....Pawan this is for you...The Lasagna with the desi touch..make it this way..believe me it will definitely meet standards
The other day when Pawan and Abhijith came home with their better halves, I had made the Italian Lasagna with the desi touch..Though latha was extremely apprehensive that it should be served with dinner..The visitors had the confidence in my delicacy.
So What's the desi touch...lets understand below.We will go the italian way until we drfit a direction to go the Desi way.
..Getting into basics, lets divide the Lasagna cooking into 3 phases
Phase 1) Preparation of the pasta contents that go into the heart of the Lasagna
Phase 2) The cheese wrapping
Phase 3) The Baking
What do we need (Ingredients) ?
1 packet of MTR Penne Pasta, uncooked
200 Grams Paneer (Desi shift), 1 Onion (Desi shift), 2 tomatoes
1 cup alferedo sauce (for Desi shift, use AMUL cheese), Amul/Britannia Cheese Singles 2 packets (Foodworld / any other place, rectangular ones)
1/2 cup water, 2 cubes of Amul Butter / Olive Oil
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs (Desi shift for vegetarian use Tofu instead)
2 teaspoons chopped basil,1 Tsp Garam Masali (Desi shift),5 beans, 1 capsicum, half Brocolli,1 teaspoon salt,1 peeled and sliced Garlic,1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper,Aluminium Tray, Silver wrapping foil
200 Grams Paneer (Desi shift), 1 Onion (Desi shift), 2 tomatoes
1 cup alferedo sauce (for Desi shift, use AMUL cheese), Amul/Britannia Cheese Singles 2 packets (Foodworld / any other place, rectangular ones)
1/2 cup water, 2 cubes of Amul Butter / Olive Oil
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs (Desi shift for vegetarian use Tofu instead)
2 teaspoons chopped basil,1 Tsp Garam Masali (Desi shift),5 beans, 1 capsicum, half Brocolli,1 teaspoon salt,1 peeled and sliced Garlic,1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper,Aluminium Tray, Silver wrapping foil
...The Cooking
Phase 1) Preparation of the pasta contents that go into the heart of the Lasagna
Phase 1) Preparation of the pasta contents that go into the heart of the Lasagna
1) Heat 2 teaspoons of Butter or Olive Oil in a frying pan and fry the garlic, diced onion, capsicum, beans, Paneer,Brocolli, BASIL and Tofu until they are semi cooked, the smell of the content will definitely give you a semi cooked feeling, dont forget to stir the contents with the garam masala seasoning of 1 tsp, this is the desi touch to our much loved Italian Lasagne
2) Boil the Penne Pasta with 1 tsp oil so that they dont stick to each other for 5min until done, then drain the water from the Pasta and wash it again with Cold water
3) Put the Pasta and the Amul Cheese 1/2 Cup (1 box of Amul cheese) into this and cook, put the crushed pepper and stir continuously, in case you have red chilli flakes with you, drop one or 2 into them. In the last, if you have the Shredded Mozzarella cheese, please put that into the mixture and also the contents of 2 smashed tomatoes that you have hit in the blender, cook for about 15min
4) Cool down the mixture and keep it seperately
Phase 2) The cheese wrapping
1) Wrap the bottom of the Aluminium Tray with the Amul / Britannia cheese singles until you dont see the aluminium foil, to give a thicker crest put 2-3 layers to make the side and the bottom crust thick
2) Put the Contents made in Phase 1 into the crust made with the cheese singles
3) Ensure that the Pasta is well settled inside the crust made with the cheese singles
4) Cover the top of the Pasta with the remaining Cheese singles in an innovative way like they make the apple pie, giving it a bird nest sneak trough look, ensure that the Pasta below isnt seen from the Cheese singles covering.
...You have now set the Dulhan to take the vows of the wedding...lets proceed
Phase 3) The Baking
1) Pre-Heat the Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the Convection Mode (In India, that would be about 120 degrees centigrade approximate)
2) Place the Aluminium Foil tray into the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the top singles melt to slight brown. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes after you remove it from the oven before serving.
Important piece of advice..dont be desperate to taste it hot, once your tongue burns, you are screwed...Good things come to people who wait and am sure that you can wait until its cool enough to be edible, so what are you waiting for....Go Make the Lasagna with the Desi Touch :)
BTW, dont stop yourself to meat it, we have un-meated it since most of our lasagna lovers are vegetarian, make your pasta base as freaky as possible with whatever stuffing you desire....
...Pawan...specially you need to let us know, how did you fare on the second attempt.
This is how it would look once done
