Baked Bread And Vegetable Pudding

Ingredients 

• 8 brown bread slices
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2-3 Cloves
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons refined flour (maida)
• 3 cups milk
• A pinch of grated nutmeg 
•  Salt to taste
• 1 cup grated cheese 
• 1/4 cup green peas, blanched
• 1 large potato, boiled, peeled and cut into 1 cm dices
• 2 medium carrots, peeled , blanched and cut into 1 cm dices
• 6-8 French beans, stringed, blanched and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/4 small broccoli, separated into florets
• 4 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 4 tablespoons red chilli sauce
• 3-4 butter cubes

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Cut the brown bread slices into one-inch pieces and put them in a baking dish.
3. Heat oil and three tablespoon of butter in a pan. Add cloves, chopped onion and sauté. Add refined flour and stir. Add milk gradually stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Boil till it thickens.
4. Remove the cloves. Add grated nutmeg, salt and half the grated cheese and mix well. Add half the peas, potato, half the carrots, beans, broccoli to the baking dish.
5. Pour the sauce over it. Drop spoonfuls of ketchup in some places. Similarly drop chilli sauce too.
6. Cover with the remaining grated cheese and lastly add the remaining peas and carrots. Keep some butter cubes on the top and place the tray in the oven and bake at 200°C for ten to fifteen minutes.
7. Serve hot.

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