Spinach Corn in White sauce

These days I make a pot meal dinner so that its easier to clean up and quicker to make as well. Also since we avoid rice at night, most often, I have to look at other options like a filling salad with pasta, quinoa, or bake something as simple as a spinach corn in white sauce. Apart from spinach and corn there is another variation with all crunchy vegetables also. But for now this is what we have.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 3

Ingredients

Spinach - 2 bunches
Sweet Corn - 1 cup (fresh / frozen)
Onion - 1, sliced / chopped
Garlic  - 4 pearls
Maida - 1 tbsp
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt - to taste
Oregano - 2 tsp
Sweet Paprika powder - 1/2 tsp
Basil and parsley - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
Olive oil / Butter - 1/2 tbsp
Low fat cheese (Use cheddar / cheese cubes / mozzarella cheese) - 3 tbsp

Procedure

1. Pre- heat the oven to 150 C.
2. Wash and chop the spinach leaves(make sure you don't use the stem part) finely
3. If using fresh sweet corn boil it separately with a pinch of salt and set aside.
4. Take a pan, add a tsp of oil / butter, saute the onions and garlic.
5. When the onions are slightly soft but not brown, add the chopped spinach and cook for 2 minutes till the raw small goes.
6. Add the boiled sweet corn and a pinch of salt and continue to cook for 2 minutes on a medium - low flame till the mixture is dry..
7. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil / butter in another pan, add the maida and saute for a minute.
8. Add the milk slowly and keep stirring without lumps.
9. Allow to cook on a very low flame till it reaches a saucy consistency stirring continuously.
10. Add all the spices and let the flavours blend for 2 minutes while stirring often.
11. When the sauce is ready, mix it into the spinach corn mixture and combine well.
12. Adjust salt to taste
13. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the spinach and corn and set to bake for 20 minutes / till the cheese browns on the top.
14. Serve each portion with the cheese on top.