Monday, May 5, 2008

White Sauce

This recipe uses cauliflower as a thickening agent. It is low in calories but rich in Vitamin C & is a nutritious alternative to the usual white sauce which uses more of refined flour & butter as thickening agents.

No. of Servings : 3 cups
Preparation Time : 15 mins

Ingredients :
  • 2 teacups Cauliflower
  • 2 teaspoons Butter
  • 2tbsp Plain Flour
  • 1 teacup Skim Milk
  • Salt & pepper to taste
Method :
  • Boil cauliflower in 2 teacups of water until soft. Blend it in liquidizer & strain
  • Heat butter, add the flour & cook for ½ minute
  • Add milk & cauliflower puree & heat while stirring the mixture continuously until it becomes thick.
  • Add salt & pepper

3 comments:

Heena said...

Cauliflower in the white sauce is something new I am hearing from you.will try it during weekend.

Kruti Shah said...

yeah heena... i also tried it for the first time. I found it in Tarla Dalal's Low Cal book, initially i was a bit apprehensive of using cauliflower in white sauce, since had never tried... but it turned out really good atleast for Florentine....

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