The other day, I went to
the supermarket and saw various bottles of pesto. Picked up one and checked for
date, it was beyond expiry date, kept it back. Picked another bottle and
checked the price…my eyes popped out..a small bottle of pesto was around Rs300…gosh!..it
sure is rich-men’s food, how will common man eat?
Well! A commoner like me
does eat it when I can make it on my own in the comfort of my home. I relish
these kinds of food but then I always believe that what we like we should be
able to make it…..
And it is so easy to make,
all we need is the right ingredients, little time to spend in the kitchen and
little creativity. I checked few sites and few u-tube presentations, learnt the
basics and then decided to make my own version to suit my palate..
So off I was, on my way to
kitchen, making the first ever pesto……
Step 1:
Collect all the ingredients
such as 7-8 pods garlic, 4 red chilies, 2 green chilies, 1 cup basil leaves, 2
tbsp pine nuts, 20grams cheese and 4 tbsp olive oil
Step 2
Chop together basil and garlic
Step 3
Add Pine nuts and chop it again, mixing with basil n garlic
Step 4
Add Red and Green Chilies and chop it again into the mixture
Step 5
Grate the cheese and mix it
Step 6
Transfer the mixture into the clean and sterilized bottle
Step 7
Add Olive oil on the top
Step 8
Store it in the refrigerator
Best enjoyed with boiled macaroni, mix the pesto with macaroni and top it with stir fried mixed vegetables
The stir fried vegetables I have made many times, remember this?
