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Malunggay Pesto Sauce

Lately, I did a lot of cooking and experimenting and here is one of them. We all know how nutritious and beneficial Malunggay is specially to lactating moms. Did I mention it is easy to find too? This is the main ingredient of my latest experiment.

I first heard of the Malunggay Pesto Sauce in a TV show where they boiled the leaves first and used the broth as tea; and the boiled leaves were used to make the Pesto sauce. How healthy and cheap could that be?! This is a super saver specially when you have a Malunggay tree planted in your backyard or near your place like us. Without further ado, let me share with you how I made this fantastic Malunggay Pesto Sauce, which you can use in a lot of ways. I used it in different ways already.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh Malunggay leaves
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 3/4 cup extra virgin Olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Procedure
Malunggay Pesto Sauce

To create this flavorful sauce, you can use a blender osterizer or food processor. In this case I used MIL’s osterizer since we don’t have a food processor.

Put the fresh Malunggay leaves in the osterizer and then grate it. When I was doing this, I had a hard time crushing the leaves into pieces because it was all dry. After a few tries and mixing, the leaves were already small. This time I included the garlic inside and do some more grinding and grating.

While the osterizer is still running, I slowly pour the olive oil into the mixture through the opening in the cap. And instead of grinding, I press puree. This time it was so much easier because of the liquid. I stopped the processor to get everything mixed together and pureed some more.

When I was happy with the consistency, I added the salt and pepper into the mixture, pureed a little more then I was done.

I transferred my Pesto sauce into a microwaveable container, tasted it and then placed it inside the fridge. Important: Do not add the Parmesan cheese if you intend to store your Malunggay Pesto Sauce. Simply add it before you use the sauce.

I brought some here at the office and let my friends taste my latest experiment thus the photo above. I don’t know where to buy crostini here so we settled with Rebisco crackers. It was like a tornado passed in my cube. We were able to finish 3 packs of crackers in a matter of five minutes with 4 people eating.

Some of the remaining sauce, I already used for spaghetti yesterday but I forgot to take a picture of my lunch as I was super excited to eat it. I’ll post it here hopefully next week.

11 Comments Filed Under: Food, Recipe Tagged With: cooking, first times, mommy matters, nicquee goes senti

Comments

  1. Fely says

    March 13, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    Hello! I have tried this recipe but I used Kesong Puti instead of Parmesan cheese. I brought my pasta when I went to the gym and my Yoga instruction really loved it! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Nicquee says

      March 13, 2013 at 10:48 pm

      Hi Fely,

      I am glad you and your instructor loved the recipe! I will try substituting with kesong puti next time.

      Reply
  2. nicquee says

    January 25, 2010 at 4:51 am

    am new here…got to try your malunggay pesto..do it for the family health. thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. gemini says

    January 12, 2010 at 2:42 am

    am new here…got to try your malunggay pesto..do it for the family health. thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Mrs. Kolca says

    December 4, 2009 at 7:59 am

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  5. It's me Tey! says

    December 3, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    i'll try your malunggay pesto nicquee. its good we have malunggay leaves available sa asian store.
    i'm into cooking lately kasi nga di masyado active online nakaipon na ako ng mga recipes with photos. kapag sinipag post ko na sa blog. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  6. Connie says

    November 29, 2009 at 7:40 am

    it looks good and yummy! i'll try this during christmas break

    Reply
  7. Golden says

    November 29, 2009 at 3:10 am

    It looks yummy. I haven't tasted pesto though but I love malunggays! Especially pag nasa tinola. Yum yum!

    Reply
  8. Caliente Mamma says

    November 28, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    This looks so yummy! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  9. The Dreamer says

    November 27, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    try ko nga ito bukas thanks sis! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  10. yuuki says

    November 27, 2009 at 11:48 am

    looks yummy…we don't have malunggay here but i'll try to remember the recipe just in case…

    OTT: thanks for grabbing my badge for IT'S NOT…i have 3 more if you have time…thanks!

    Reply

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Hi there! I'm Nicquee and this is my little space in this world wide web. I'm a mom of two and is happily married. I started this blog as literally my online journal where I dump my emotions. Over the years, I realized that there is more to write about. Feel free to browse through and I hope you find a thing or two that is relatable to you. If that happens, give me a shout-out!

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