FOOD : EuroGrub : Veggie Casserole

Forget Food, I can have Potatoes all day and for Life.

This dish came to my mind one day and I thought it would be nice to do a combination of a bit of pasta and casserole. So the Sunday found me hitting to the kitchen, and getting all my basics ready for the above casserole. Luckily i had most of the needed ingredients. And this hardly takes around 45 minutes... so its easily fix your lunch!!

And raghu was quite surprised that i had decided on this menu for the Sunday, and as the saying goes 'There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman cooking for someone she loves.' I assume he was quite glad, and I was glad only because I was cooking something with potatoes!

I started with pasta.

U need: Pasta, salt and oil

• Boil 1 fistful of pasta with salt and oil and keep aside.

for the Potatoes:

U need: 4 medium potatoes, butter, little oregano, Milk (1/2 cup), salt.

• Boil 4 medium sized potatoes, Mash them with some butter, oregano, salt and a little milk for the smooth consistency. This is the layer that goes on the top.

White Sauce:

U need: Flour-1 spoon, 4 spoons of butter, milk, salt, pepper.

• In a non stick pan, take some generous dollops of butter, 1 spoonful of Flour and mix fast and make sure there are no lumps. Add milk, salt, Nutmegpowder-if you like it, and mix well. You can tip in Pepper if you like.

Veggies :

U need: Carrot, Baby corn, Mushroom, Zucchini, Broccoli, Beans-All sliced.

• Saute with some Onions, garlic and pepper, depending on how much spice you want. Add salt.

Final Assembly :

• Take a Casserole dish and spread Olive oil on all faces.
• Spread the pasta first along with a portion of White sauce and a portion of the veggies over it.
• Spread the remaining white sauce over the veggies.
• Its time for the heavenly mashed potatoes to get over and be the final layer. Spread some cheese if you wish to, drizzle some Olive oil or throw in some dollops of butter and flake in some Oregano in the end!!

I baked this in the conventional oven for around 45 minutes. I also just grilled some slices of Potatoes and placed it on the top, just for that zzzing.