Vegetarian Lasagna
- bey0ndM@gz!ne
- December 13, 2019
- Food-Recipe
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Layer 1 – Grilled Eggplant
Ingredients:
- Eggplants, 2
- Olive Oil for brushing
- Salt to taste
- Chilli flakes if desired
Instructions:
- Cut eggplants into long thin slices
- Brush a stovetop grill pan with olive oil and place the slices
- Sprinkle salt and chili flakes if desired
- Grill on low flame for a few minutes on each side
- Set aside to cool
Layer 2 – Mixed Peppers
Ingredients:
- Finely chopped mixed bell peppers – red, yellow, green, 2 cups
- Finely chopped onions, 1 cup
- Finely chopped tomatoes, 2 cups OR 2 cans of chopped tomatoes, remove excess liquid
- Finely chopped parsley
- Few cloves of crushed garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Heat olive oil in a large pan
- Add garlic, onion and bell peppers and cook on a high flame
- Add tomatoes and continue to cook till all the water evaporates
- Season with salt and pepper
- Set aside to cool
Layer 3 – Creamed Spinach
Ingredients:
- Washed, chopped and blanched spinach, 2 cups
- Cornflour, 3 tbsp
- Whole milk, 1.5 cups
- Salt and pepper to tasteHeat olive oil in a small pan
Instructions:
- Add cornflour and cook for a few seconds
- Add milk and stir to create a medium think consistency
- Remove a half cup of this white sauce and set aside
- Add spinach to the rest of the sauce in the pan and cook
- Add additional milk if required to have a medium-dry consistency creamed spinach
- Season with salt and pepper
- Set aside to cool
Lasagna sheets:
- Boil water in a large bottom pan, add 1 tsp olive oil and 1 tsp salt
- Add lasagna sheets and cook for about 1-2 minutes till sheets are softened
- Remove from water and let try on a tabletop counter
- PS: You can keep boiling the sheets as you assemble the dish
Assembling:
- In a rectangle lasagna dish, brush the base with some olive all
- Cover the base with lasagna sheets arranged symmetrically
- Brush with the white sauce set aside and arrange the grilled eggplant slices
- Add another layer of lasagna sheets
- Once the eggplant is fully hidden with the sheets, add the creamed spinach layer – about one inch high. Hold on to any excess creamed spinach
- Add another layer of lasagna sheets
- Once the spinach is fully hidden with the sheets, add the bell pepper layer – about one-inch high
- Repeat with additional sheets and layers of the eggplant/spinach/bell peppers until the dish is full
- Top with grated mozzarella and cheddar cheese and a dash of olive oil
Bake @ 180degrees for about 15-20 mins till the cheese layer starts to brown. To serve, cut the lasagna into 2×2 inch squares or as desired and serve all layers simultaneously.
