Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna

Ingredients for lasagna

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• 200 grms Lasagna sheets
• spinach and mushroom sauce
• red sauce
• mashed potatoes
• 200 grms shredded cheese

Ingredients for red sauce

• 1 tbsp olive oil
•  1 tsp chilli flakes
• 6 garlic finely chopped
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 200grms tomato puree or 100 grms tomato paste
• 2tsp sugar
• 1/2 capsicum chopped finely (optional)
• salt /pepper to taste
• 1 tsp basil
• 1tsp oregano

ingredients for mashed potatoes

• 4 medium potatoes boiled and mashed
• 3 tbsp salted butter
• 2 tbsp fresh bread crumbs
• pepper to taste.

Method for red sauce

1. Heat oil in a pan add garlic and saute add the onion. Saute for few seconds then add the chill powder, basil and oregano. Fry for 30 seconds and then add chopped capsicum and fry for 2 minutes.
2.  Add the tomato puree, salt, pepper and sugar. cook well (you can also add chicken at this point) If the consistency is too thick you can add few tablespoons of water.
3. Keep this aside till further use.

Method for mashed potatoes.

1. Mix potatoes,butter,breadcrumbs and pepper and mash together.
2. Mix and keep aside.

How to assemble the lasagna

1. Butter a oven safe bowl,place half of the mashed potatoes and spread evenly.

 2.Place lasagna sheets.

 3.Pour half of the red sauce on the lasagna sheets and sprinkle some cheese.
4.Pour half of the mushroom and spinach sauce on the cheese and sprinkle more cheese on the sauce.
5.Place lasagna sheets and continue with red sauce and cheese,

 6. The final top layer,place the remaining mashed potatoes,then the mushroom and spinach sauce and sprinkle cheese.
7.Place this dish inside a pre heated oven and bake for 10 minutes at 180 degree C or till the cheese melts.
8.Serve with garlic bread.

Creamy spinach and mushroom sauce

Spinach and mushroom sauce can be used in lasagna,pasta,fillings for canapes and cocktail puff pastries

Ingredients
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• Milk         2 cups
• butter        4 tbsp
• flour         4tbsp(maida)
• 2 bunch spinach (chopped finely)
• 250 grms button mushroom (chopped)
• pepper and salt to taste.

Method

1. Place a pan on medium high flame,add 1 tbsp butter, after butter melts add the chopped spinach leaves and cook till all the water evaporates.Add little salt and fry for a minute.Transfer into a bowl or plate and keep aside.
2. To the same pan add 1 tbsp butter,when it melts add chopped mushroom and fry till water evaporates and till mushroom turns brown,add little salt and fry for a minute,transfer into the same bowl as spinach.
3. Now prepare the white sauce.
4. Melt butter in a pan add maida and fry for a minute, make sure you fry it properly on medium low heat, if the maida is not cooked properly then the white sauce will have a weird paper taste.Add milk gradually and keep stirring or lumps will form(if you are making it for the first time then remove the pan away from the flame and add the milk, mix properly then put back on the flame again)
   cook well till you get smooth thick custard like consistency.Add pepper and salt.
5. Add the fried mushroom and spinach to the white sauce.
6. Spinach and mushroom sauce is ready.