Monday, February 25, 2008

YELLOW CHILLI DIP

Ingredients

Hazelnuts 4 tablespoons
Fresh yellow chillies 3-4
Olive oil 4 tablespoons
Cumin seeds ½ teaspoon
Onion, chopped 1 large
Garlic, chopped 5-6 cloves
Tomato, roughly chopped 1 large
Fresh coriander leaves 4-5 sprigs
Salt to taste
Crushed red chillies ½ teaspoon
Lemon juice 2 tablespoons



Method

1. Crush the hazelnuts in a mixer and set aside.
2. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. When they begin to change colour, add onion and garlic and sauté.
3. Crush the fresh yellow chillies in a mixer. Add to the onions in the pan and continue to sauté.
4. Crush the tomato and coriander leaves in a mixer and add to the mixture in the pan and continue to sauté.
5. Add salt and mix well. Add crushed hazelnuts and stir for a minute or two.
6. Add crushed red chillies and turn off the heat.
7. Transfer the mixture into a bowl and add lemon juice and the remaining olive oil.
8. Mix and serve as a dip.

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