Coriander cashew pesto pasta with veggies–
The Pesto pasta is a great recipe for some one who is bored of eating pasta with tomato sauce. My kids are extremely found of pesto pasta. Pesto sauce is traditionally made with pine nuts or walnuts. Today i used cashew nuts in making the pesto. I prefer cashew, because this is something i always have in my pantry. This is also a great way of adding nuts to your kids diet.
For the greens, i used coriander leaves and basil. The pungent smell of coriander and basil, combined with the mellow cashew goes well in the pesto. I like to slightly roast the garlic before grinding. The raw garlic sometimes can be over powering. If it doesn’t bother you can, you can just use the raw garlic in the recipe. The sun dried tomatoes gives the sweet, tart and the tomato touch to the pesto sauce.
Save quarter cup of pasta water, you may need to use the pasta water if the final pasta is little dry in the end.
Its a dry pasta recipe, so its great lunch box dish. No spilling and no mess. Tastes great both hot and at room temperature.
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CORIANDER CASHEW PESTO PASTA WITH VEGGIES
Ingredients
pesto sauce-
- Sun dried tomato-about 12
- Cashews- ⅓ cup
- Garlic cloves -2
- Coriander leaves -1 cup packed
- Basil leaves-¼ cup
- Olive oil – 1 tbsp
- Black pepper, crushed – ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
for the pasta & veggies –
- Cooked pasta – 3 cups
- Sliced Onion -¼ cup
- Broccoli florets -1 cup
- Green peas – ¼ cup
- Cherry tomato -½ cup
- Garlic cloves -2
- Olive oil- 2tbsp
- Red chili flakes -½ tsp or to taste
- Italian seasoning-½ tsp
- Salt to taste
Instructions
making the pesto sauce-
- In a blender add the garlic, sun dries tomato, basil, coriander leaves, cashew, salt and pepper in a mixer. Grind it coarsely.
- Add the oil and pulse few more times.
- you can also add little water for easy grinding.
making the pasta & veggies-
- Cook the pasta accordingly to the package directions and set a side.
- To saute the veggies heat olive oil in a pan. To this add the garlic cloves. Saute the garlic for 30 seconds.At this point you can remove the sauteed garlic and add this in the pesto sauce. I generally do it, because I don't prefer the raw smell of garlic in the pesto. if not you can skip this step.
- Now add the onion, and saute for a minute. Add the broccoli florets and greens peas. Cook for five minutes.
- Add the red chilly flakes, Italian seasoning, black pepper and salt. Mix well.
- Add the cherry tomato, sauce just for two minutes and turn off the heat.
- Now add the pesto sauce and coat the veggies.
- Add the cooked pasta and mix with pesto and veggies. Check for seasoning and adjust. Enjoy this pesto pasta with lunch or dinner.
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