Adjika Recipe: Unique SPICY Georgian Chilli Paste

fresh cilantro

🥗Healthier: fresh basil

💰Cheaper: dried cilantro

Fresh basil provides a similar herbal flavor.

hot peppers

🥗Healthier: bell peppers

💰Cheaper: chili powder

Bell peppers reduce heat while maintaining color.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: peanuts

Sunflower seeds offer a nutty flavor with fewer allergens.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds acidity with fewer calories.

Cut the stem off the peppers and split them down the middle, removing the ribs and seeds.

Roughly chop the peppers.

Remove half of the seeds from the chilies for desired spiciness and roughly chop them.

Roughly chop the garlic.

Add the peppers, chilies, and garlic to the food processor and pulse until finely chopped.

Add the herbs to the food processor and pulse until chopped and well combined.

Add about a tablespoon of salt and the blue fenugreek, ground marigold powder, and ground coriander seed.

Blitz to incorporate the spices and salt.

With the machine running, slowly stream in sunflower oil.

Transfer the adjika to a dish or jar and refrigerate until needed.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Dietary

Allergens