The Pink Café

You know the authentic pesto calls out for Basil, pine nuts and all, but the one I made I wouldn't say is authentic because of change in ingredients :) Hence calling it Basil Pesto my style! So what is different from authentic pesto? Basil is there, but where in this Bangalore I will get pine nuts from. It might be available around, but wasn't lucky enough to find it yet anywhere I have been. So this pesto replaced the pine nuts with my ever time nuts obsession PEANUTS!!! People used to make fun of this poor thing, by saying we get salary in PEANUTS. Such a torture, right?  What a shame to such a good food, nature has given. I love them more than any other nuts I guess, in any forms I would say. Peanut butter, roasted, raw, soaked, tempered, boiled, spicy ; oh no what a multitalented being it is. I know every nut is, but this is the nuts for common man too, with not so flashy price tags. You can see my diet chart in background, but never mind I keep on changing as p...

After finding out this healthy version of pasta which is my Quinoa beetroot pasta, I am making pasta dishes quite often.  This time I thought to make a creamy Basil 🌿 Pesto flavored with roasted veggies 🌶  So making it was so easy. Just boiled pasta and roasted the veggies in butter. It has the goodness of zucchini, carrots, broccoli 🥦, bell peppers, coriander leaves and as a side crispy potatoes.   Sauce a thickened version of cream and cheese 🧀  You can see the crisp veggies, which is sautéed in high heat for just a couple of mins, and mixed only after the pasta is cooked in liquid. This helps retain the color and crispness of veggies. And about potatoes, shallow fried them and sprinkled pink salt, onion powder, garlic powder and tossed. Don't add them to pasta until you serve :) Ingredients: Pasta - 1 cup Fresh cream - 1/2 cup Cheese - 1 cube Potatoes - 2 no  Zucchini, egg plant, red and green bell pepper, carrots 🥕 , ...