Great Afghan coriander sauce recipe

[tvashtarkatena]

I had a ton of cilantro from the garden I didn't know what to do with, so I whipped up this stuff in a few minutes, and it was awesome:

 

Afghan Coriander Sauce

 

Ingredients

 

Fresh cilantro, stemmed (about 1 cup loosely packed leaves)

3 x Cloves garlic, peeled

1 x Jalapeno, or other hot pepper, seeded

1/2 cup walnut or cashews

1/3 cup Fresh lemon juice OR

1/3 cup Distilled white vinegar

1 tsp Salt, or to taste

1/2 tsp Freshly grated black pepper

1/4 tsp Ground cumin, (optional)

2 tbl yoghurt

 

Liquify in a blender, and serve at room temperature as a sauce for any meat, poultry, or fish dish.

 

 

[G-spotter]

see, i'm so desperate i even read this thread

 

that sounds more Lebanese than Afghan

[archenemy]

Will this work with regular parsley? My parsley plant has absolutely taken off this year and I am not sure what new stuff I can make with it?

[tvashtarkatena]

Probably. I mixed some parsley in, but all parsley will taste, well, more like parsley. You could also try subbing in mint, basil, or kick it up with a bit more garlic and lemon juice to make up the difference.

[archenemy]

Right on--good advice. I'm trying this!

[ken4ord]

Will this work with regular parsley? My parsley plant has absolutely taken off this year and I am not sure what new stuff I can make with it?

 

That sauce probably won't be so tasty with parsley, but here you go here is something you can use it for.

 

3-4 red holland pepper (steam, peel, de-seed, puree)

1-2 red onion

chopped walnut or pinenuts

2-4 cloves of garlic

1 bunch of parsley

 

sautee onion, nutz, garlic and parsley in butter and/or olive oil (healthier not as tasty). Add your pepper purre and simmer 10 min or so. Serve over pasta of choice with grated parm or romano.