Hiya!
So several months back, I inherited a bag full of Thai green chillies from my Mom, who was going away for a while, and she didn't want her chillies to go bad.
Now, I'm Indian, and despite my amazing cultural heritage, and my love for spicy foods, I have yet to learn how to make good Indian food as well as my Mom. I had no idea what to do with this massive back of chillies, so I decided to make a hot sauce.
The inspiration came from my favourite go-to hot sauce, Sriracha. Yeah, it's common, pretty much everyone's tried it, and there's plenty hotter. I just like it cuz it's so tasty without being uncomfortably hot.
In any case, using some of those far eastern flavours as inspiration, this is what happened:
Jalapenos and some Red Bell pepper ready to be roasted
Green chillies, didn't get roasted
Roasted Jalapenos (tried not to burn them)
Green chillies and garlic
Tamarind, for a bit of sweetness
Processed the green chillies and bell pepper, adding tomato paste and jalapenos
awesome, awesomer, SUPER AWESOME
A bit coarse, need to get it finer
Added more tamarind, tomato paste, a bit of honey, smoked paprika and liquid smoke
So several months back, I inherited a bag full of Thai green chillies from my Mom, who was going away for a while, and she didn't want her chillies to go bad.
Now, I'm Indian, and despite my amazing cultural heritage, and my love for spicy foods, I have yet to learn how to make good Indian food as well as my Mom. I had no idea what to do with this massive back of chillies, so I decided to make a hot sauce.
The inspiration came from my favourite go-to hot sauce, Sriracha. Yeah, it's common, pretty much everyone's tried it, and there's plenty hotter. I just like it cuz it's so tasty without being uncomfortably hot.
In any case, using some of those far eastern flavours as inspiration, this is what happened:
Jalapenos and some Red Bell pepper ready to be roasted
Green chillies, didn't get roasted
Roasted Jalapenos (tried not to burn them)
Green chillies and garlic
Tamarind, for a bit of sweetness
Processed the green chillies and bell pepper, adding tomato paste and jalapenos
awesome, awesomer, SUPER AWESOME
A bit coarse, need to get it finer
Added more tamarind, tomato paste, a bit of honey, smoked paprika and liquid smoke