Ever Tried Bottle Gourd Pasta? It’s Time To Try
By Deepali Verma
Adding bottle gourd as a healthful twist to traditional white sauce pasta. Kids will adore it and won't know that it contains lauki.
Ingredients
1 Bottle Gourd, 1 Cup Pasta, 2 n half cups milk, 1 Onion, 1 Bay leaf, 2 Cloves, 1 tbsp Olive oil, 6-8 Garlic cloves.
Chopped veggies of your choice, Olives, Salt as per taste, 2 tbsp Italian Seasoning, 1/2 tsp Pepper powder, 3-4 Slices of Cheese, 2 small cubes of butter, 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
Method
Pressure cook bottle gourd in one cup milk, onion, bay leaf and cloves upto 2 whistles. Once cools down make a puree and strain it. Remove the spices and onion.
Boiling
Heat water in a large pan with some salt to boil the pasta.
Sauteing
Heat olive oil in a pan, sauté chopped garlic and all the veggies. Add salt and Seasoning and set it aside.
Melt Butter
In another pan heat butter and make a sauce using whole wheat flour. Cook it on low flame till the raw smell is gone and then goes in the bottle gourd puree.
Add Cheese
Ensure to add it little by little and keep whisking to avoid lumps. Once it comes to a boil, add salt seasoning and cheese.
Add Veggies
Once the cheese melts add veggies and pasta. Add milk to adjust the consistency or you may use the pasta water too.
