This fiery paste made with a small number of ingredients is so easy to prepare but just bursting with flavour. It was Nupur who introduced me to the recipe, and ever since I made it to go along with Chickpea Flour Pancakes with Crushed Peas and Cilantro, I was hooked. I prepared a batch to go along with Chickpea and Brown Rice Patties, a creation that I will be sharing with my readers soon. The serving possibilities are many and varied. You might wish to use it in place of regular tomato paste in your favorite recipes to heat things up. It's especially good as a condiment to go along with baked or fried savories, or mix with your favorite creamy cheese, such as goat cheese or cream cheese to spread on some crackers.
Spicy Sun-Dried Tomato PasteRelated:
12 sun-dried tomatoes
2 - 4 dried red chillies
2 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 - 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
sea salt to taste
1 teaspoon of olive oil
Begin by soaking the sun-dried tomatoes and dried chilies in hot or boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain and transfer to a food processor along with the chopped tomatoes, red pepper flakes and salt. Process until smooth. Heat the oil over medium-low heat. When hot, fry the paste for a few minutes, stirring frequently, until it is slightly thickened.
Yields roughly a scant cup.
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22 comments:
Such a lovely recipe, Lisa! I love it since I have almost everything in the fridge.
Nupur's blog is such a treasure. I love sun dried tomatoes. I use this dip randomly :) from chips to sandwiches to pasta!
The pics are brilliant, Lisa! And I love what you eat them with too!
Looks lovely, spicy and yummy. Nice picture.
Lovely recipe Lisa...now i cant wait to read your Chickpea and Brown Rice Patties.
Beautiful!This reminds me of an Italian restaurant that serves bread with delicious sun dreid paste in olive oil..
good one Lisa :) looks brilliant! spiced up tomatoes have multipurpose uses :) nice and bright clicks :)
Lovely recipe Lisa, i too love sundried tomatoes and this paste is perfect, so spicy and tasty!
Looks so delicious...sun dried tomatoes are wonderful, just a lil too expensive here in india, must dry roasting the fresh ones perhaps...
So easy, but brilliant Lisa!
Wow that must have been fiery and yummy! Loved the colour!
Oh, this sounds awesome!!
Great recipe, I would enjoy this with pasta.
Great recipe. What about a little heat on a pizza?
Pizza, pasta, oh yes!
I get this spicy sun dried tomato paste from a store here. I use it as a spread on my toast with some hot coffee in the morning. Now, I can make this at home. Thanks for sharing.
Btw, it's the my first time at your blog, you have a lovely blog. ;-)
Loved this versatile paste. All the different possibilities are racing through my mind right now :) What a bright vibrant picture, Lisa! The dish reminds me of the south Indian tomato thokku which is chunkier, made with fresh tomatoes.
Love the deep red colour.
I've never tried this, but then I'm going to have to wait till the sun's out nice and strong to first sun dry some tomatoes!
Sundried tomatoes are one of my favorite ingredients as they as so packed full of flavour. This spicy paste would certainly go well in a lot of dishes!
The color is stunning, and you reminded me that I should make this again soon!
Glad you tried this recipe, Lisa :)
Made a batch last night to spread on sandwiches for the week...am left, this morning, with only enough to stir a spoonful through a dish of fassoulia!
Lovely, Lisa - will be on high rotation around here.
ooh I bet this is very handy to have around! I can just imagine dolloping it into sauces and soups
Wow this sounds really interesting!
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