INGREDIENTS:
Whole wheat spaghetti ½ pound
Mixed Vegetables (Carrot, Snap peas, Green Soybeans, Bean sprouts, bamboo shoots)
Bell Peppers (Green and Yellow) together sliced lengthwise 1/2 cup
Olive Oil 1 tblsp
Dried basil 2 tsp
Salt to taste
For Pesto:
Spinach 1 cup
Walnut 3 tblsp toasted
Red chilly flakes
Sundried Tomato ¼ cup
Nutmeg ½ tsp (Optional)
Garlic 4 cloves
Hot pasta Water 1 cup
METHOD:
1) Place large pan add water when it is comes to rolling boil add salt and cook spaghetti as per package direction.
2) Once pasta is cooked drain and save 1 cup of pasta water.
3) In a wide pan add 1 tsp oil, when it is hot add garlic and roast for 2 mins then add spinach and fry for another 5 mins.
4) Add all the pesto ingredients in a blender and grind to smooth paste.
5) Microwave veggies (I used frozen vegetables) on high for 4 mins. If you are using fresh vegetables cook them separately.
6) In the same pan add remaining oil, when it is hot add bell pepper and sauté for 5 mins.
7) Then add the pesto paste, vegetables and cook on medium low heat for 5 mins.
8) Add the cooked pasta, Salt and if required add little pasta water and cook on low heat for 5 mins.
9) Turn off the heat and garnish with dried basil leaves. Serve Hot.
21 comments:
looks delicious
lovely recipe..will try it..
Very different and delicious...shall try it!!
I love Walnut pesto, I make it too. Good one, Pavithra! :)
loved the pesto .. spaghetti looks delicious
umm, spinach and walnut sounds like a delicious combination. thanks for the recipe :)
Looks wonderful...i made something too...check out my blog on spagetti:)
mmm. spaghetti looks so mouth-watering Pavithra! Tempting bowl :)
bowl full of spaghetti looks inviting.
wow super iam going to try this hummm but i don't like spaghetti yeh will try with shell pasta thanks for the pesto recipe
Spaghetti with spinach and walnut pesto sounds yummy and pic looks inviting too
What a different recipe. Looks yummy.
cool recipe accompanied by cool pics..
Pavithra, what a lovely, creative recipe. I could just eat up that whole bowl in a minute! Thanks for sending this delicious entry to It's A Vegan World: Italian.
vegan n yet YUM...love this recipe..its for keeps.
Thats a lovely Spaghetti Pavithra.Loved that bowl too.:)
looks delicious.
Let me try.
I have got to try this :-)
Looks so nice.. never tried spaghetti.. Yummy entry !!
Thank you all for dropping by..Spaghetti with spinach pesto is a perfect combo..Do try..
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