PASTISTO

FOR ALL THOSE PASTA LOVERS!!! 

INGREDIENTS: 

you will need:

• red italian sauce
• white sauce
• processed cheese
• pasta- can be fusilli, penne, farfalle ( i used penne and fusilli)
• mix vegetables( cut into diamond shapes) ( zuchinni, capsicum, bell peppers, onion, corn , spring onions)

for red sauce;

• red tomatoes
• ginger garlic ( churned)
• tomato sauce ( use maggi hot and sweet)
• dried oregano
• red chilli flakes 
• salt/ pepper
• sugar
• oil - 1/2 tsp

METHOD:

1. boil the tomatoes in heavily bottomed pan, after the tomatoes are boiled, blend the tomatoes and make puree out of it.
2. take oil in a pan, add ginger garlic and saute it for 2 mins. , then add oregano , red chilli flakes, then add puree, simmer it   for 10 mins.  add sauce and sugar, again cook for 5 min . add salt / pepper as per taste.

for white sauce: 

• maida- 1 tbsp.
• milk- 1 glass
• butter 2tsp.
• sugar 
• salt/pepper

METHOD:

1. take a pan , add butter and allow it to melt, add maida and cook for 2 mins.
2. then add milk quickly, stir continuosly to avoid lumps. (milk should be in room temp.)
3. add sugar , salt/ pepper.
4. turn off the heat when the milk attains a creamy texture.

how to boil pasta 

take heavy bottom pan , add water and bring it to boil. add oil and salt.. then add ur pasta

once it boils , strain it out and wash under cool water and sprinkle oil onto it, so that they do not stick to each other...

LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST!!

take oil in a pan, add oregano, red chilli flakes, add all the vegetables, saute for 5 mins. add boiled pasta ,

sprinkle salt and pepper , add both the sauce. cook for 5 mins. turn off the heat.

take a baking bowl, grease it with butter add the pasta , and top it with cheese, garnish it with spring onions oregano, chilli flakes..

bake it till the cheese cooks on top.

                                           note; do not overcook  the cheese, as the pasta is already cooked...

 ENJOY THE PASTISTO HOT WITH GARLIC BREAD...!!