Lasagne

Lasagne 

Ingredients:

• 3 Cups Milk
• 2 Tbsp White flour
• 1Pinch of Nut Meg powder
• 2Tbs Margarine
• 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
• ½ Kg Minced Meat 
• 3 Cup Chopped Onion
• Chopped fresh Basil Leaves
• 2Tbs Chopped Garlic
• ½ Cup Diced Tomatoes
• ½ Cup Tomato Paste
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1Tea spoon Oregano 
• 1 Cup Onion (Chopped)
• Lasagne Sheets (Italian Made) 15pieces
• 150 Gm Grated Mozzarella Cheese 

Directions:

Mince Meat Sauce

First of all in a Skillet put 1 TBS Olive Oil and 1 cup of chopped Onion and sauté for some time till it gets slightly brown color add the Mince Meat into it and mix well in high flame. Add salt and crushed whole pepper. Stir very often to avoid the lumps and cook till all juice gets dried and keep separately. Remove the meat form the skillet and keep aside. Clean the Skillet and add 2TBS Olive Oil and put 2 Cups of Onion and stir well until it cooks well add garlic into it cook in high flame for some time and add the diced fresh tomatoes, Oregano and fresh Basil Leaves and cook well. At last add the Tomato  paste and cook for some time and if require add ½ cup boiling water into it and cook well till the oil comes out from the sides of the Skillet.

White Sauce

In a Sauce pan put margarine and add the flour and sauté well and the boiling milk slowly while stirring continuously to avoid lumps by a wire whisk. Add the Nut Meg and salt (mix the salt and nut meg together before adding to the white sauce) into Sauce.
In a cooking pot boil the water and little oil into it. Put little salt and add the Lasagne Sheets into it one by one to avoid stick together. Stir slowly with a wooden fork and remove from the pot and transfer the sheets into big bowl of cold water. When the sheets gets cool strain the water and keep the Lasagne in the Strainer. 

Final Preparation

Take a Pyrex rectangular oven proof clear glass Dish, rub the dish with margarine or olive oil and lay one layer of Lasagne Sheets(5 sheets). Divide the Meat mixture in three portions. Put one portion of the Meat mixture on the Sheets evenly. Put one portion of White sauce over the meat mixture. Sprinkle some Mozzarella Cheese on it. Make three layers like this and at last pour the left over white sauce over the Lasagne and the cheese over it. Sprinkle some Parmesan Cheese powder over the Lasagne and cook in a moderate oven for 30 to 40 minutes or till the color over the Lasagne gets brown. Then remove from the Oven and keep aside for 15 minutes before cutting into pieces as you see in the picture.  

Thanking our Lord: 

Lord we thank you for all your blessings on us. Lord we thank you for this new recipe, which is introducing to our brothers and sisters. Lord, Let all of us always value of the blessings which you have given to us. 

Dear brothers and sisters,

I still remember about my Mom from that while she was preparing the food for her In Laws and other relatives of my father. She takes great effort to make it in a best way she knows. Of course she is a very good cook and she loves cooking and never felt tired even now in her late 70’s. Always her only wish was to give the best service to the relatives and friends. She is my inspiration to cook the food with love and enthusiasm.
I know many mothers and sisters in our community that they love cooking and share their love and experience with others whole heartedly. This is the kind of giving selflessly and for caring others in all their needs. God loves the cheerful heart 2Cor. 9:7. Everything should come from the heart with full of love of God. Let us pray to God to give us a cheerful heart to love Him and love others. 

MPI-CG