Tunisian Harissa
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1/2 cup
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 125 g dried hot red chili peppers, cayenne type
- 1⁄2 head garlic
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons caraway seeds
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 -3 tablespoon olive oil
directions
- Cut off the tops of the dried red peppers, and deseed them.
- Soften them in a bowl of water for a half hour, then put them in a colander to drain them a bit.
- Take the skins off the garlic.
- Put them in a blender, add the red peppers, the salt, caraway, coriander, and 1 teaspoon of water.
- Also, add 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Blend this until it is like a paste.
- Add olive oil to taste.
- The oil will lessen somewhat the intensity of the spice.
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