Thank you for sharing this recipe Manjula. I tried it and it’s delicious! Added a few cloves of garlic to the pesto sauce too 🙂
Manjulaji, love your recipes and the way you present it. Learned about your site from my son who came to USA for his studies. Now me and my granddaughter who is eleven watch together and try to replicate. Namaste
Thank you, I appreciate
Can peanuts be used instead of Pine nuts for pesto sauce
Akka yes maybe use cashews
peanuts will work but cashew will be better
In traditional pesto sauce pine nuts are used (as well as parmesan, sometimes a bit of pecorino and garlic. Garlic-free pesto exists but some purists do not accept it as pesto genovese). However since pine nuts are very expensive cashews are the usual replacement in commercial jarred pesto. I would not suggest replacing pine nuts with cashews in pesto made with cheese; however in this case it will probably work because this version is parmesan-less. My grandma’s sister used to make garlic-free pesto for her husband and she also added some walnuts without skin (the skin is a bit bitter) together with the pine nuts. My uncle is a cook and pesto is one of his signature dishes. One of his tricks is using a little bit of potato flour (the one used to make instant potato puree) in his pesto to add density. It works very well. Pesto pairs very well with boiled potatoes and green beans.
I have to say this was really good! I didn’t make it exactly the same as the recipe, but thank you for showing me a new and delicious sandwich to make!
Looks like a good and easy recipe. Which brand of sun dried tomatoes do you use? The ones in the bottle with oil or the dried ones?
I used dried tomatoes
Very good recipe I liked it so much it have so much fun to make the best recipe????????
since the recipe uses mozzarella cheese it is not VEGAN…
Chavi, thank you for pointing out
Hey Manjula, Simply wanted to stop by and say thanks for sharing this amazing recipe with us. Being vegetarian, I can imagine, the options of dishes very limited and little, but your blog brings in a lot of variety amongst the ordinary.
can we use tulsi instead of basil
Hi, Manjula Ji,
Visiting your website means you next day or next weekend delicious recipe is ready. I love your cooking style and have become a fan of you.
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