jaya
Hi Aarthi. It looks really yummy and I want to try it. But I dont have an oven at home. Do u have any other option? Will steaming or double boiling work>
Aarthi
@anju jayau can skip the baking and toss the cheese over the pan and cover and cook till the cheese is melted.