Lasagna Recipe By Shireen Anwar

To make lasagna you need to complete 3 steps. In first step you have to make chicken and in second you have to make white cheese sauce and in third one you have to make tomato sauce. You can make lasagna with chicken or with beef mince. I love to have mine with chicken chunks in it

Ingredients Of Lasagna

For Chicken Filling

• 1/2 kg boneless chicken, small pieces
• 3 tbsp. oil
• 2 tbsp. finely chopped onion
• 1 tsp. garlic paste
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 6 mushrooms
• 1 tsp. oregano
• 1 tbsp. flour
• 4 tbsp. cream

For Cheese Sauce

• 3 tbsp. butter
• 2 tbsp. flour, heap
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. white pepper
• 1.5 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

For Tomato Sauce

• 1 tbsp. oil
• 1 tbsp. chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp. garlic paste
• 4 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. crushed red pepper
• 1 tsp. oregano
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 cup water

For Lasagna

• 6 lasagna sheets, boiled
• 1 capsicum, cut in stripes
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

Cooking Method Of Lasagna

For Chicken Filling

• Heat oil in a wok and fry onion in it till its very light brown in color. Add garlic paste and sauté it for a while.
• Now add chicken pieces and fry it. Add salt, black peeper, mushrooms, oregano and flour. Mix well and add 1/2 cup water and cook till chicken become tender.
• In the end add cream and your chicken filling is now ready for lasagna.

For Cheese Sauce

• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in flour. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes. Do not brown.  take off from heat and then gradually stir in milk and continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, until sauce begins to thicken.
• When sauce start thickening add half cup water. Now cook till the sauce consistency is medium.
• Season it with salt and  white pepper. Remove from heat and add grated cheese in it and mix it well. Now your cheese sauce is ready.

For Tomato Sauce

• This sauce is also known as pasta sauce and you can store it in jar and can use for 2 weeks.
• Heat oil and fry chopped onion in it till its soft, add garlic paste and sauté for few seconds, also add red chili flakes, salt, 1/2 cup water and tomato paste, mix well.
• Add oregano and  sugar. Season with salt . Cook until nice thick sauce consistency.

Arranging Lasagna

• Take a big baking dish and arrange 3 cooked lasagna strips on base. Put cooked chicken filling on it. Put some capsicum stripes and pour white and red sauce over it.
• Repeat the second layer with 3 sheets and repeat the layering process.
• Sprinkle cheese on top and bake in preheated oven at 190 for 3-4 minutes or until the cheese is melted and top is golden.