White sauce pasta | How to make creamy white sauce pasta
White sauce pasta is a popular Italian delicacy, prepared by cooking pasta in a creamy white sauce of milk, flour, and flavorful spices.
This white sauce pasta is very familiar around the globe, because of its easy method of preparation. It is so soft and creamy, which attracts kids very much.
The base of this recipe is prepared with milk and all-purpose flour. The trick to make creamy soft smooth white sauce pasta is in the preparation of the sauce properly.
Pasta is made from finest wheat semolina and is an excellent source of complex carbohydrates which provide a slow release of energy. Unlike simple sugars, this Complex sugar offers a quick yet sustaining energy level. And those who need immediate as well as lasting energy can prefer to have pasta for breakfast. And for this reason, pasta is a wonderful and delicious food for kids.
The nutritive value of this white sauce pasta contains vitamins A, B1, B2 and also rich in iron, calcium, proteins which are very important for human body. Pasta is cholesterol free and has low sodium content.
Let us see a quick video of this week’s International delicacy.
White sauce pasta | How to make creamy white sauce pasta
Ingredients
Ingredients:
To boil pasta:
- 2 cups pasta
- 6 cups water
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp oil
Veggies used:
- 1 carrot
- 10 cauliflower florets
- ¼ cup green peas
- ¼ cup onion
- 1 tbsp garlic
Other ingredients:
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour maida
- ½ tsp white pepper powder
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp oregano/pasta seasoning (optional)
- ½ tsp redchilli flakes (optional)
- 1 tbsp cheese (optional)
Instructions
Preparation:
- Chop all the vegetables and keep ready.
- Choose any kind of Pasta. today I used Penne pasta.
Recipe:
How to boil pasta:
- In a large vessel take 8 cups of water and bring it to boil.
- When water is boiling add two cups of pasta along with oil and salt.
- Cook pasta Al dente (soft but not mushy).
- It takes around ten minutes for the Penne pasta used. Read the instructions given in the cover and cook accordingly.
- When it is done drain completely without water.
- Add some oregano seasoning and oil mix well and keep aside.
How to make white sauce pasta:
- In a pan heat butter, add finely chopped garlic.
- Saute garlic nicely and add all the chopped vegetables you prefer.
- Mix and cook vegetables in the medium heat without adding any water. You can cover and cook vegetables until soft.
- Add 1.5 cups of milk with the vegetables and cook in simmer for two minutes. Reserve half cup of milk.
- Now add Maida with the remaining milk and make a fine paste without any lumps.
- Add this paste with the milk and stir immediately. Mix quickly so that the maida and milk incorporate well with the vegetables.
- Stir continuously to avoid lumps formation and add extra milk if needed to make a soft smooth creamy sauce.
- Sprinkle the spices white pepper and black pepper powder and salt.
- Add the boiled and seasoned pasta, mix with the sauce.
- In the whole process makes sure there are no lumps formed.
- Coat the sauce well on the pasta and add grated cheese, close with lid, keep in low heat for two mins.
- Finally, Sprinkle some oregano or pasta seasoning. You can use red chilli flakes if you like
- Cheesy soft creamy white sauce pasta is ready. Serve hot.
Notes
Nutrition
Pictorial:
Preparation:
- Chop all the vegetables and keep ready.
- Choose any kind of Pasta, today I used Penne pasta.
Recipe:
How to boil pasta:
- In a large vessel take 8 cups of water and bring it to boil.
- When water is boiling add two cups of pasta along with oil and salt.
- Cook pasta Al dente (soft but not mushy).
- It takes around ten minutes for the Penne pasta I used. Read the instructions given in the cover and cook accordingly.
- When it is done, drain completely without water.
- Add some oregano seasoning and oil mix well and keep aside.
How to make white sauce pasta:
- In a pan heat butter, add finely chopped garlic.
- Saute garlic nicely and add all the chopped vegetables you prefer.
- Mix and cook vegetables in the medium heat without adding any water. You can cover and cook vegetables until soft.
- Add 1.5 cups of milk with the vegetables and cook in simmer for two minutes. Reserve half cup of milk.
- Now add Maida with the remaining milk and make a fine paste without any lumps.
- Add this paste with the milk and stir immediately. Mix quickly so that the maida and milk incorporate well with the vegetables.
- Stir continuously to avoid lumps formation and add extra milk if needed to make a soft smooth creamy sauce.
- Sprinkle the spices white pepper and black pepper powder and salt.
- Add the boiled and seasoned pasta, mix with the sauce.
- In the whole process makes sure there are no lumps formed.
- Coat the sauce well on the pasta and add grated cheese, close with lid, keep in low heat for two mins.
- Finally, sprinkle some oregano or pasta seasoning. You can use red chilli flakes if you like.
- Cheesy soft creamy white sauce pasta is ready. Serve hot.
Tips:
- Make sure to cook pasta soft but not mushy. Read your instructions carefully.
- You can use broccoli, green onions and beans as per the availability.
- Choose spices based on your liking. I used white pepper and black pepper powder. You can use red chilli flakes also.
- Adding grated cheese gives a creamy texture on top. This is optional.
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