How to make White sauce pasta with vegetables

This White sauce pasta with vegetables is a rich dish and after having this creamy tasty pasta, you will really feel very full.

Frequently I used to make the Aglio E Olio recipe with spaghetti, as my kids like them a lot and its very quick to make too. The second come this White sauce pasta with vegetables recipe.

Though it has more cheese, it also has lots of veggies like bell peppers, carrot, corn, peas etc. You can also add your own favorite veggies like potato, baby corn, mushrooms, broccoli and make it more healthier.

If your kids like cheese, you can top up the dish with ricotta cheese or cheddar cheese or Parmesan cheese.

But if you are in diet or following weight loss, then stay away from this recipe.

If you love the pasta recipes, then do have a look at the below easy pasta recipes.

• Pasta Payasam
• Masala pasta
• Spaghetti Aglio E Olio
• Cheesy tomato pasta
• Pasta in red sauce

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How to make White sauce pasta with vegetables

White sauce pasta with vegetables is really a rich and creamy dish which makes you full for the whole day. If you are looking for a recipe with pasta, with loads of veggies, creamy, cheesy and tasty, then this is the right dish for you.

Course Main Course

Cuisine International, Italian

Keyword macroni recipes, pasta recipes, white sauce pasta, white sauce pasta with vegetables

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

0 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 400kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

Ingredients To cook pasta

• Macroni pasta – 200 gms you can also use other variety of pasta
• water – enough water to cook
• salt – as required
• oil – 1 tbsp

Ingredients to prepare white sauce

• Butter – 1 to 2 tbsp room temperature
• All purpose flour/maida – 2 tbsp
• Milk – 1 cup

Other ingredients

• Butter – 1/2 tbsp
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp
• garlic clvoes – 4 chopped finely
• onion – 1 small size chopped finely
• carrot – 2 tbsp
• sweet corn – 1 tbsp
• different colored bell peppers / capsicum – 1/4 cup each
• frozen green peas – 2 to 3 tbsp *check notes
• chilli flakes – 1 tsp
• salt – as needed
• pepper powder – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
• mixed italian herbs – little
• oregano – little
• basil – little
• mozzarella cheese – 1/2 cup
• chilli flakes – little to sprinkle before serving
• Milk – 1/4 cup add only if needed

Instructions

Cooking the pasta

• In a big pan, add enough water to cook pasta and add salt as required and oil.
• To this add macroni pasta and cook until 90% only. Do not over cook as it may become soggy and break when added to the white sauce. You can also use any variety of pasta for this.
• Once it is 90% cooked, filter water completely and keep aside.

Prepare the white sauce

• In another pan, add butter and allow to melt completely.
• Make the flame low, and add the all purpose flour / maida to this. Mix it thoroughly in butter. It gets thickened.
• Once it gets thickened, add the milk and start to stir it continuously, so that no lumps are formed.
• You can see that, the mixture gets thickened nicely. This is our white sauce. Keep it aside.

Cook the veggies

• Now we need to cook the vegetables. For this, in another vessel, add butter and olive oil.
• Add the finely chopped garlic and fry it in medium flame for a minute.
• Include the finely chopped onion and saute it nicely till it becomes translucent.
• Further, include the finely chopped carrots and sweet corns. Carrot and corns are added first, as it may take time to cook.
• Once the carrot and sweet corn are cooked 50%, add the bell peppers. Try to add different colors of bell peppers, as it looks colorful and attract the kids.
• Now I have added the frozen peas.
• Check if the veggies are mostly cooked. Now add the chilli flakes, required salt, italian herbs like oregano and mixed herbs and basil. Mix well and cook for 2 to 3 min in low flame.
• Include the prepared white sauce now. keep the flame low and cook it.
• Mixture starts to thicken again. If the mixture becomes too thick, add 1/4 cup of milk. Now add the cooked pasta and mix well.
• Add the mozzarella cheese and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese melts completely.
• So cheesy, tasty, creamy pasta is ready to be served.

