Thursday 4 July 2013

Pasta in Pesto Sauce

PASTA IN PESTO SAUCE






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Ingredients:





S.No
Ingredient
Quantity
1.
Pasta   (any)
300 gm
2.
Fresh Basil leaves
¾ cup
3.
Garlic
4-5 cloves
4.
Oil (refined or olive)
2 tablespoon
5.
Onions
1
6.
Pine Nuts
¼ cup
7.
White pepper
½ teaspoon
8.
Parmesan Cheese
1 tablespoon
9.
Milk
¼  cup
10.
Salt
To taste
11.
Red Pepper
¼  teaspoon
12.
Garam Masala
¼  teaspoon
13.
Fresh Cream
1 tablespoon


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Method:


  1. Wash your pasta properly. I took spaghetti pasta for making pesto sauce pasta.

  1. Take water in a pan.  Add 1 tablespoon oil, salt and your pasta in it. Do not break your pasta. Just add it to the pan, it will gradually become soft and tender.

  1. Cook it on simmer by keeping a lid on it, till it becomes nice and soft.

  1. Take a bowl. Add pine nuts, garlic pieces, parmesan cheese and basil leaves. Crush it with the help of Mortar-Pestle until a fine paste is formed. In another pan, blend the fresh cream till it becomes soft and nice. Don’t overdo it otherwise it will turn into white butter.  :-P. Add this cream to the above paste.

  1. In the meanwhile, take a separate cooking pan, add some oil and freshly grated garlic. When it leaves its fragrance, add chopped onions and sauté for a while.


  1.  Next add the previously formed paste to the cooking pan along with the spices i.e. red pepper, white pepper, garam masala, pinch of black pepper and salt according to the taste.

  1.  Drain excess water from the boiled pasta and add it to the pan along with the milk(1/4 cup). Milk is optional. You can skip it if you feel like. Cook for 3-4 minutes and serve hot. Garnish it with fresh basil leaves.

  1. Happy Cooking J






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3 comments:

  1. Hey Bhawna!

    Thanks for the friend request on blogaholics! I am so glad I stopped by your blog. I LOVE food and am always looking for new recipes to cook. I am half Italian so I love pasta!!! This pasta in pesto sauce not only looks delicious but the directions look easy! So thank you for posting this yummy recipe!

    I am now following your blog! Feel free to come by mine and follow and say hello! I love chatting with new blogger friends!

    Best Wishes,
    Mia @ The Muses Circle

    http://themusescircle.blogspot.com/

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    1. Awww! Thank you Mia! :) Stay in touch :)

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  2. Thanks Tina! :) I will definitely follow you :D

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