Ingredients:

• 6 bunches Spinach
• 1.5 cups – spaghetti
• 8 to 9 cubes cheese(grated)
• 100 gm – cottage cheese(chopped)
• 1 tsp – Butter for greasing the dish
• 2 tsp – pepper
• salt to taste
• pinch of soda
• For White Sauce:
• 5 tbsp – Butter
• 5 tbsp – flour
• 5 cups – Milk
• salt and pepper powder as per taste

Method:

1. Clean and wash the spinach.
2. Chop finely.
3. Cook with a pinch of soda but without water.
4. Grind the spinach coarsely.
5. Boil the spaghetti in 2 to 3 cups water for 8-10 mins.
6. Drain the water and set aside.
7. Prepare the white sauce, making sure that it is slightly thick (pouring consistency).
8. Add to it, the spinach, and spaghetti, small pieces of cottage cheese, pepper and salt to taste. Then mix.
9. Pour into a greased oven proof baking dish. Cool.
10. Top the mixture with grated cheese.
11. Bake in an oven at 200 C for 45 mins to 1 hour.
12. Serve hot in the same dish along with garlic bread.
13. For white sauce:
14. Lightly heat butter in a non-stick pot.
15. Add flour and saute on a low flame till light brown.
16. Add milk and stir continuously to avoid forming lumps.
17. Give it a boil, stirring continuously.
18. Reduce the flame and cook till you get a little thick, but pouring consistency.
19. Remove from flame. Cool for few minutes.
20. Add salt and pepper and mix well.

Recipe courtesy of Anitha Raheja