PASTE - Spicy Tomato Chilli Paste

By Aemelia

Ingredients

• 1 head of garlic, peeled
• 8 cloves of shallot, peeled
• 10 small red chillies (remove seeds if you want it mild, or use large chillies)
• 2 tomatoes, cut into 8 sections each
• 1 candle nut
• 2 tsp ground corriander seeds
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• a dash of white pepper
• a dash of fish sauce
• olive oil

Details

Adapted from mochachocolatarita.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Throw everything into a food processor, pulse until you end up with chunky pieces (I pulsed mine too much). If you are not using a food processor, finely chop garlic, thinly slice shallot, chop chillies and chop tomatoes into chunky pieces. Heat a bit of oil in a pan, saute the mixture until the liquid evaporates and it formed a paste, taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Since it is a condiment, the flavors should be strong enough, it is ok to be a little on the salty side.