Zehug Yarok (Green Hot Sauce)

Name: Zehug Yarok (Green Hot Sauce)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 3/4 Cup
Ingredients: 4 dried hot red chiles (such as cayenne); 7 roughly chopped, stemmed, hot fresh green chiles (such as serrano); 3 pods green cardamom; 2 cloves; 1 tsp. ground cumin; 1 bunch trimmed fresh cilantro; 3 chopped peeled garlic cloves; Salt

Serves
makes 3/4 Cup

This fiery sauce tastes best when freshly prepared (red zehug is usually bought ready-made). This recipe is from Ricki Callenbach Ben-David, a Yemenite cook.

Ingredients

4 dried hot red chiles (such as cayenne)
7 roughly chopped, stemmed, hot fresh green chiles (such as serrano)
3 pods green cardamom
2 cloves
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 bunch trimmed fresh cilantro
3 chopped peeled garlic cloves
Salt

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Instructions

Step 1

Soak red chiles in a bowl of water for 30 minutes, then drain. Remove and discard stems from chiles, then put in the bowl of a food processor.

Step 2

Add green chiles, cardamom pods, cloves, and cumin, and process until finely chopped, scraping down sides as needed. Add cilantro and garlic cloves. Process to a fine paste. Season to taste with salt. Serve with felafel if you like.