Health factor added to your favorite white sauce pasta!! This pasta made using Prolicious high protein pasta provides you with 2X protein than any regular pasta. It’s also high in fiber and gives you prolonged satiety.
The white sauce has been made using barley flour instead of refined flour, this makes the recipe deliciously healthy.
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Prep Time
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15 min |
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Cook Time | 20 min |
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Total Time | 35 mins |
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Servings | 1 |
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Cuisine | Italian |
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Course | Meal (Lunch / Dinner) |
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Diet | Vegetarian |
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Difficulty | Medium |
Ingredients
- Prolicious Macaroni pasta 50 g (1/2 cup)
- Diced capsicum 15 gm (1/4 cup)
- Diced yellow & red bell pepper 15 gm (1/4 cup)
- Broccoli florets 20 gm (1/4 cup)
- Baby corn 15 gm (1/4 cup)
- Onion 1 tbsp
- Oil 1 tsp.
- Oregano ½ tsp.
- Chopped Garlic 1 tbsp.
- Salt to taste.
For white sauce:
- Milk 200 ml
- Cheese 1 tbsp.
- Butter 2 tsp.
- Barley flour 1/2 tbsp.
- Thyme a pinch.
- Chopped Garlic 1 tbsp.
- Black Pepper to taste
- Salt to taste.
Garnishing:
- Mixed herbs to sprinkle
- Chilli flakes to sprinkle
Instructions
For Pasta preparation:
Follow the recipe suggestions given on the back of the pack.
For making the white sauce
- Heat butter in a nonstick skillet. Add the barley flour to it and roast for 2 min or till you get the aroma.
- Add the milk to the pan while stirring continuously and add the cheese, black pepper, thyme, chopped garlic and salt and simmer over medium flame till the sauce thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.
For Assembling the pasta:
- Heat butter in the nonstick skillet and saute the diced vegetables and baby corn till crisp.
- Add the cooked pasta and the prepared sauce. Mix it well.
- Sprinkle the mixed herbs, black pepper, oregano and chilli flakes and stir well.
- Serve hot & enjoy!
Tips Tricks & Facts
- Can replace the dairy products with vegan alternatives if want to have vegan pasta
- Replace butter with vegetable oil
- Add salt sparingly as cheese also contains sodium and can give extra salty taste
- Saute the vegetables only after everything is ready to prevent them from getting soggy
- It’s important to stir the sauce continuously while adding milk to prevent the lumps
Nutritional Information
| Nutritional Information | Per serve |
| Energy (kcal) | 498 kcals |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 54.4 gm |
| Protein (g) | 23.8 gm |
| Fat (g) | 24.5 gm |
| Fibre (g) | 9.3 gm |
| Sodium (mg) | 436 mg |
Credits:
Nutritionist-Prolicious
M.Sc. Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics, CDE.
A life member of the Indian Dietetics Association, she has a varied experience working with, community nutrition, diet consultations, clinical nutrition and Food Industry. Has done research paper presentation at IDA conference 2018 and published a paper in international journal (IJRAR)- Paper ID: IJRAR2001910. She is a passionate Food & Nutrition professional with a warm and friendly demeanor always!
Tags
- Easy to cook
- Made under 30-40 min
- High in protein
- Kids friendly
- Best tiffin recipe for kids
- Healthy alternative to your cheat meals
