Salsa recipe
Today, I am going to make salsa. It is a very popular side in Mexico and goes great with Nachos, Tacos etc.
Tomato is the most important ingredient to make salsa, so now we are going to pluck the tomatoes from my terrace garden.
What you see in my hand is the long yellow pear tomato and the one in the plant is the short pear tomato. Long pear tomatoes will bear five fruits in one bunch but short pear tomato has 7-8 friuts in one bunch, I already plucked some more tomatoes and stored it in the fridge. We are now going to make salsa..
First, let us see the ingredients-
1 cup washed tomatoes
1 Onion
2 garlic cloves,
1 green chilli,
1 tsp roasted red chilli flakes,
1 tsp Garlic powder
1/4 cup coriander
1/2 lemon
Salt
First roughly chop the tomatoes, finely chop the onion, green chilli and the garlic.
I am making this through the traditional method today, it is a very popular method and makes a very tasty dip as well.
Put the chopped onion, tomato, garlic, chilli and coriander in to the mortar and start pounding with the pestle to a coarse consistency. Make sure that you stop pounding before it becomes a fine paste.
That’s it. This is called the salsa dish or dip . It is a great side for chips or nachos. It is also used widely in other Mexican dishes like Burritos, Quesadillas etc.
Add and grind one more batch like this.
Important thing to note in this recipe is that you must use smoked or roasted red chilli which gives a great aroma to this salsa, you can use roasted tomato also instead of normal tomato that also tastes great in this salsa.
Look at this, the perfect consistency…
Now, we can add salt, garlic powder and finally lemon juice and mix well ..
Tasty mouthwatering salsa is ready. Serve it with a plate of Nachos and enjoy!
