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Vinegar-Chili-Onion Dipping Sauce

This simple sauce is perfect for spooning over fried fish, fried chicken, grilled meats, and any kind of kebab.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 2¿3

Ingredients

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or any vinegar you like)
1 tablespoon very finely slivered shallots or a couple of very thin onion slices, quartered
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8–1/4 teaspoon salt
6–8 mint leaves, finely chopped (optional)

Preparation

  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and leave for 30 minutes to steep.

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Excerpted from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur Jaffrey. Copyright © 2010 by Random House. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsSauceIndianSouth AsianAsianShallotVegetableMintHerbs & SpicesSideLunchDinnerGluten FreeDairy FreeNut FreeVegetarianVeganRawMake AheadQuickEasyNo-CookCookbooks
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