Vegetarian Lasagna (Eggplant Lasagna)
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Serves: 2-3
 
Here is a Vegetarian Lasagna recipe with eggplant, capsicum, Mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Looking for a healthy and easy lasagna recipe? This one is a must try.
Ingredients
  • Olive oil : 1 tbsp
  • Garlic: 2 tbsp finely chopped
  • Onion: 1 roughly chopped
  • Eggplant: 1 chopped
  • Green Capsicum: ½ chopped
  • Red Capsicum: ½ chopped
  • Tomatoes: 2 cups chopped
  • Tomato puree: 2 tbsp
  • Basil leaves: 1 tbsp
  • Pepper: ¾ tsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Butter: 50 gm
  • All purpose flour: 2 tbsp
  • Milk: 2 cups
  • Parmesan Cheese: 2 tbsp grated
  • Parmesan Cheese: ½ cup
  • Mozzarella Cheese: 1 and ½ cup
  • Lasagne : 9 direct baking sheets
Instructions
  1. To make vegetable sauce, heat olive oil in pan. Add garlic and sauté till brown. Add onion and sauté till translucent.
  2. Add eggplant, capsicum and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add tomato and sauté till soft.
  4. Add tomato puree, ½ tsp pepper, salt and basil leaves and mix well. Keep aside.
  5. To make white sauce, heat a pan. Add butter to it.
  6. Add all purpose flour and mix well to make smooth mixture.
  7. Add milk and mix well. Let cook for 2-3 minutes
  8. Add salt and ¼ tsp pepper and mix well.
  9. Add parmesan cheese and mix well. Keep aside.
  10. Boil water in a large pan and add salt to it.
  11. Place a lasagne sheet in the boiling water for a minute. Remove and let cool on wire rack. Repeat with other sheets.
  12. Grease a baking tray. Add a thin layer of white sauce at the bottom of the tray.
  13. Arrange lasagne sheets over it so as to cover the white sauce.
  14. Add a layer of vegetable sauce over the lasagne.
  15. Add another layer of white sauce along with Mozzarella cheese.
  16. Cover with lasagne sheet.
  17. Repeat steps 5-7. The last layer of lasagne sheets should be covered with white sauce, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese.
  18. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 25-30 minutes. You can also cover with aluminium foil for the first 20 minutes of baking and remove the aluminium foil for the last 10 minutes.
Notes
Note that for this recipe I have used direct baking Lasagne sheets which do not require pre-cooking. But I prefer to place them in boiling water for a minute before using them so as to moisten them.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/vegetarian-lasagna/