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Notes

check the below notes

Ingredients needed for the recipe

Ingredients To cook pasta

• Macroni pasta – 200 gms (you can also use other variety of pasta)
• water – enough water to cook
• salt – as required
• oil – 1 tbsp

Ingredients to prepare white sauce

• Butter – 1 to 2 tbsp (room temperature)
• All purpose flour/maida – 2 tbsp
• Milk – 1 cup

Other ingredients

• Butter – 1/2 tbsp
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp
• garlic clvoes – 4 chopped finely
• onion – 1 small size chopped finely
• carrot – 2 tbsp
• sweet corn – 1 tbsp
• different colored bell peppers / capsicum – 1/4 cup each
• frozen green peas – 2 to 3 tbsp (*check notes)
• chilli flakes – 1 tsp
• salt – as needed
• pepper powder – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
• mixed italian herbs – little
• oregano – little
• basil – little
• mozzarella cheese – 1/2 cup
• chilli flakes – little to sprinkle before serving
• Milk – 1/4 cup ( add only if needed)

Step by step instruction for making the White sauce pasta with vegetables

Lets see the step by step procedure to make the recipe with pictures.

Cooking the pasta

In a big pan, add enough water to cook pasta and add salt as required and oil.

To this add macroni pasta and cook until 90% only. Do not over cook as it may become soggy and break when added to the white sauce. You can also use any variety of pasta for this.

Once it is 90% cooked, filter water completely and keep aside.

Prepare the white sauce

In another pan, add butter and allow to melt completely.

Make the flame low, and add the all purpose flour / maida to this. Mix it thoroughly in butter. It gets thickened.

Once it gets thickened, add the milk and start to stir it continuously, so that no lumps are formed.

You can see that, the mixture gets thickened nicely. This is our white sauce. Keep it aside.

Cook the veggies

Now we need to cook the vegetables. For this, in another vessel, add butter and olive oil.

Add the finely chopped garlic and fry it in medium flame for a minute.

Include the finely chopped onion and saute it nicely till it becomes translucent.

Further, include the finely chopped carrots and sweet corns. If you like to add veggies like, broccoli, cauliflower, add at this stage. Carrot and corns are added first, as it may take time to cook.

Once the carrot and sweet corn are cooked 50%, add the bell peppers. Try to add different colors of bell peppers, as it looks colorful and attract the kids.

Now I have added the frozen peas. If you like to add the mushroom, add at this stage.

Check if the veggies are mostly cooked. Now add the chilli flakes, required salt, italian herbs like oregano and mixed herbs and basil. Mix well and cook for 2 to 3 min in low flame.

Include the prepared white sauce now. keep the flame low and cook it.

Mixture starts to thicken again. If the mixture becomes too thick, add 1/4 cup of milk. Now add the cooked pasta and mix well.

Add the mozzarella cheese and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese melts completely.

So cheesy, tasty, creamy pasta is ready to be served.

Serve the Tasty White Sauce Pasta with vegetables while it is still hot. mmmm.. yummy yummy..

Notes

1. I have used the frozen green peas. if you are using normal peas, then cook well before and then add it.
2. You can add you own favorite veggies, like broccoli, mushroom, babycorns etc.
3. Do not reduce the amount of mozzarella cheese, as it gives a very nice taste to this dish.
4. If you are on diet or weight loss, stay away from this dish.

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This pasta in red sauce recipe can be easily made at home for breakfast, dinners and even give this as a lunch box recipe for your kids. Pasta in red sauce recipe can be made in different varieties. It can be made using red bell peppers and along with onions. But the main ingredient should be the tomatoes.

When you’re making this, with the red bell peppers the recipe will not be that much tangy. But in this recipe I want the tanginess to be more so I didnt add the red bell peppers. I used only the tomatoes for making this pasta in red sauce recipe. So it is purely your wish to add the bell peppers or not. If you like non-vegetarian, then you can make the same dish adding chicken or prawns and make delicious dish.

