White sauce also known as Bechamel sauce is a basic sauce made with flour, milk and butter.

Onion and clove infused milk used to make white sauce gives it a uncommon taste and aroma. All-purpose flour needs to be fried in butter then milk is added to give it a creamy texture.

White sauce is very easy to make and has various applications.

Some of it’s uses:

• pour over cooked paste and enjoy white sauce pasta
• can be taken with momos
• use as a dip for nachos or chips
• pair it with vegetables to form wonderful casserole
• use as spread to make sandwiches
• as a base for various soups
• and many many more

White Sauce Recipe:

Step by step guide of bechamel sauce recipe with photos:

1. For making white sauce, take a small sized onion and insert 5 to 6 cloves into onion as shown in photo.

2. Boil clove inserted onion and a small piece of bay leaf in milk. Onion and bay leaf will infuse a different aromatic taste to the white sauce.

3. Bring the milk to boil over medium flame.

4. In a pan melt butter.

5. Add all purpose flour and stir fry over medium flame. Make sure that flour’s color doesn’t changes. Keep on stirring for 2 to 3 minutes.

6. Remove onion and bay leaf from milk and add milk to the pan and keep on stirring. To avoid formation of lumps add milk in small portion and stir and repeat this process. Do not add milk to flour in one go.

7. Bring the flour and milk mixture to boil, lower the flame.

8. Add oregano (optional), black pepper and salt. I case you are using salted butter, keep the amount of salt low. I have used 2 pinches of salt.

9. Mix well.

10. Let it boil.

11. White sauce is ready to use.