Traditional lasagna is an Italian cuisine and is layered with cheese, spinach or chicken inbetween pasta sheets. I tasted this in one of my friends home with chicken and cheese with indian flavors. So I thought to avoid cheese and try a veggies version of this. This one is a heavy dinner packed with lot of veggies. Kids will love this sure.
Here comes the recipe.
Here comes the recipe.
Ingredients:
Onion - 1 medium
Mushroom - 2 cups
Capsicum - 1 1/2 cups(one color or combo of 3 colors)
Cabbage - 1 1/2 cups
Spinach - 2 1/2 cups
Tomato - 4( make a purée)
Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp
Salt
For temper:
Butter - 2 tbsp
Garlic - 10 pods
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Red chili flakes - 1 tsp
Oregano - 1/2 tsp
Italian seasoning - 1/2 tsp
For layering:
Butter - 1 tbsp
Lasagna - 1 pack(I used ready to cook pasta sheets)
Eggs-for each layer 2, so for this one I used 8 eggs.
Mozzarella cheese - 100gm/2 cups
How to prepare filling:
1. Chop onion and garlic finely.
2. Chop the other veggies thin.
3. In a large pan, temper with the ingredients.
4. Add onions, capsicum, mushroom and salt. Mix well, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
5. Add tomato purée, ketchup, spinach and cabbage. Cover and cook it for 10 minutes.
6. Check for salt and spice and cook till it is dry and has no water in it.
7. Remove from flame and keep aside.
How to layer and bake:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 F( see notes).
2. Butter a glass dish, I used 13 by 9 pan.
3. Spread a little filling( to avoid pasta sticking in pan)
4. Place lasagna sheets on the top of that.
5. Spread filling evenly on top of the sheet.
6. Beat 2 eggs in a separate bowl and pour it over the filling evenly. Traditional lasagna uses cheese instead of egg. To avoid cheese, I add egg.
7. Now keep lasagna sheet and repeat the filling and egg alternately.
8. End with egg on top.
9. If you had less filling, then top with cheese.
10. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
11. Now bake for 25 minutes(or as per instructions in the box).
12. Remove foil after 25 minutes and broil for 5-7 minutes to make cheese becomes golden brown on top.
13. Remove from the oven and rest it for 15 minutes.
14. Cut, serve and taste this yum yum lasagna.
Notes:
1. Set the temperature according to your lasagna package. I use ready to cook lasagna pack here. It doesn’t need to be cooked to layer. Alternately traditional lasagna sheets are there. You have to cook it to layer. Choose according to your convenience.
2. You can also add zucchini, beans to the filling.
