May 04, 2016 / In food , veggie / Tagged as: chillis
Spicy chilli dip with vegetables
Total Cook Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 large green chillis
- 4 small green chillis
- 6 garlic cloves
- 3 shallots
- 4 medium tomatoes
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- serve with a choice of crisp lettuce, cucumber, radishes, celery or other raw/blanched vegetable
- tin foil. The inedible kind.
Method
- Wrap the chillies, garlic, shallots and tomatoes in foil and put under a medium grill. Cook until they soften (turning once or twice).
- Unwrap, then pound with a mortar and pestle to form a liquid paste.
- Add lemon juice, soy sauce, salt and sugar to the paste. Stir and place in a small dipping bowl.
- Serve as a dipping sauce surrounded by crisp salad ingredients.
Note: in Thailand seeds are never discarded from chillies, but you can do so if you wish.