Creamy Spinach Pasta

Ingredients : Serves 4

 

• Wheat pasta - 200 gms ( any desired shape. I used Fuseli and Penne)
• White Sauce ( Refined flour 50 gm, Butter 50 gm , milk 100 ml , water 100 ml , Salt & pepper to taste)
• Spinach thick puree - 150 ml
• Sweet corn - 100 gms
• Mushrooms - 100 gms
• Capsicum - 100 gms
• Italian seasoning - as per taste
• Grated Parmesan Cheese - 100 gms

 

 

Procedure :

 

• Cook pasta in a boiling water with little oil & salt till its Al - Dante (stage before its completely cooked) Strain & keep aside

 

• For white sauce - Put refined flour in  a pan , cook for a while on low flame. Add butter . Gradually add milk & water . Use whisk to avoid lumps formation . Cook till it reaches thick creamy texture ( hardly takes 2 mins)  Add salt & Pepper as per your taste.

 

• Add spinach puree to the white sauce & simmer for a while. ( While cooking keep adding water or milk to the sauce because it tends to become thick till the time its on the flame)

 

• in a separate pan heat butter , add boiled sweet corn , mushrooms & capsicum . sauté on a high flame. Add salt , Italian seasoning , Chilly flakes as per your taste .

 

• Transfer all the vegetables & Pasta in a spinach & white sauce mixture. Simmer for a while.

 

• While serving you can add Grated Parmesan cheese to it. ( Not compulsory )

 

• Serve hot with the bread of your choice.