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Title: Yemenite Zhug (Yemenite Hot Sauce)
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

      1 lb serrano chiles
      5    whole heads of garlic;
           -peeled
      1    bunch fresh cilantro; well
           -rinsed
      1 ts dried hot red pepper flakes;
           - or to taste
    1/2 ts powdered cumin
      1    salt to taste
      1    olive oil to cover

Instructions

Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 08:20:37 -0800 (PST)

From: Ivan Weiss

This recipe is cribbed without permission from Joan Nathan: "Jewish
Cooking in America," (Knopf, 1994, $30 (and worth it)) so I feel
honor-bound to plug this terrific cookbook, which I'm sure contains
something for everybody -- even a chile-head, as I found out.

Blend in food processor. Makes + or - about a pint. Stores well in
refrigerator.

Now, some variations. Use habs, seeds and all. Serranos taste wonderful
but habs taste better and pack more kick. I use seeds and all, just cut
off the stems.

Add some olive oil while blending. Your mileage may vary.

For "dried hot red pepper flakes" I use my other killer app, habs and
chipotles, 1 to 1, ground fine.

Does 5 whole heads of garlic seem a bit much? Resist the temptation to
scrimp. Inconceivable that a C-H would be a garlic wimp.

You can't beat this combination of flavors. Add it to anything you can
think of. Let your imagination run wild. I use it a lot for salad dressing
bases. For me, a dab of zhug, then olive oil and lemon juice, is all a
salad needs.

CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V2 #238
Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #093

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 22:53:38 -0400 (EDT)

From: "Glen G. Hosey"

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