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Baked Pasta/ Lasagna with pasta of your choice
Ingredients:-

• Pasta
• Penne pasta (or any pasta of your choice 1 packet of 400 grams)
• Salt 1 tsp
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Water to boil the pasta

• Meat sauce
• Oil 3 tbsp
• Onion 1 big (chopped)
• Ginger paste 1/2 tsp
• Garlic paste 1/2 tsp
• Minced chicken 500 grams
• Salt 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Basil 1 tsp optional
• Tomato pasta 1 packet [135 grams]
• Water 1 cup or more

• Bechamel Sauce
• Butter 3 tbsp
• All purpose flour 3 tbsp
• Milk 2-3 cups
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder to taste
• Other
• Mozarella cheese as needed
• Ketchup or Pasta Sauce 5-6 tbsp

Methods:-
• Pasta: Boil pasta in water, seasoned with salt and oregano according to package instructions.
• Drain, rinse with tap water, keep aside.

• Meat sauce: Sauté onion in 3 tbsp oil until soft.
• Add ginger and garlic paste and cook until raw smell goes off.
• Add minced chicken, salt, black pepper and oregano and mix thoroughly.
• Add tomato paste and water. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes until the moisture. evaporates.
• Now cook for 5-6 minutes without adding water, this will help eliminate the odour of the raw chicken, if left any.
• Lastly, add water to adjust the consistency of the meat sauce, let cook for 1 more minute and turn the flame off. Keep aside.

• Bechamel sauce: Melt butter in a pot on a medium flame and stir in the flour until smooth. Continue stirring as the flour cooks to a light, golden, sandy color, about 5-7 minutes.
• Add 1 cup of milk and stir until there are no lumps.
• Add 1 more cup of milk and stir.
• Add salt, black pepper powder and nutmeg. Cook, stirring continuously until thickened. Add more milk if the Bechamel sauce is too thick. (It depends how heaped your flour spoons were. I had to use 3 cups of milk in total).
• Turn the flame off and start assembling the lasagna.

• Layers: Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Take a big rectangular casserole and brush with Pasta sauce or ketchup. This keeps the lasagna moist and prevents the paste from sticking at the bottom.
• Place half of the boiled paste, layer with half of the bechamel sauce and top with half of the meat sauce. Then sprinkle generous quantity of mozzarella cheese on top. Repeat with the second layer. Top it off with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30-40 minutes, so that the cheese in the middle melts properly and binds the layers together.
• Take out of the oven and serve immediately.
• Enjoy!


Layered Caramel Bread Pudding

Ingredients:-
• Bread slices 8, crust removed
• Milk 1 L
• Pudding sachets 2
• Thick cream tin or packet 1
• Pineapple slices 4

Method:-
• Mix pudding sachet in milk and cook until starts boiling. Now cook for 4-5 minutes on low flame.
• Turn the flame off and add cream. mix to dissolve the lumps.
• In a serving dish, place four slices to make the first layer of the dessert.
• Pour half of the hot pudding mixture on the bread slices. Poke the slices with fork to facilitate absorption.
• Place four more bread slices on top and pour the rest of the pudding.
• Top with pineapple slices and refrigerate for a few hours.
• Drizzle caramel on top juts before serving.
• Enjoy!