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You Won't Believe This Lasagna Was Cooked in a Microwave | Epicurious
Microwave Lasagna Recipe
Microwave Meal-Prep Lasagna
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INGREDIENTS
½ cup ricotta cheese
¼ cup spinach, chopped 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan, divided ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ¼ cup marinara sauce
4 no-boil lasagna noodles, broken in half ½ cup mozzarella
PREPARATION
1. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta, spinach, parsley, one tablespoon of 2. Parmesan, salt and pepper until combined.
1. In the glass container, spread a layer of tomato sauce.
2. Top the tomato sauce with the lasagna noodles and cover the noodles with a layer of the ricotta mixture.
3. Top the ricotta with another layer of tomato sauce and a layer of mozzarella.
4. Continue with another layer of noodles and repeat.
5. Cover the top layer of lasagna noodles with more tomato sauce and a layer of mozzarella and Parmesan.
6. Place the lid on the glass container, without locking it closed.
7. Microwave for 7 minutes or until the cheese is melted through.
8. Remove from the microwave carefully, the container will be hot!
9. Allow to cool and refrigerate, or enjoy immediately. Enjoy!
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Full written recipe of Veg Lasagna
For red sauce
Ingredients:
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Garlic 5-6 cloves (sliced)
• Onions 1 medium size (chopped)
• Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tbsp
• Tomatoes puree 2 cups
• Sugar a pinch
• Tomato ketchup 1 tbsp
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Red chilli flakes 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of black pepper
Methods:
• Set a sauce pan on low heat, add oil, garlic and onions, cook until onions are translucent.
• Add Kashmiri red chilli powder and cook briefly on low flame for 10-15 seconds.
• Now, add the tomato purée and the remaining ingredients, stir well and cook on medium high heat, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.
• Homemade red sauce is ready, keep it aside to be used later In the lasagna.
For white sauce
Ingredients:
• Butter 30 gm
• Refined flour 30 gm
• Milk 400 ml
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of black pepper powder
• Oregano ½ tsp
• Nutmeg powder a pinch
• Processed Cheese 50 gm
Methods:
• Set a pan on medium low heat, add butter and let it melt, add the flour and cook the flour for 2-3 minutes, remember not to burn the flour or changing the colour to brown, keep it light brown.
• Further add, milk in 3 batches and make sure to whisk well while adding milk to make a lump free sauce.
• Further add salt to taste, a pinch of black pepper powder, oregano and nutmeg powder, stir well.
• Now add processed cheese and stir well until the cheese melts. The white sauce is ready.
For stir fried veggies
Ingredients:
• Oil 1 tsp
• Garlic chopped 2 tbsp
• Ginger 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Green chillies 2-3 nos. (chopped)
• Veggies:
• Carrot 1/3rd cup
• Mushroom 1/3rd cup
• Yellow Zucchini 1/3rd cup
• Green Zucchini 1/3rd cup
• Sweet Corn kernels 1/3rd cup
• Yellow bell pepper 1/3rd cup
• Red bell pepper 1/3rd cup
• Green bell pepper 1/3rd cup
• Broccoli 1/3rd cup (blanched)
• Salt & black pepper to taste
• Sugar a pinch
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Red Chilli flakes 1 tsp
Methods:
• Set a wok on medium high heat, add olive oil, garlic, ginger and green chillies, cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Further, add carrots and mushroom and cook for 1-2 minutes on high heat.
• Further add the remaining veggies and cook them for 1-2 minutes on high heat.
• Add salt & black pepper powder to taste, oregano, chilli flakes, toss and cook for 1-2 minutes, stir-fried veggies are ready, keep aside to be used later.
To make lasagna sheets
Ingredients:
• Refined Flour 400 gm
• Salt ½ tsp
• Water 210-220 ml
For boiling
• Water
• Salt to taste
•. Oil 1 tbsp
Methods:
•In a bowl, add refined flour, salt to taste, mix well and add water gradually, combine the water and flour well.
• Transfer the dough over the kitchen platform, sprinkle some dry flour and knead the dough well by stretching it until the dough is smooth, cover it with a damp cloth and rest the dough for 15-30 minutes.
• After the rest, knead the dough once again and divide the dough in 2-3 equal dough balls, dust with dry flour and flatten it with hands, further roll the dough with the help of a rolling pin, in a very thin sheet, make sure to dust dry flour every time you roll to avoid the dough from sticking or overlapping.
• Remember the dough is stiff in texture so it will require efforts to roll a thin sheet, if you have a pasta rolling machine you can use that too. To check whether your sheet is thin enough, put your hands beneath the sheet, if hands are visible your good to cut them.
• As you roll it in thin sheet, trim the edges and further cut them in rectangular sheets
• You can alter the size of the sheets as per your baking dish size.
• Set water for boiling, add salt to taste and oil, boil the lasagna sheets for 5-6 minutes. Strain the lasagna sheets and they are ready to use for baking lasagna.
For assembly
Ingredients:
• Lasagna sheets
• White sauce
• Red sauce
• Stir fried veggies
• Cheese
Methods:
• Spread little red sauce in a microwave safe bowl, add a lasagna sheet, further spread red sauce pasta and stir-fried veggies, spread a layer of white sauce and grate some cheese, layer it with lasagna sheets, repeat the layering process until there are seven layers formed. Or until it reaches your rim your baking dish.
• Do the final layering, by adding good amount of mozzarella or processed cheese.
• Preheat the oven and bake in convection + grill mode at 200 for 20 minutes or until the cheese browns.
• Lasagna is ready, cut in square and serve immediately with some garlic breads.
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