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Lasagna or Lasagne is a form of pasta in sheets made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese and meat or vege sauces.I mostly prefer baked pasta with cheese over simple pasta.I have always made this lasagne with ready made lasagne pasta sheets, but i came across this recipe of making pasta sheets at home so i decided to give a try and they were as tasty as readymade sheets.This lasagna pasta is very easy to prepare along with sheets.

INGREDIENTS:

• 3/4 cup white sauce(bechamel sauce)
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup grated ricotta cheese
• 1 tea spoon chopped parsley

For lasagna Sheets:

• 1 cup all purpose flour(or wheat flour)
• 1 table spoon olive oil
• milk
• salt

For Mushroom Sauce:

• 2 cups chopped mushrooms
• 1 cup capsicum sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 table spoon garlic chopped
• 2 fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
• 1 tea spoon chilli sauce
• 1 tea spoon butter
• 1 tea spoon oregeno
• 1 tea spoon chilli flakes
• pepper powder
• olive oil
• salt

METHOD:

Kned the flour using milk and rest of the ingredients.Do not add water just milk to kned it.Now keep it aside for 30 mins.

Roll out thin sheets from it.Heat 1 litre water in a big vessel.When it starts boiling add little oil and salt.Put one sheet carefully in boling water and let it get cooked for few mins.When its rises on top fully and becomes bit transparent its done.It will take 2-3 mins.

Repeat the same with the remaining sheets.Cook one sheet at a time as they can stick to each other if more then one are put together.When each sheet is cooked remove it and directly put it in cold water.

Now for the mushroom sauce, i had made a very simple one.Heat olive oil in a pan and add butter in it.Saute chopped garlic till it turns light brown.Now add hand torn basil leaves, adding them at this stage give nice aroma to it.

Add the chopped onion and saute till it gets translucent.Add the sliced capsicum and saute it for 2 mins.Now add the mushroom pieces and add salt and let it get cooked.Now add chilli sauce,pepper powder and tomato ketchup.Mix it well and add chilli flakes and oregeno and remove from flame.

Now Heat white sauce for some time and add ricotta cheese in it.Now the lasagna must be arranged.Take a baking pan or bread loaf pan and grease it with butter.Keep one pasta sheet and spread a layer of mushroom sauce on it.Keep the second pasta sheet on it and spread layer of mushroom sauce again.Repeat it till all the sheets and the mushroom sauce gets over.I had just made 5 sheets and little sauce as it was my first attempt to make pasta sheet at home so my lasagna is not as thick as normal one.

The last layer must be a pasta sheet.Now spread the white sauce all over it evenly.On top of it spread grated mozarella cheese.Bake it at 220 degress for 20-25 mins or till the cheese melts and becomes brown.I like more melted and browned cheese so i had baked bit more than normal.

Cut it into pieces and garnish with fresh parsley and serve hot.

NOTE:You can even use egg instead of milk in pasta sheet flour.

You can use wheat flour instead of all purpose flour to make more healthy pasta.

Preparation Time:40 mins