here's one I just whipped up. After tasting and sharing some fresh naga morich peppers (from pepper ridge farm) it seemed the best thing to do with the rest is to make a sauce!
Ingredients-
1/2 small Walla Walla Sweet onion- minced
1/2 head garlic-
2 Tbsp ground (fresh) ginger
1 ripe mango
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp salt
7 Naga Morich peppers
2 purple mystery peppers from the garden
I wanted the peppers to be small pieces and all the rest to be thoroughly pureed. So the the onion and garlic went into the food processor first and then the mango, onion, garlic, ginger,vinegar and water all went onto the stove to simmer for 20 minutes or so. When everything was soft it went back into the food processor and got thoroughly whirled.
Just a side note here, be VERY CAREFUL when blendering or food processing hot liquids. The steam can actually force a lid off and splashed liquids can burn.
After the mango-onion stuff was pureed, I put the purple-green chiles in and pulse chopped them until they were the right size. They went into the pot and then the nagas got pulsed (with a little of the sauce I had reserved) until they were to the right size.
Here, the purple peppers are already in the pot and the nagas are in the processor.
The Money Shots-
This sauce is really garlicy and oniony but you can still taste the ginger...and then it hits! Hubby tasted it and said..."Oh, That's GOOD!" And after about 20 seconds he said, "
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and started hiccuping. The purple-green peppers faded a little during cooking and I probably wouldn't use them again. I was hoping they would hold their color a little better, but not to worry. It tastes great and still looks pretty good. It just didn't get all the colors to pop.
Our neighbor came up today and we got him to try a sliver of the naga. He wouldn't show it in front of me, but after the guys left the kitchen, Salsadude said he just about melted. I think he deserves the little bottle of sauce just for being a good sport. Or maybe as revenge for stealing the plants that were supposed to go to someone else. LOL!