Ingredients:
- 350 g peeled potatoes
- 100 g Mozzarella cheese
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
Method:
- Grease an oven proof dish (14 cm x 14 cm or 5.5 inch x 5.5 inch) with butter.
- Slice the peeled potatoes into 2 mm thickness.
- Arrange the slices horizontally in an overlapping manner in an oven proof dish.
- Sprinkle grated Mozzarella cheese on top of the sliced potatoes.
- Arrange another layer of sliced potatoes on top of the grated Mozzarella cheese.
- Sprinkle grated Mozzarella cheese on top of the second layer.
- Arrange a final layer of sliced potatoes on top of the Mozzarella cheese. Set the dish aside.
- Add butter into a sauce pan over medium heat.
- When the butter has melted, add chopped garlic to it. Use a whisk to stir the chopped garlic.
- Saute the garlic till fragrant.
- Add flour to the butter. Keep on whisking to prevent clumps from forming.
- Once the batter is smooth, add milk to it. Continue to whisk the batter.
- Add salt and pepper to the batter.
- Continue to whisk till the batter thickens slightly.
- Pour the batter into the dish of layered potatoes.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the batter.
- Bake at 200 deg C for 40 minutes or till the potatoes are cooked.