Pesto is just a fancy name for green sauce/chutney. Now the actual pesto recipe is made from pine nuts, basil leaves( a type of tulsi ), garlic, and cheese.  It tastes divine with pasta, bread, veggies, etc. Hey, I even make dosa with basil pesto sometimes. Throughout the summer, I grow basil in my patio to make fresh pesto. The store-bought ones can never beat the taste of the fresh ones homemade. But the thing is basil grows only in summer. So what do I do for the rest of the seasons? So I make pesto with the other green which is widely available throughout the year,m which is spinach.(Named Palak in India). A variety of recipes can be made with this palak pesto sauce. Palak paneer, aloo palak, palak pasta, and the list goes on. This can be had a side/chutney with south Indian delicacies like Idli and Dosa too. (Edited to add- I had the spinach chutney with hot idlis and it tasted so heaven 😋😇. It is a must-try combination) Read further for the spinach chutney/pesto reci...