INGREDIENTS
For the sauce:
8 - 10 large tomatoes - diced
8 - 10 garlic cloves
1 large onion - diced
Salt to taste
8 - 10 Green olives (optional)
Pepper as per taste (can add green chillies also)
Butter - 3 tbsp
To make sauce:
Add the butter to a pan. When the butter melts, add the diced onion and crushed garlic. Fry until brown. Add chopped tomatoes, and salt. Add pepper and green chillies too. Cook until tomatoes are well cooked. Add the olives and switch off the stove. No need to cook the olives too much if you are adding them. After this mixture has cooled down, grind into a fine paste - you can coarse grind it if you like to feel the texture on the veggies added.
For the lasagna:
Pasta sauce (recipe above)
Sweet corn - 3 cups
Paneer - 3 cups
Cheddar cheese - 200 gm (can add more if needed) - grated
Mozarella cheese - 200 gm (can add more if needed) - grated
Oven Ready Lasagna strips (can use the normal strips also, just cook them prior to making the lasagna as per instructions on the box) - 8 - 10 strips (bigger dishes might need more strips)
Take a large baking dish. Apply some butter to the bottom and sides - to avoid the lasagna from sticking and also helps the lower layers to cook well.
Pre-heat the oven to the lowest setting - mine is 200°C. Since all the ingredients are cooked, there is no need to cook much on high heat.
Pour a thin layer of sauce. Place 2 lasagna strips next to each other. My dish holds 2 strips - you can place more if your dish is bigger.
Make layers of the given ingredients as below:
- Spread corn and paneer
- Pour and spread sauce
- Spread some cheese
- Place lasagna strips on top
Repear this until the dish is 3/4 covered.
On the topmost layer, after placing the lasagna strips, spread the rest of the corn, paneer and sauce until empty. Spread the rest of the cheese generously. This forms a cheesy layer on top when baked.
Place the dish in the oven. PLEASE USE OVEN MITTS for safety. Oven will be super hot even at the lowest setting. Bake for 15 mins or until the cheese on top melts and forms a yummylicious looking layer as in pic.
Switch off the oven and leave the dish in there for another 2 - 3 mins for the layer to set. DO NOT remove immediately after switching off, because if the cheese is bubbling, it might spring out on your hands and burn you.
