White Sauce Sandwich ( Healthy Alternative)

Ingredients :

1. 2 tsp butter

2. 1 tbsp flour

3. 2 tbsp onion finely chopped

4. 2 tbsp capsicum finely chopped

5. 2 tbsp carrot peeled & grated

6. 2 tbsp boiled sweet corn

7. 1 cup milk

8. ¼ tsp black pepper powder

9. ½ tsp oregano

10. ½ tsp chilli flakes

11. Salt as required

12. 1 cheese cube

13. 4 slices brown/white bread

14. Butter as required for toasting bread

Preparation of white Sauce :

1. Collect all the required ingredients.

2. Heat 1 tsp butter in a thick bottomed pan on low flame.

3. Add chopped onion.

4. Saute for a minute or two on low flame.

5. Then add chopped capsicum, grated carrot, and boiled corn.

6. Stir and saute until veggies are little cooked but still crunchy, for around 2-3 minutes on low-medium flame.

7. Now add the remaining butter.

8. When butter melts, add flour.

9. Stir the flour quickly as soon as you add it. 9.Keep on stirring so that no lumps are formed.

10. Saute for a few seconds. Make sure the color of the flour doesn’t change.

11. Keep the flame to the lowest and then pour 1 cup milk in a gentle stream.

12. Pour the milk with one hand and stir the sauce mixture with the other while stirring continuously.

13. Now add salt and black pepper powder.

14. Add cheese if using. I used processed cheese cube here, you can also use grated cheddar cheese also.

15. Then add oregano and chilli flakes.

16. Mix it well and keep stirring until the mixture becomes slight thick and creamy. Cook in low flame.

17. Gently stir until the mixture reaches a thick sauce consistency and the cheese blends well.

18. Once the sauce is thick in spreadable consistency, give a quick mix and switch off the flame. Set aside to cool and your white sauce is ready.

Making white Sauce Sandwich :

1. Add butter to a hot pan and place the bread slices. You can also smear the softened butter over the slices. Although I used a toaster if you have one.

2. Apply butter on two slices of bread.

3. Cover the bread with white sauce paste and put another bread on top to make a sandwich.

4. Toast the sandwich in the toaster until you a get a golden brown colour.

5. Smear softened butter on top of the bread slices.

6. Cut the bread into the half or into desired size and shape.

7. Serve with ketchup or Coriander chutney.