Friday, October 2, 2009

Coriander Pesto Pasta & Mini Omelettes

Pasta dishes, we just love anything with pastas,..I was planning to prepare pesto with basilic or either with coriander, an italian aromatic paste where italian peoples used to have with pastas, as sandwich spread else with soup, finally i prepared a delicious and flavourful home made coriander pesto with fresh coriander leaves, almond powder, garlic, green chillies, parmesan cheese etc..I prepared this coriander pesto pasta for our sterday's lunch and i served with mini omelettes prepared with grated onions and cooked in appe pan or kuzhipaniyaram pan..Those mini omelettes were so delicious and cute, i served them as skewers..Needless to say that lil ones at home just loved it and really relished the plate..I tried pesto for the first time at home and we loved it..I prepared little bit different from Cham's Cilantro Pesto as her pesto goes for vegan version, while i have added parmesan cheese to enhance the flavour of my pesto.



Coriander Pesto:
2cups Coriander leaves
1/2cup Parsley leaves
3tbsp Almond powder
5nos Garlic cloves
3nos Green chillies (chopped)
1/4cup Olive Oil
1/4cup Grated Parmesan cheese
1tbsp Lime Juice
Salt

1packet Pasta (i used farfalle)
1tsp Oil

Mini Omelettes:
2nos Eggs
1/4cup Grated Onions
1/4tsp Pepper powder
Salt
1tbsp Oil

Blend all the ingredients for the coriander pesto as paste, conserve this paste in an air tightened bottle..Meanwhile cook the pasta with few drops of oil until they turns tender..As my H doesnt like the raw smell of the coriander, i cooked the coriander pesto for few seconds in olive oil before mixing it with cooked pastas,U can add directly the pesto paste to the cooked pasta and enjoy it..

Whish the omelette with pepper powder, salt and grated onions..heat the appe pan with few drops of oil, pour a tablespoon of egg mixture to the appe pan, cook on both sides and serve hot..else place the mini omelettes on the skewer and serve with coriander pesto pasta..

Enjoy!

34 comments:

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

I just love those mini omlettes particularly as they just look so so cute.

Pari Vasisht said... Reply To This Comment

Loved the idea of using appe patra for omlettes. They are just perfect. The coriander pesto sound good too.

kamalabhoopathy said... Reply To This Comment

mini omelettes are so cute and lovely

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Mini omelettes looks so good priya...Nice click

Abhilash said... Reply To This Comment

I have once seen decorations with this in your alternate blog...This is a good looking recipe :)

I think this is a new dish and children will for sure like it... I can understand how fast would have the little ones finished it...

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy.I too love anything with pasta.Great idea of using paniyaram pan

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Mini Omelettes looks awesome and loved ur great idea of using the appe vessel..pesto sounds delicious and yummy!!!!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

its looks so yummy....

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

I just loved those bite sized omelettes,great for kids...nicely presented too...

Preeti Kashyap said... Reply To This Comment

love the idea of mini omlettes made in an appa pan!

Soma Pradhan said... Reply To This Comment

Woow....Amazing...Really different and creative..How can imagine so much...Hats off

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Temptation is there to grab the plate when looking at the snap..

Urmi said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yummy and very innovative dish. Good combination as I love omlette.

Malar said... Reply To This Comment

mini omelettes looks so yummy...

vidhas said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely idea of making omellte in kuzhi paniyaram pan. Coriander pesto pasta sounds Yum!!!

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

மினி ஆம்லெட் ஐடியா நல்லாயிருக்கு.படங்கள் அழகாயிருக்கு!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

woow those mini omlettes looks so cute priya realy a great idea of use paniyaram pan for mini omelettes.and hummm interesting flavor for pasta wow.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

mini omlettes look oh so cute. corriander pasta is a nice variation too.

Poornima Nair said... Reply To This Comment

Just pass me that dish...looks delicous!

Sujatha said... Reply To This Comment

mini omlettes look great, I make a spicy gravy with these mini omlettes!

Raje said... Reply To This Comment

Ummm Spicy pesto... Mouth watering recipe and a lovely presentation with the omlettes Priya!

Renus Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

very nice recipe.....

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

Love the idea of mini omelettes..and the coriander pesto sounds fantastic.
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Angie's Recipes

Palidor said... Reply To This Comment

I never thought to use coriander for pesto. Great idea! And I love the omelettes too.

Sreelekha Sumesh said... Reply To This Comment

Wow..very creative idea..Pasta with omelettes looks yummy..

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Glad that u liked it.Addding cheese is very classy, great omelette for kids!

Varsha Vipins said... Reply To This Comment

I love this coriander pesto Priyakka..mint n this herb are my fav's..yummm..:)..n those omlettes..cutee..:)

chakhlere said... Reply To This Comment

wowwwww!! Mini omelets are sp pretty. pasta also looks yummy!!

Jaleela Kamal said... Reply To This Comment

சூப்பரா இருக்கு பிரியா, நல்ல ஐடியா

Aps said... Reply To This Comment

This Luks Yum...... especially those mini omletes luks gorgeous....:)

Bombay Foodie said... Reply To This Comment

I love pesto with everything, although mine's always basil. I think I will take your cue and branch out into coriander.

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

The omelettes look cute Priya...thats one delicious lunch :)

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

they look gorgeously yummy dea..!!!

lissie said... Reply To This Comment

awesome presentation! can't resist those mini omelettes!!!