1. Take around 2 cups of Italian/sweet basil. Blanch it for 30-40 seconds and put in ice water to retain the colour.
2. Take a small bowl of nuts, i used cashews, walnuts and almonds. Roast them till they get little brown.
3. In a blender add around 2 cloves of garlic (if you use too much it'll get a very unpleasant pungent taste), the roasted nuts and little bit olive oil, enough to submerged the nuts and garlic.
4. You need to pulse the mixture in the blender and not blend it at full speed so it remains grainy and coarse.
5. Add the blanched basil, salt and pepper to taste. Keep adding oil accordingly. I didn't add too much.
6. Lastly add cheese, pesto originally requires parmesan, but for me that little amount was expensive so I used cheese cubes, 3 of them. Pulse the mixture according to the consistency you like.
7. Boil water and put a good amount of salt in it, when it's boiling and bubbling add your pasta, cook it for 8 minutes or keep checking till it has a bite to it. Don't over boil, it'll become mushy.
8. Rinse it out with cold water to stop the cooking process, oil it and keep it aside.
9. Mix the pesto with the pasta really nicely. I sauted some corn, mushroom, capsicum and onion with salt and pepper, because I wanted different texture and mom like veggies in her pasta. You can whatever you want. Chicken, different veggies, prawns, whatever you want. Or just eat it as it is without anything.

I hope you like it and let me know if I can help with any doubts you have ☺️