Lasagna - ground beef

Method

• Meat sauce.
• Heat olive oil in a pan.
• Saute onion till golden brown.
• Add the ground beef / mutton.
• Add the beef/mutton stock cube.
• Keep frying till the meat becomes brown.
• Add the tomato paste.
• Add water so that it does not become too thick.
• Keep cooking for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Once its done check if the meat is in chunks.
• If too big put it in a grinder for 1/2 a minute.
• White Sauce.
• Melt the butter taking care not to burn.
• Add the flour and mix well .
• Add the milk slowly stirring not to make lumps.
• Add the cinnamon power and salt.
• Keep stirring so that no lumps are formed and till it becomes into a thick gravy ( nor too runny and nor too thick).
• In a baking dish put 2 tbsp of meat sauce and white sauce eat.
• Spread it well so it lines the baking dish.
• this is so that the lasagna sheet does not burn.
• Line the baking dish with the lasagna sheet.
• Put meat sauce and spread it well than follow with white sauce.
• Repeat the above step.
• Again line with lasagna sheet and finish with the white sauce on top.
• Make sure that you put enough meat sauce and white sauce on the sides of the baking dish which ensures the noodles will not come out dry.
• I do not cook my lasagna noodles beforehand as it cooks well in sauce itself.
• Bake in a gas oven for 30 minutes and if electric than time it accordingly.