Ruchi Bharani is up with a unique, healthy, cheesy and delectable recipe called 'Baked Vegetables With Basil'. This dish is a part of the Italian main course and is worth a taste. So pamper your taste buds with this easy, delicious recipe.
Ingredients:
400 gms cauliflower 100gms tomato 250 gms carrots 1 1/2 cup basil 3 Green Chillies 1 tbsp. Cashewnuts 200 gms green peas 100 gms french Beans 1 tbsp. Butter 1 tsp. jeera 1 tbsp. raisins 100 gms. tomatoes
For sauce: 3 cups milk 3 tbsp. cheese 1 tsp. sugar Salt to taste 1 tbsp. corn flour 1 tbsp. butter 1/2 cup basil
Method:
To make vegetables: - Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, ginger, green chillis, cashew nuts and raisins and saute them for about half a minute. - Add the chopped tomatoes and tear in some fresh basil leaves into the pan. - Once the tomatoes are nicely cooked, take the pan off the flame and grind the above ingredients into a smooth paste. - After blending, pour the mixture in a bowl. - Add the boiled vegetables - mushrooms, french beans, broccoli, baby corn, carrots, yellow corn and salt to the tomato mixture and mix all the ingredients well. - Layer these vegetables in a greased baking dish.
To make the white sauce: - In a vessel, add milk, butter, cornflour, cheese and a little bit of sugar and turn on th e flame. - Keep stirring the ingredients until they boil and become thick and creamy. - Take the sauce off the flame and season it with salt and some fresh torn basil leaves.
- Pour this sauce on the vegetables kept in the greased baking dish and add some grated cheese on the top. - Place the above in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes. - Your baked dish is ready to serve.
