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Zahawiq — raw tomato and chilli sauce

Zahawiq — raw tomato and chilli sauce

  • Side dish
  • Yemeni

A pounded sauce of ripe tomato, green chilli, garlic and cumin.

Active time10 min

CookingNo cooking

Total10 min

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Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 hot green chilli
  • 1 ripe tomato
  • 1 pinch of cumin seeds
  • ⅛ tsp salt

Preparation

  1. Wash the tomato and chilli. Remove the tomato core and chilli stalk. Cut them into small pieces. Peel and chop the garlic.

    1 garlic clove
    1 hot green chilli
    1 ripe tomato
    • knife
    • chopping board
  2. Pound the garlic, chilli and cumin seeds into a paste in a mortar. Add the tomato and crush into a pulpy sauce. Stir in the salt. Serve immediately in small amounts with bread or a rice dish.

    1 pinch of cumin seeds
    ⅛ tsp salt
    • mortar and pestle
    • spoon
    • small bowl

Allergens

No allergens identified in the ingredients.

Sources and credits

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Zahawiq — raw tomato and chilli sauce