Harissa

Name: Harissa
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Tunisia
Ingredients: 100g dried red chillies, soaked; 6 cloves garlic; 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted; 2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted; 1 tsp caraway seeds, toasted; juice of 1 lemon; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp salt

Tunisia

UNESCO inscribed harissa on the intangible cultural heritage list in 2022. It appears in some form at every Tunisian meal.

Tunisia's defining condiment — a paste of dried red chilli, garlic, cumin, coriander and caraway. The flavour of North African cooking in a jar.

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Prep

20 mins

Cook

15 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

215 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

100gdried red chillies, soaked

6 clovesgarlic

2 tspcumin seeds, toasted

2 tspcoriander seeds, toasted

1 tspcaraway seeds, toasted

juice of 1lemon

4 tbspolive oil

1 tspsalt

Method

Soak chillies 20 minutes. Drain. Toast spices in a dry pan.

Blend chillies, garlic, spices, lemon and oil to a smooth paste. Season.

Store in a jar, topped with olive oil.

Chef's Tip

The olive oil layer preserves it — replenish the oil layer each time you use some.

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