Coriander Peanut Pesto
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 200 ml peanut oil
- 40 g raw blanched peanuts
- 2 green bird's eye chilies, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly minced ginger
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 100 g holy basil leaves
- 25 g vietnamese mint leaves
- 100 g coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon shaved palm sugar
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 20 ml fresh lime juice, strained
directions
- Heat oil and roast peanuts over medium heat until golden.
- Strain peanuts from oil and cool, reserving both.
- Blend the peanuts in a food processor with the chilli, ginger and garlic.
- Add the holy basil, Vietnamese mint and coriander and half of the reserved oil.
- Blend to make a smooth paste.
- Add the sugar, fish sauce and lime juice.
- Blend again, and gradually pour in the remaining oil as you do so, to make a smooth paste.
- To store, spoon the pesto into a sterile container, cover with a film of peanut oil and seal.
- Keep refrigerated.
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