If you like pasta recipes like me then kindly have a look at the below pasta recipes like

• pasta payasam
• spaghetti aglio Olio
• Masala pasta in Desi Style
• Cheesy Tomato pasta

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Pasta in red sauce recipe

This pasta in red sauce recipe can be easily made at home for breakfast, dinners and even give this as a lunch box recipe for your kids. Pasta in red sauce recipe can be made in different varieties. It can be made using red bell peppers and along with onions. But the main ingredient should be the tomatoes.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine International

Keyword Pasta in Red Sauce

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Pasta – 1.5 cups shell shaped pasta
• Water – to xook pasta
• Salt – as per taste
• Tomatoes – 3
• Olive oil – 3 to 5 tbsp
• Garlic – 5 cloves chopped finely
• Chilli flakes – 1 tsp
• Oregano – little
• Italian herbs – little
• Pepper powder – little
• Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp
• Parmesan cheese – little
• Sugar – 1 tsp or more

Instructions

To cook pasta

• In a wok, add the required amount of water of about three cups of water and half a teaspoon of salt to cook the pasta.
• Add the pasta.
• Take the tomatoes and make slits as shown in the picture.
• Here I’m cooking the tomatoes along with the pasta itself. If you want you can cook the tomatoes separately for about 10 to 12 minutes or until it is cooked Softly. I’m doing this just to save the time. So cook the pasta for about 10 minutes or until the pasta is cooked.
• Check know whether the pasta and the tomatoes or cooked softly. To check the pasta just take a small piece of it and crush it with your hand. If you can able to crush it easily then the pasta is cooked. To check if tomatoes are cooked, you can see the tomato skin peel off easily.
• Remove the tomatoes and let it cool down. Filter the pasta and keep aside.
• Once the tomatoes are cool down, peel off the skin and chop them to small pieces.
• Now transfer the tomatoes to your food processor or a mixie jar and grind them to a very fine paste.

Prepare the dish

• Add olive oil.
• When the oil.is hot, add the finely chopped garlic cloves. Fry them for about 2 min in low to medium flame.
• Add the red chilli flakes and again fry for about a minute.
• Add the ground paste now and cook for about 10 min.
• Add the italian herbs, oregano and sugar and pepper powder
• Cook until the sauce thickens or till the oil oozes out .
• Add salt and tomato sauce and mix.
• Add the pasta and mix well in the tomato paste.
• Tasty ans delicious Pasta in red sauce is ready to be served.

Step by step instructions of pasta in red sauce

Ingredients

Pasta – 1.5 cups ( shell shaped pasta )
Water – to xook pasta
Salt – as per taste

Tomatoes – 3
Olive oil – 3 to 5 tbsp
Garlic – 5 cloves ( chopped finely )
Chilli flakes – 1 tsp
Oregano – little
Italian herbs – little
Pepper powder – little
Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp
Parmesan cheese – little
Sugar – 1 tsp or more

Methods to cook pasta in red sauce

To cook pasta

In a wok, add the required amount of water of about three cups of water and half a teaspoon of salt to cook the pasta.

Add the pasta.

Take the tomatoes and make slits as shown in the picture.

Here I’m cooking the tomatoes along with the pasta itself. If you want you can cook the tomatoes separately for about 10 to 12 minutes or until it is cooked Softly. I’m doing this just to save the time. So cook the pasta for about 10 minutes or until the pasta is cooked.

Check know whether the pasta and the tomatoes or cooked softly. To check the pasta just take a small piece of it and crush it with your hand. If you can able to crush it easily then the pasta is cooked. To check if tomatoes are cooked, you can see the tomato skin peel off easily.

Remove the tomatoes and let it cool down. Filter the pasta and keep aside.

Once the tomatoes are cool down, peel off the skin and chop them to small pieces.

Now transfer the tomatoes to your food processor or a mixie jar and grind them to a very fine paste.

Prepare the dish

Add olive oil.

When the oil.is hot, add the finely chopped garlic cloves. Fry them for about 2 min in low to medium flame.

Add the red chilli flakes and again fry for about a minute.

Add the ground paste now and cook for about 10 min.

Add the italian herbs, oregano and sugar and pepper powder.

Cook until the sauce thickens or till the oil oozes out .

Add salt and tomato sauce and mix.

Add the pasta and mix well in the tomato paste.

Tasty ans delicious Pasta in red sauce is ready to be served.

Serve it with a dash of parmesan cheese

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Cheesy Tomato Pasta Indian Style recipe is very easy to make and can be prepared in just 15 to 20 minutes. While the pasta is cooking, you can prepare the sauce side by side and it makes your job more easy.

As my kids started asking for different pastas, I am trying different pasta recipes now a days and you can see more and more pasta recipes in coming days.

