Low Calorie Vegetable Au Gratin

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Preparation Time:	25 M
Cooking Time:	15 M
Difficulty:	Difficult

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)

Cooking Instructions:

• 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.