Stove top Roasted Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe with video and stepwise pictures.
Vegetable au gratin recipe is a continental dish made with mixed vegetables, white sauce base and ofcourse cheese.Vegetable au gratin or veg au gratin has all the vegetables drowned in white sauce with lots of cheese, its creamy with a crusty top.
Gratin is a French word a technique in which the top has a golden brown crust usually used with breadcrumbs or grated cheese.A gratin is baked or grilled to form a golden crust on top.
Usually vegetable au gratin is baked but few readers and friends asked for a stove top version so here it is.Do try this easy stove top version of vegatble augratin and enjoy!
For baked version check here :
Stove top Roasted Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe
Stove top Roasted Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe a no bake version of augratin with roasted vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp butter + to grease
- 1 tbsp garlic finely chopped
- 1/4 cup onion roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup capsicum roughly chopped
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 1/3 cup mozarella cheese
- salt to taste
Mixed Vegetables(1.5 cups in total)
- 1/2 cup carrot roughly cubed
- 1/2 cup potato roughly cubed
- 1/4 cup beans 1 inch long
- 1/4 cup cauliflower small florets
For white sauce:
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp wheat flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp cheese
- 1/4 tsp pepper powder
- salt
For seasoning:
- chilli flakes
- mixed herbs
- piri piri masala powder optional
Instructions
- Heat a pan add 1 tsp butter, 1 tsp oil add garlic,onion capsicum and saute for 2 mins.Then add veggies along with chilli flakes,mixed herbs and salt.
- Saute for 2 mins then add 1/4 cup water.
- when it starts to boil cook covered for 5-7 mins or until the vegetables are 3/4th cooked.Switch off and set aside.
- To another pan melt butter add wheat flour whisk it well immediately add milk, whisk continuously.
- We need a thick sauce for this so keep cooking until it coats the laddle -when you draw a line it should stand firm as shown.
- Add pepper powder,salt and cheese mix well, the sauce will be creamy and thick.At this stage add roasted vegetables.
- Mix well,cook for 2 mins and switch off.This should be done off the stove : Now take a heavy base pan preferably iron, transfer the veggie mixture to it.spread it well.Cover the top by sprinkling cheese.Add chilli flakes,mixed herbs and piri piri masala powder.
- Now keep on stove and switch on.Cook covered for 5-7 mins or until cheese starts to bubble.Cut and serve hot with toasted bread.
Notes
- I added piri piri to make it a bit spicy but its purely optional.
- The vegetables used is of your choice,but do not use vegetables that leave out more water, choose hard vegetables that cook easily.
- If you want to bake it, bake in preheated oven at 200 deg C for 20 mins.
- We will surely miss the crust on top in this stove top version but you will get a slightly crusty base if you use iron skillet.
- The main difference between the baked and stove top version is the crust on top.
- The vegetables needs only to be 3/4 th cooked else it will become mushy.
- You can even steam the veggies and directly add into white sauce.
Stove top Roasted Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe Video
How to make Stove top Roasted Vegetable Au Gratin Recipe
- Heat a pan add 1 tsp butter, 1 tsp oil add garlic,onion capsicum and saute for 2 mins.Then add veggies along with chilli flakes,mixed herbs and salt.
- Saute for 2 mins then add 1/4 cup water.
- When it starts to boil cook covered for 5-7 mins or until the vegetables are 3/4th cooked.Switch off and set aside.
- To another pan melt butter add wheat flour whisk it well immediately add milk, whisk continuously.
- We need a thick sauce for this so keep cooking until it coats the laddle -when you draw a line it should stand firm as shown.
- Add pepper powder,salt and cheese mix well, the sauce will be creamy and thick.At this stage add roasted vegetables.
- Mix well,cook for 2 mins and switch off.This should be done off the stove : Now take a heavy base pan preferably iron, transfer the veggie mixture to it.spread it well.Cover the top by sprinkling cheese.Add chilli flakes,mixed herbs and piri piri masala powder.
- Now keep on stove and switch on.Cook covered for 5-7 mins(low medium flame) or until cheese starts to bubble.Cut and serve hot with toasted bread.
Tasty roasted vegetable au gratin ready!
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