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Marinating Sauce for Anything and Everything

Do you ever wish you had a delicious home-made marinating sauce to use over anything and everything? Then this easy recipe is for you. Don't let the long list of ingredients discouraged you from making this easy sauce. It's so worth making and storing in the fridge to use on anything you like and when you are in a rush.
It is a raw marinating sauce that has some heat to it. If you don't like it spicy, the only ingredient you need to cut back on is the chillies. You can use this sauce as a base for stir fried noodles, in soups, over vegetables and even to marinate your meats and fish/seafood, before baking, pan frying, steaming and so on.
You can purchase all the spices at your local grocery store or at an Indian or Mexican grocery store. You probably might have some ingredients in your pantry, already. Once you have all the ingredients, all you do is blend and store in a bottle to use over anything you like. It will stay good for up to a month in the fridge.
Course Marinating Sauce
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Calories 147kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Vitamix or a high powered blender

Ingredients

  • 7 dried red chilies (remove the stalk)
  • 2 dried smoked brown chilies (chipotle will work)
  • 10 dried Kashmiri chilies (these are not spicy, they mainly add flavour and colour)
  • 4 cloves garlic (large cloves)
  • 2 sundried tomatoes (large pieces, dried or soaked in oil can be used)
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp caraway seeds (omit if you don't have or use fennel seeds)
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds (omit if you don't like the taste of coriander)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice (fresh not bottled)
  • 1 tsp sea salt (add more if you like, can also add later)
  • 1/4 cup avacado oil (can also use olive oil, I sometimes use more oil if the paste is very dry. Depending on how dry the chilies are, will determine if you need more oil)

Instructions

  • Add all the above ingredients to a high powered blender cup, like the small blending cup of the Vitamix. Blend on high till well combined and the ingredients is ground into a fine paste
  • Transfer to a bottle and store in the fridge for upto a month

Nutrition

Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2364mg | Potassium: 546mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 2373IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 6mg