Vegetable Casserole Recipe | Food Diaries | Zarnak Sidhwa | Dessert

Method:
Heat butter in a pan and add flour, sauté, add milk and stir continuously. Add cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg, set aside. In boiling water blanch carrots and cauliflower florets for just two minutes. Drain water and refresh vegetables immediately in iced water. After 5 minutes drain water and keep vegetables aside. Heat butter, add spring onions and garlic, sauté. Add mushrooms and spinach and cook till spinach wilts down. Add the blanched cauliflower and carrots. Sprinkle Italian seasoning fold in white sauce. Put butter on the toasts. Line the toasts at the bottom of a greased pyrex dish.
Pour over the vegetable mixture and with the help of a spoon spread it evenly over the toasts.
Mix both the cheese and sprinkle over vegetables. Bake at 180 degrees C for 10-15 minutes till cheese melts and is golden on top.

Method:
Soak the basil seeds in a cup of water. Add red syrup to the soaked basil seeds after 30 minutes. Add lemon juice and sugar if required. Fill in the popsicle moulds and freeze for an hour. Serve frozen.

Method for Vanilla pudding:
Whisk the egg yolks, corn flour and ¼ cup of the milk to form a smooth paste. Set aside.
In a saucepan, heat the rest of the milk, milk powder, sugar and salt. Take about ½ cup of the hot milk and slowly pour it into the egg yolk mixture, while whisking the egg yolk mixture constantly. Here you’re only adding enough milk to warm the egg yolk mixture. Add the warmed egg yolk mixture back into the saucepan with the hot milk. Heat the pudding mixture while whisking constantly until it starts to thicken. Remove the pudding from the heat and add the vanilla essence and butter. Whisk until the butter completely mixes in with the pudding. Transfer the pudding into a bowl and cover the surface directly with plastic wrap, to prevent a skin from forming. Let it chill in the fridge for a few hours.

For the Dalgona coffee topping, place the coffee and sugar in a tall container to avoid splashing. Add the hot water and stir to dissolve. Using a hand mixer (with a whisk attachment), start whipping the coffee mixture. It will slowly become paler in color and thicker in consistency. Whisk until the coffee has a soft peaky consistency
Remove the plastic wrap from the chilled vanilla pudding, and whisk it until smooth and creamy. Spoon into individual bowls or glasses and top with dalgona coffee topping and serve immediately.