Vegetables in white sauce

We usually prepare white sauce using refined wheat flour (in India called as maida) but in this recipe we are using whole wheat flour to make it a healthy meal. This is a complete healthy food for kids or even adults, since it contains all vegetables and requires less oil. You experiment with this recipe using any vegetable of your choice.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup baby corns; each cut into 3 pieces,
1/2 cup mushrooms,
1/2 cup green peas,
1/2 cup cauliflower florets,
1/2 cup French beans; chopped,
1/2 cup carrots; diced,
1/2 cup potatoes; diced,
2 large onions; very finely chopped,
4-5 tbsp wheat flour,
2-3 tsp ginger-garlic paste,
2 tsp green chilli paste,
1 cup hot vegetable stock
1 cup milk,
Salt and pepper to taste,
4-5 cinnamon sticks (dalchini),
8-10 peppercorns (kalimirch),
2-3 tbsp oil or butter,
Grated cheese as per taste.

Method:
Boil all the vegetables in water separately with little salt and set aside. Use this water as vegetable stock.
Heat a pan, add oil/butter, add onions, ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste. Then add wheat flour and roast for 2 minutes. Then add hot vegetable stock and milk. Keep stirring continuously till it thickens. Then add salt, cinnamon and peppercorns. Add water/stock if required. Then add all the boiled vegetables. Season with pepper and remove from flame. Top with grated cheese if you like.

Minal

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