Thai Chile Relish

By danyell923

Ingredients

• 5 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 6 Anaheim chiles
• 4 medium shallots, unpeeled
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Preparation

Step 1

Light a grill and thread the garlic on a skewer. Grill the garlic, chiles and shallots over moderately high heat, turning often, until charred and tender, 8 to 10 minutes for the garlic and chiles and 20 minutes for the shallots.

Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and let cool. Peel the garlic and shallots and transfer to a mortar or a food processor. Peel, seed and core the chiles (or leave in some seeds for extra heat). Add the chiles to the mortar or processor and pound or pulse to a coarse puree. Stir or pulse in the cilantro, fish sauce, sugar and lime juice and serve.