Lasagne

yummy delicious lasagne sheets served with layers of sauces and topped with cheese

Ingredients:

(For red Sauce)

• Onion, chopped :       2
• Tomato  :       4
• Salt    :       According to taste
• Chilli flakes  :       ¼ tsp
• Oregano :       ½ tsp
• Garlic cloves  :       6
• Tomato ketchup :       6 tsp
• Sugar   :       1 tsp
• Carom seeds    :       1 tsp
• Basil leaves (dry)     :       ½ tsp
• Oil     :       2 tbsp

(For white sauce)

• Plain flour    :       2 tbsp
• Milk    :       1 cup
• Salt    :       According to taste
• Black/white pepper     :       ¼ tsp
• Sugar   :       1 tsp
• Oil     :       ½ tbsp
• Butter  :       2 tbsp
• Water   :       ¼ cup or as required

(For layers)

• Lasagna sheets :       8
• Cottage cheese :       125 Gms
• Cheese, grated :       ½ cup

Procedure:

• Heat sufficient water in a wide pan. Boil lasagna sheets along with salt. Remove from water and dip in cold water for 5 minutes. Remove and keep aside.
• Cut cottage cheese into thin rectangle pieces. Keep aside.
• For red sauce: Take a cooker, add water, put tomatoes, garlic cloves and allow it to blow two whistles. Remove tomatoes, remove the skin of tomatoes. Allow it to cool.
• Take a grinder. Add boiled tomatoes, garlic cloves and grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
• Take oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, carom seeds and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add salt, chilli flakes, tomato paste and cook till oil gets separated from it.
• Add ketchup, sugar, oregano, basil leaves (fresh/dry) and mix well. Cook for 2 minutes add little water if required.
• For white sauce: Take a pan. Add oil and butter. Add plain flour and stir it continuously so that no lumps should be formed.
• Add milk slowly and keep on stirring to avoid lump formation.
• Once it forms a smooth paste, add salt, white pepper, sugar, water and cook for 5 minutes.
• Take a baking dish. Put a thin layer of red sauce. Then arrange cottage cheese pieces over it.
• Than place 4 lasagna sheets over it and put a nice layer of white sauce. (half of the sauce)
• Put 2 lasagna sheets and put red sauce, again cover it with the remaining 2 sheets.
• Finally put the remaining white sauce, spread grated cheese nicely and cook in microwave for 5 minutes till the cheese melts properly.
• Serve hot cheesy lasagna.

NOTE:

You can also put red sauce between each sheet and don’t place the sheets totally one above another, just spread it to avoid overlapping.

Recipe Contributed By:

Pooja Ahuja

Indore

India

Time Taken: 45 minutes