This cheesy tomato pasta india style recipe you can make in both spicy version and non spicy version just by reducing the number of chillies and adding cream or milk to the pasta. Avoid milk and increase chillies to make a spicier version.

Here I made the non spicier version as my kids can’t eat the very spicy one. I took the recipe from here. Do try out the other pasta recipes like below

• Masala pasta Desi style
• Spaghetti Aglio Olio
• Pasta payasam

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Cheesy Tomato Pasta Indian Style

Cheesy Tomato Pasta Indian Style recipe is very easy to make and can be prepared in just 15 to 20 minutes. While the pasta is cooking, you can prepare the sauce side by side and it makes your job more easy.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Keyword cheesy tomato pasta, tomato pasta indian style

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Author Akila

Ingredients

To cook pasta

• Pasta - 1.5 cups
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Water - to cook pasta

To grind

• Dried red chilli - 2
• Tomato - 3 big

Other ingredients

• Olive oil - 1 tbsp
• Garlic cloves - 6 chopped finely
• Oregano - little
• Mixed herbs - little
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Milk or cream - 1/4 cup
• Pasta cheese - 5 to 6 tbsp
• Parsley - little chopped

Instructions

To cook pasta

• Cook the pasta as per the instructions in the packet.
• ( or )
• In a large pan add enough water.
• When the water started to boil add salt and pasta.
• Cover and cook the pasta. Once the pasta is cooked, filter the water and keep it aside.
• Now when the pasta is cooking you can prepare the tomato sauce meanwhile. In a food processor add dried red chilies and tomato and make a smooth paste by adding a little water. Keep this tomato sauce aside.
• Now in a heavy bottom pan add olive oil.
• Once oil is hot add the chopped garlic cloves and also the herbs.
• Saute the garlic cloves for a minute and add the prepared tomato sauce now.
• Let the tomato sauce cook well. Add Sugar and salt and mix them nicely.
• When the tomato sauce starts to thicken add the cream or milk.
• Add the cooked pasta now and mix them. Allow them to cook in the tomato sauce for a couple of minutes.
• Add in the cheese and cover and cook the pasta for another couple of minutes.
• Now Add some parsley leaves and serve the cheesy tomato pasta india style in a bowl.
• Yummy cheesy tomato pasta india style is ready.

Notes

See the below notes 

Step by step instructions of Cheesy Tomato Pasta Indian Style

Ingredients

To cook pasta

• Pasta – 1.5 cups
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Water – to cook pasta

To grind

• Dried red chilli – 2
• Tomato – 3 big

Other ingredients

• Olive oil – 1 tbsp
• Garlic cloves – 6, chopped finely
• Oregano – little
• Mixed herbs – little
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Sugar – 1 tsp
• Milk or cream – 1/4 cup
• Pasta cheese – 5 to 6 tbsp
• Parsley – little, chopped

Method to prepare Cheesy Tomato Pasta Indian Style

To cook pasta

Cook the pasta as per the instructions in the packet.

( or )

In a large pan add enough water. When the water started to boil add salt and pasta.

Cover and cook the pasta. Once the pasta is cooked, filter the water and keep it aside.

Now when the pasta is cooking you can prepare the tomato sauce meanwhile. In a food processor add dried red chilies and tomato and make a smooth paste by adding a little water. Keep this tomato sauce aside.

Now in a heavy bottom pan add olive oil. Once oil is hot add the chopped garlic cloves and also the herbs.

Saute the garlic cloves for a minute and add the prepared tomato sauce now.

Let the tomato sauce cook well. Add Sugar and salt and mix them nicely.

When the tomato sauce starts to thicken add the cream or milk.

Add the cooked pasta now and mix them. Allow them to cook in the tomato sauce for a couple of minutes.

Add in the cheese and cover and cook the pasta for another couple of minutes.

Now Add some parsley leaves and serve the cheesy tomato pasta india style in a bowl.

Yummy cheesy tomato pasta india style is ready.

Notes

1. If you don’t get pasta cheese, you can use normal cheese too.

2. I love oregano flavour, so I have added them separately also. You can just add mixed herbs alone, as it also contains oregano.

3. Try to add cream, as it gives silky creamy texture for the pasta. As I don’t have cream that time, I added milk instead. If adding milk, try to add full cream milk.

