How To Make Pesto Pasta | Penne Pasta With Pesto Sauce | The Bombay Chef - Varun Inamdar

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts are more affordable and provide a similar texture.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: Nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: Grana Padano

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free, while Grana Padano is a less expensive cheese.

In a bowl add fresh basil leaves, cashew nuts, garlic pods, Parmesan cheese, salt and black pepper and add olive oil and mix it all well.

In a pan full of water add salt, pasta and let it boil for 10 minutes.

In a grinder, blend the mixed ingredients to run into fine smooth paste, adding some olive oil.

Transfer it into another bowl.

In a pan add some oil, cherry tomatoes and boiled pasta and some salted water and add the pesto sauce.

Add some basil leaves and the pesto pasta is ready to be served!

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