Pasta with white sauce

This is the first time I am trying this recipe. It is awesome. Never thought I would enjoy it as much. I have also had the bland versions and have longed for this Italian version that could suit my spice preference.

So here is the version that I made today. Try it, its worth it. And the most interesting part is that you could put it together in like 15 minutes from start to end. I did not have the penne pasta so I had to make do with macaroni.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Serves : 2

Ingredients

Pasta - 1 cup
Sweet Corn - 2 tbsp
Baby Corn - 4 slit
Broccoli - 5 - 6 bite size florets
Carrot - 1/2 cut into 2" sticks
Olive - 6 sliced into rounds
Capsicum - 1/4 cup chopped into cubes
Butter - 3 tbsp
Maida - 3 tbsp
Milk - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
Pepper powder - to taste
Italian Seasoning - 2 tsp
Oregano - 1/2 tsp
Basil - 1/2 tsp
Chilli flakes - 1/2 tsp
Parmesan Cheese - 1 tbsp (Optional)
Water - for cooking the pasta
Olive Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure

1. Heat a pot of water and bring to boil
2. Add the pasta with a tsp of oil and salt
3. Cook till it is just right to bite
4. Drain and set aside covered
5. Boil all the vegetables till crunchy but cooked
6. Heat a pan with olive oil ( I had jalapeno olive oil which tastes amazing), add the boiled vegetables and capsicum and toss on a high flame for 2 minutes
7. Set aside in a bowl
8. To prepare the white sauce, heat butter in a pan on a medium flame, when the butter melts, add the maida and stir with a balloon whisk so that the maida is blended well.
9. Add the milk slowly and stir continuously with the whisk to avoid lumps.
10 . Continue to cook on a medium flame till the sauce thickens.
11. Add salt, pepper powder, italian seasoning, chilli flakes, oregano, basil and cheese if adding now and mix well.
12. Add the vegetables and pasta into the sauce and coat well without stirring too much.
13. Serve hot with garlic bread and enjoy this delicacy

NOTES:

1. If you are not serving immediately, keep the cooked vegetables, sauce and the pasta separate
2. Just before serving, mix the required quantity of each in a separate pan, heat and serve.
3. If you are going to keep the sauce separately till serving, melt some butter and pour over the sauce to avoid a film forming on the sauce.
4. You could even add mushrooms and any other vegetables of your choice, but make sure they are cooked well, without water content and crunchy as well.