white sauce pasta recipe

• 1 Cup shell or any other pasta
• 2 Tbsp maida (all purpose flour)
• 4 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tsp oregano
• 3 Cheese slices
• 1 Tsp chili flakes
• 1 Tsp crushed black pepper
• 2 Cups of milk (Using full fat milk)
• 1 Tsp chopped garlic
• 1 big red chilli
• 1/2 Cup chopped cauliflower
• 1 Tsp oil
• Salt to taste

Steps For Boiling Pasta:

1. Boil some water in a medium sized vessel and add some salt to it.
2. Add 1 cup of pasta to the boiling water. I have used shell pasta, but you can use your choice of pasta.
3. Cook the pasta for around 7-10 min on a medium to high flame. Not very soft or very hard is the stage we are looking for.
4. Drain the water using a sieve and run some cold water over the pasta to stop further cooking.
5. Add 1 tsp oil and give it a mix and keep it aside.

Steps for Sauce:

1. In a pan, heat 1 tsp butter. Once the butter heats up, add 1 tsp chopped garlic and saute it for a min till garlic becomes light brown in color.
2. Add 1/2 cup of chopped cauliflower. You can replace cauliflower with corns, peppers, mushrooms or broccoli as per your choice.
3. Add 1/2 tsp chili flakes, 1/2 tsp oregano and 1/2 tsp crushed black pepper. Give it a good mix and sauté till cauliflowers are cooked.
4. Add 1 chopped red chilli Sauté these for a min. Make sure not to overcook them.
5. Add some salt to taste and cook it for a min. Keep it aside for now.
6. In a pan, heat 3 tbsp butter.
7. Add 2 tbsp maida/ all purpose flour. Keep stirring and cook it for few min. Cook it till its raw taste is gone whilst no change in color.
8. Add 2 cup full fat milk and keep stirring it to avoid any lumps in the sauce.
9. Once the sauce comes to boil, add 3 cheese slices and give it a good stir. Cook the sauce till it thickens.
10. Add 1/2 tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp chili flakes, 1/2 tsp crushed black pepper and mix it well.
11. In goes, the cooked cauliflower mixture to the sauce and give it a stir.
12. Add the boiled pasta to sauce now and mix it well such that it gets a nice coat of sauce.
13. Taste the pasta and adjust the amount of salt as per your taste.
14. Pasta is now ready to be served. Enjoy!