31.5.11

Pasta with Prawns and Avocado in green homemade Pesto



Ingredients:
Pasta-11/2cup,cooked
Prawns-15 to 20,cooked
Avocado-1skinned,cut into small pieces
Onion-1 medium,sliced lengthwise
Salt as per taste
Oil-2tbsp
Mayonaisse-2tbsp(optional)
For the Pesto;
Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
Walnuts-10
Garlic-2cloves
Green chillies-2
Lime juice-1tbsp
Salt




Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the onion and Prawns with salt.Meanwhile grind together the ingredients for the pesto.When the onions are cooked add the prawns,avocado and pesto.Mix well,add mayonaisse and mix for a creamy texture.




Serve!!!!
Swap prawns for chicken if you like.



Courtesy-Pesto recipe adapted from Malar Gandhi

23 comments:

AMMU MOHAN said...

new combo..looks very nice...

Love2cook Malaysia said...

Inviting pasta dear! May I come in??? :)

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Biny just had my lunch and your pasta pics are teasing me :-) Looks yummy

Deepa
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Rekha shoban said...

creamy pasta!!!yum yum!

cook from doha said...

yummy looking pasta......nice clicks............

Ganga Sreekanth said...

kandittu kothiyayittu vayya:)

aipi said...

A beautiful n very appetizing plate of food! I love pesto n homemade is always unbeatable :)
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Suja Manoj said...

Perfect and yum yum pasta..delicious.

Julie said...

prawns look perfectly blended..delicious pasta!!

Torviewtoronto said...

yummy looking combination Biny

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, thats a droolworthy and tempting pasta, mouthwatering here..

Deepthi KR said...

hi binay,
i was actually looking for avocado recipe....thnX for posting this yummy recipe..

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Sravs said...

Delicious combination !! looks YUM !!

Shanavi said...

Biny, Am all in for shrimp / Prwan recipes..Thanks for sharing..Next time, i'll try this out

Unknown said...

The combination of ingredients sound Yum..

Renee said...

Biny Biny biny...all the 3 P's i like is there in this recipe..pasta, prawns and pesto sauce! I wish I could just take one small bite off this! I can't even make it at home cos my husband doesn't like pasta at all! but maybe some day when there's leftover for him... I will try it! :-(

Chitra said...

hey pasta looks so creamy..

Lena Jayadev said...

never tried prawns in pasta.. looks delicious and too tempting :)

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

they look fabulous..I love the plate..:PP
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divya said...

Looks awesome,mouthwatering here..

Unknown said...

looks luscious and creamy and those combination of so interesting combo!!

Sarah Naveen said...

That sounds totally yummo for a lazy evening :)

Rosita Vargas said...

A fantastic creations very nice,look wonderful,cariƱos y abrazos.