Basil Pesto Recipe - Basil Pesto Pasta Recipe with step wise pictures.
Super flavourful pesto pasta which has vibrant pesto tossed into it. This makes a great lunch box recipe.
I wanted to try this for quite a long time, but i put it aside in my bucketlist because i couldn't get fresh basil leaves in my place. Yesterday when we went shopping i saw few veggies on the rack, immediately i picked out quite a few of them. I saw this basil leaves at ridiculously cheap price, it was just 10 Rs. I picked 4 bunches of it.
Immediately i tried basil chicken and this one.
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Keema Macaroni
Grilled Chicken Pasta
Spaghetti Aglio Olio
Chicken Alfredo
Chicken & Veggie Pasta
Arabiatta Pasta
Spaghetti with Meatballs
You can make this sauce in bulk and freeze it in small container to use in the future too.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2016/04/cajun-chicken-pasta-kids-lunch-box.html
Basil Pesto Recipe
Ingredients
- Spaghetti or any Pasta as needed
FOR PESTO:
- Basil - 3 cups
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Cashews - ¼ cup
- Salt to taste
- Parmesan Cheese - ¼ cup
- Olive Oil - ½ cup
Instructions
- Take all ingredients for pesto in a blender except oil. Puree til coarsely crushed.
- Now drizzle olive oil in it and blend till smooth.
- Now pesto is done.
- Cook pasta in salted boiling water till it is cooked.
- Drain and toss in some pesto.
- Serve.
Pictorial:
1)Take cashews in a blender
2)Add in basil
3)Add in garlic
4)Add little parmesan cheese
5)Add some salt
6)Now everything is added in.
7)Grind it well.
8)Add in olive oil.
9)Now blend this to a smooth puree.
10)Now it is nice and smooth.
11)Pesto done.
12)So vibrant and so flavourful.
13)Take some cooked pasta. I am using spaghetti
14)Add some pesto on top.
15)Toss well
16) Serve immediately.
Ashwini
where did you find parmesan cheese? did you order it online? can it be available in Maharashtra? I don't want that Kraft 100 % grated parmesan cheese. I want the real Italian parmigianno raggianno.
Aarthi
this one hubby got from abroad.Not sure where you can source real parmesan here
Poonam
Superb and ezyest recipy......