Coriander ajika

Coriander ajika
OLIVE OIL MEETS CORIANDER

Our second recipe about coriander is online - Coriander Ajika!

Ajika is a hot and spicy paste that comes form the Middle Eastern kitchen and is made a lot of times with tomatoes or red peppers but is also really nice with coriander. As we love to share simple but tasty recipes, we wanted to show you something that can be combined with different dishes. It is a perfect addition to fish and meat as well as dishes containing potatoes, beans and tomatoes.


 

INGREDIENTS

  • 50 g coriander, leaves and stalks, roughly chopped
  • 50 g parsley, leaves only, roughly chopped
  • A small handful of young celery leaves
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds, ground
  • 1⁄2 tsp cardamom, ground
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp dried summer savory
  • 1 fresh jalapeño, remove the seeds or leave them in depending how spicy you like it. juice of 2 limes
  • 1 tsp red wine vinegar
  • 140 ml olive oil
  • Salt, pepper
  • 1⁄2 tsp sugar

METHOD

1. To make the ajika: combine all ingredients except for the olive oil. Pulse to make a rough paste, then slowly and gradually add the olive oil continuing to blend, making sure you still retain some of the texture of the herbs and voila!

2. Delicious as a dressing, with grilled meat or with the fig carpaccio.

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