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Pesto is an aromatic paste made with fresh herb, nuts, garlic, olive oil and cheese. Italian home is filled with many flavor of pesto jar. Depending the region, they toss with pasta, spread in sandwich, mix in soup. Their traditional way of making pesto is always chopped by a sharp knife or mashed in mortar pestle. In a modern world, the commercialized pesto is prepared in blender, which is more time saver.
When it comes to herb flavor for me, either you like it or hate it. My favorite is Cilantro and very adaptable for my palate. I decided to recreate the cilantro pesto into vegan version just by omitting the cheese! I found the recipe here.
Cilantro pesto (vegan)
Ingredients:
Ciantro Leaves : 3 cups washed
Garlic cloves: 5
Olive oil: 1/4 cup
Walnuts: 1/2 cup
Jalapeno peppers: 2 num
Ice cold water: ¼ cup (but I omitted- as I used a dry grind mixer jar)
Salt: ¼ tsp
Method
Combine all the ingredients in the blender (use water if necessary to move the blade).
Store in airtight container but this recipe yields very less quantity.
For the pasta and pesto sauce
I cooked the bow-tie/farfalle pasta until tender, that is the way we eat it and mixed the pesto with little more cooked pasta water to just make a thin sauce.
Note: If you are using Basil pesto never cook it. The basil turns bitter taste!
Serving suggestion: Can be topped over seafood, spread in bread, bruschetta, etc...
I am sending to
My vegan cook Vaishali for her event It’ s Vegan World: Italian
Aquadaze is hosting Let’s go nuts with Walnut/Pecan
Have a great weekend!
52 comments:
I love the idea of cilantro pesto, cilantro is my fave herb and this looks incredible....bookmarked will surely try !
I like Pestos, prefer cilantro over Parsley.
Plate full of farfalle looking so good and delicious.
Yesterday i was wondering why we cannot call desi mint coriander chutney a pesto:-) today u made cilantro pesto. Awesome!
Lovely green color Cham..:)
Wow.. have heard but never tried cilantro pesto.. It might taste good in asian style dishes too. Have a wonderful weekend.
Soma u re absolutely right, I even wrote down chutney VS Pesto my title and in my post. And than thought would not be fair enough to compare this pesto with my thogayal! My Italian friends would n't happier!
How breathtakingly beautiful this is, Cham. I love that gorgeous color. Lovely dish, and so happy you're sending it in to IAVW: Italian.
I love this pasta with cilantro pesto, yummy!
Look at this post, Cham! I beat you to it last year! :D
http://aromahope.blogspot.com/2007/02/south-of-border-farfalle.html
i'll take cilantro in anything! I love the sound of this pesto! gorgeous!
Thats very creative, cilantro pesto looks lovely..prefect green colour farfalle:)
This is so cool cham. Pesto from the most staple ingredients in the pantry. Really wanted to give it a try. YUM!
Wonderful one,liked the idea of cilantro.I prefer it over parsley.Awesome!
Love the cilantro pesto..And its healthy too without cheese..Good one :)
Cham lovely picture! Am sure this recipe is bookmarked by quite a few:) Will try this with pine nuts!
farfalle and pesto looks nice Cham. Adding cilantro to pesto is indeed a great idea! yummy entry to the events
wow.. looks awesome. i love pesto better than marinara sauce..
Pasta with Cilantro is new to me. Another healthy idea to make for my kids. Grab your award from my blog.
wow look at that so so tempting that must be amazing with nice coriander aroma superb cham
Cham I always love pestos but never tried with coriander and walnut seems to be a good combo, Thanks for a nice recipe.
thats so lovely cham...coriander does add lot of kick!
i saw the pesto recipe so many times on food network but never tried.but i think i will try this one as i have all the ingredients on my hand
That farfalle looks so good covered in green! I too love cilantro in almost anything :-)
Lovely click, cham. corinader along with nuts would have been a winnning combo.
sounds so good..cilatro certainly imparts a different taste to the pasta..love the addition of nuts too..good one cham
love the use of cilantro cham! never tried it before, though i did toy with the idea several times. Thanks for the entry :)
Cilantro is a fav. herb of mine and nothing better than this with pasta....
Wow love the color...
So inventive, Cham!
Thts some pesto...so Indian...yet so international..love it.
Simply great...looks yummy and the color adds temptation..Farfalle looks perfect !!
I'm a huge fan of pestos and usually have some frozen :) This looks so tempting and delicious Cham.
i love pesto....this pasta looks yummy
awesome idea and pleasnt color cham.. very nice click.
The pesto looks so green and refreshing! Yummy!
cilantro must have given such a nice flavour .. pasta looks tasty
love cilantro too. i am bookmarking this recipe. yum!
Wow! never knew the recipe for pesto.. and cilantro pesto sounds so good cham! and I love that "herby" green color! My daughter loves Pesto sauce on anything.. will try this soon.. :)
Hey nice entry.. looks simple and tasty too... cilantro pesto.. love cilatro in any form
Looks pretty:) sounds awesome,I have to try this out sometime:)
cilantro pesto looks tempting ans the pasta nearby is just awesome..i am drooling now..
Never tried this ..Looks lovely ...
Going Green :D
Cilantro pesto...sounds aromatic and nice, to me!
Cilantro pesto sounds so tasty! That's such a unique herb to use for pesto!
Looks so gud Cham, never tried making pesto at home, this is so simple an easy, shall try !! Great entry..
Looks so attractive! Delicious recipe. Cilantro pesto sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip!
cilantro pesto looks gorgeous Cham! And that pasta is inviting me to finish it!
Lovely color! Looks super yum!
Looks perfect Cham.. I love this recipe.. I think I posted a comment two days back also. I think i forgot to hit the publish comment button
Awesome, that's my kind of pasta!
Brilliant idea,Cham..Such a simple and healthy pasta recipe..Kandipa try panren..
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There's something very comforting about pasta. The green pesto looks beautiful.
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