4. Do not reduce the cheese quantity, as it give great taste to this pasta recipe. If you want, you can.add more also.

5. Try to eat this pasta when it is hot, as it tastes great when taken hot.

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Spaghetti aglio olio recipe is one of our family favourite recipe among the other pasta and Macroni recipes. This spaghetti aglio olio I tasted after coming to singapore only and I just fell in love with it at the first taste itself. After I come to know the recipe of this, I was so surprised that it needs very little ingredients yet the tastes is so so awesome.

This spaghetti aglio olio is made with just five ingredients and very very easy as well as tasty. This can be given as a lunch box recipe for the kids and assure they will definitely love it and empty their lunch box for sure.

If you like the pasta and spaghetti recipes, then do check out the other pasta and macaroni recipes in our blog like Pasta payasam and Masala pasta. I will be preparing more pasta and macaroni recipes in coming days and post soon.

So let’s see the preparation of the spaghetti aglio olio recipe.

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Ingredients

• Spaghetti ( Angel hair ) – 150 cms
• Garlic cloves – 5 to 6 ( finely chopped)
• Parsley – 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
• Chilli flakes – 1 tsp ( or more or as per your spice level )
• Olive oil – 6 tbsp + 1 tsp
• Parmesan cheese – 2 to 3 tsp ( or more )
• Salt – 1 tsp or as per taste

Method to prepare Spaghetti Aglio Olio Recipe

1. In the pan add enough water and a teaspoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of salt.

2. When the water is boiling add the spaghetti.

3. Cover and cook until the spaghetti is well cooked. Here I have used angel hair spaghetti. You can add any type of spaghetti. You can either follow this instructions or cook the spaghetti according to the instructions given in the spaghetti packet.

4. No the spaghetti is well cooked. Filters the water and keep aside.

5. Now add the 6 tablespoon of olive oil.

6. When the oil is hot add the garlic cloves and fry it. Do not over fry and turn it black. away.

7. Now add the chopped parsley leaves and give a quick fry.

8. Add the chili flakes and again give quick fry.

9. Mix filtered spaghetti and stir them well so that the garlic and the chili flakes or mixed fully. Adjust the salt if needed.

10. Add the parmesan cheese and mix again. So that the cheese is well coated.

11. Serve in a plate and sprinkle some more parmesan cheese and chilli flakes for extra flavour.

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Spaghetti Aglio Olio Recipe

This spaghetti aglio olio is made with just five ingredients and very very easy as well as tasty. This can be given as a lunch box recipe for the kids and assure they will definitely love it and empty their lunch box for sure.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian, International

Keyword Spaghetti Aglio Olio Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Author Akila

Ingredients

• Spaghetti Angel hair - 150 cms
• Garlic cloves - 5 to 6 finely chopped
• Parsley - 2 tbsp finely chopped
• Chilli flakes - 1 tsp or more or as per your spice level
• Olive oil - 6 tbsp + 1 tsp
• Parmesan cheese - 2 to 3 tsp or more
• Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste

Instructions

• In the pan add enough water and a teaspoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of salt.
• When the water is boiling add the spaghetti.
• Cover and cook until the spaghetti is well cooked. Here I have used angel hair spaghetti. You can add any type of spaghetti. You can either follow this instructions or cook the spaghetti according to the instructions given in the spaghetti packet.
• No the spaghetti is well cooked. Filters the water and keep aside.
• Now add the 6 tablespoon of olive oil.
• When the oil is hot add the garlic cloves and fry it. Do not over fry and turn it black. away.
• Now add the chopped parsley leaves and give a quick fry.
• Add the chili flakes and again give quick fry.
• Mix filtered spaghetti and stir them well so that the garlic and the chili flakes or mixed fully. Adjust the salt if needed.
• Add the parmesan cheese and mix again. So that the cheese is well coated.
• Serve in a plate and sprinkle some more parmesan cheese and chilli flakes for extra flavour.

Notes

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Notes

1. Parmesan cheese gives a nice flavour and taste. So don’t reduce the quantity.

2. Adjust chilli flakes according to your spice level.

3. If you do not have chilli flakes, add the nicely chopped fresh red chilli.

4. Try to use Olive oil as it gives great taste to these kind of continental (pasta) recipes.

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