Pesto with roasted potatoes and sirloin steak. Vegan variations of pesto can include mixes of fresh basil, nuts such as walnut or pine nut, olive oil, and the addition of miso paste and nutritional yeast to provide additional flavor enhancement to the dish. For reasons of expense or availability, walnuts, pecans, cashews or even peanuts are sometimes substituted for the traditional pine nuts. Also, while the nuts are traditionally used as is, some recipes call for prior toasting. While not preferable, other culinary nuts may be used due to the taste disturbances that some people may experience after consuming pine nuts
Sweet bean sauce sweet bean sauces owe their sweet flavor to the fermentation of starches rather than to the addition of refined sugar. Sweet bean sauce can be found in standard Asian supermarkets under various English names. In Chinese, it is written 甜面酱. In Korea, "chunjang" () is most commonly used to make "jajang" (), a black gravy served with a popular noodle dish called "jajangmyeon". Other common dishes with "jajang" sauce include "jajang-bap" ("rice with "jajang" sauce") and "jajang-tteok-bokki" (stir-fried rice cakes with "jajang" sauce). Although stir-frying "chunjang" to make "jajang" is the most common use for the sauce, "chunjang" may also