Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe
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Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin is a healthy main course dish and is quite filling. Learn how to make/prepare Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin by following this easy recipe.
Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe |
Preparation Time |
25 Minutes |
Cooking Time |
15 Minutes |
Difficulty |
Difficult |
Recipe Type |
Veg. |
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Mixed Boiled Vegetables (carrots, peas, French beans) (chopped)
- ½ cup Onion (chopped)
- 1 Green Chili (chopped)
- 1 tsp Butter
- 1 cup Low Calorie White Sauce
- Salt (to taste)
- Pepper (to taste)
For Low Calorie White Sauce
- 1½ cups Cauliflower Or Bottle Gourd (lauki) (chopped)
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Whole Wheat Flour (gehun ka atta)
- 1 cup Low Fat Milk
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
For Topping
- 2 tbsp Cheese (grated)
How to make Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin:
- For Low Calorie White Sauce
- Take a pan and pour 2 cups of water in it, along with cauliflower. Boil it, until the cauliflower turns soft.
- Blend the cauliflower using a hand blender and strain water out of it.
- Take a pan and heat butter in it. Add the whole wheat flour and sauté for a few seconds.
- Add cauliflower purée and milk to it and cook the mixture continuously, till it gets thick.
- Add salt and pepper as per taste and keep aside.
For Vegetable Au Gratin
- Heat butter in the saucepan and sauté onions in it, for a few seconds. Add chilies to it and sauté again.
- Now, add white sauce, vegetables, salt and pepper to it and mix well. Bring it to boil.
- Preheat the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees C and pour this mixture in the greased baking dish.
- Top the dish with grated cheese and let it bake.
- Serve hot.