Coriander Pesto
We call this CORIANDER PESTO RECIPE – a 5 Minute, super tasty wonder sauce! Homemade Pesto sauce made with Cilantro, Chilli or Jalapeño, Nut, Lemon Juice & Olive Oil. Good News is –Its Vegan, Dairy Free & Keto friendly too!
Cilantro Pesto Pasta or Green Pasta is on our bi-weekly menu on special demand from the kiddos!
GREEN PASTA SAUCE
My definition to pasta sauce was limited to white sauce, tomato sauce and rarely store bought Basil pesto. A few years ago, when we visited a friend for dinner, she treated us to a Basil Coriander Pesto Sauce Pasta and it was scrumptious.
The very same week , I was tempted to try the same sauce at home . However we had no basil at home and later-on just make just the fresh Coriander Pesto Sauce.
We all loved it to bits and then on, this Green Pesto Sauce became a hot favourite recipe at home.
Every now and then, when we want to cook something really quick, I make this delicious Vegan Coriander Pesto Pasta. It’s so delicious that I can probably eat a whole pound of pasta by myself.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH CORIANDER { CILANTRO }
It’s not hidden much that we love Herbs – Coriander/ Cilantro in our house! I literally feel my curries don’t look appealing and tasty with a sprig of cilantro. Cilantro can enhance the flavor of any dish to an altogether different level. But you know what, a lot of people have a love – hate relationship with cilantro.
Cilantro is available in plenty and at a reasonable price at Farmers market or Asian Grocers! You can get at least 2 big bunches for 1£ most of the time.
Just incase you would like to know more this Herb, here is an article by The Spruce Eats about What is Coriander Vs Cilantro.
All the parts of Cilantro herb is edible , but traditionally we use only the fresh leaves and the seeds. But when you are making this pesto recipe, feel free to add all the stalks too!
We love to make this Cilantro Pesto, Coriander Chutney for Street Food, Cilantro Lime Rice and save some for garnishing my curries over the week.
Unlike our basil pesto, this pesto requires no cheese! . All the flavours in this pesto sauce comes from coriander, chilli, garlic and lemon!
WHY MAKE THIS CILANTRO PESTO SAUCE?
It’s a 5 minutes wonder sauce
Such an adaptable pesto sauce. Stir it along with some pasta and cheese or Use it as a filling for your meat or as a drizzle on your tacos.
Vegan Recipe
Customisable Sauce recipe – If you like some onions, add them to your blender. Hate it, leave it out!
Its so Healthy!!
INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED FOR QUICK & EASY CORIANDER { CILANTRO} PESTO
To get started, you’ll need the following ingredients
Fresh Coriander or Cilantro – You can use every single part of the cilantro like the leaves and stalk. Just chop the stalks finely.
Chilli or Jalapenos – Either of them work great in the recipe. I like to use Serrano Chili Pepper or Jalapenos or Bird’s eye chilli – Use what is available in your refrigerator. If you don’t have any of them, use some chilli flakes.
Pinenuts – I love the flavor of Pinenuts in my pesto. Highly recommend using it. But if you don’t have any, substiture for cashewnuts or almonds.
Cashewnuts -Either of them work really well in our Pesto. For Keto Friendly and Paleo Diet, use silvered almonds.
Garlic (optional) – This green pesto sauce tastes wonderful with and without garlic.
Lemon Juice
Olive Oil
HOW TO MAKE THIS CORIANDER PESTO
Add all the ingredients to a blender jar or food processor and process until smooth. If you think the sauce is a bit too thick, add 2-3 tablespoons of water and blend again.
TIP – Adding 1 -2 Clove of Garlic is optional to the recipe.Adding a lot of garlic can over power the flavors of coriander.
Store this coriander pesto in an air tight jar in the refrigerator!
HOW TO USE THIS GREEN PESTO SAUCE?
There are many ways to use up this Cilantro Pesto.
Stir them together with some Aldente Pasta for a super quick meal!
Use in place where the recipe calls for traditional pesto.
Add some yogurt and make a simple Cilantro Dressing.
Use as a sandwich spread as is. If you like it creamy, stir in some mayonnaise.
Use it as a marinade for your seafood and meat.
Like it as Dipping for our Chip & Dip too!
You may also love our other Pasta recipes
HAVE YOU MADE THIS RECIPE?
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VEGAN CORIANDER PESTO SAUCE RECIPE BELOW
Equipment
- Blender or Food Processor
Ingredients
- 100 g Coriander
- 2 Tbsp Pinenuts
- 1/4 Cup Cashewnuts
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1 Green Chilli Jalapeno
- 3-6 Tbsp Water
- 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1/2 Lemon
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a blender jar along with 3 tbsp water and Process.
- Add a little more water if needed and process until you have thick sauce.
- Transfer the prepared sauce to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 4 days.
coriander pesto is one of my favorites. Nice photography!
Looks so good Sandhya! Glad to have found your blog, love the photography! 🙂
Wonderful clicks, Sandhya. I love coriander dearly, and make green sauce with them quite often too. This pesto sauce looks beautiful and very tasty.
Beautiful clicks Sandhya looks so good !
OMgosh! This looks amazing! I love your dish too – so cute (I want it!) and great photography! You're making me hungry with this! 🙂
any kind of pesto is welcome at my place.
Coriander pesto is like having indian touch.
Lovely:)
Stumbled upon your blog from a friend’s blog. Nice work , beautiful photographs and delicious recipes 🙂
The cilantro pesto sounds wonderful and gorgeous pics.
Beautiful clicks and wonderful pesto.
Wow Sandhya ! Your earlier photos are good too but now you are really on a next level. All the best for your next adventure, whatever that might be. I am hoping to see your work in a lot of great publications. I appreciate you sharing your photographic journey here. You are such an inspiration to all the newbie photographers like me. And above all you are such a wonderful, honest and humble person. All the best and keep inspiring
How easy is this ! It was Delicious and a tasty quick mid week treat for us all
How much lemon juice?
Juice of a half lemon.
I always enjoy reading your content. This is so helpful and amazing recipe for pesto sauce. Thank you for sharing it.
Wonderful recipe! Thank you so much Sandhya, I just finished making your recipe. I couldn’t get pine nuts at the store so landed up just using roasted cashews, I also mixed both red chilli with half a jalapeño (deseeded) and some juice and zest of a lime instead of lemon juice. I added a touch of parmesan at the end and more water to make more of a sauce then pesto. My family loves it! Thank yoooou. Do you perhaps know how well this freezes?
So glad you love it Dani! Roasted Cashewnuts is a wonderful alternative for pinenuts and I also love using them in my coriander pesto when later is not there in my pantry. Somehow I have never tried to freeze this coriander pesto, as it is quick and easy. However, if I treat this Pesto sauce like any other Coriander Chutney, I make – I would simply place it in the freezer-safe container and freeze it and they are good.
Not sure about using Parmesan for freezing!