Shatta Hot Pepper Sauce
Shattah Hot Pepper Sauce
Egyptians love shatta hot pepper sauce drizzled over their food.
Shatta is fabulous drizzled over grilled meat, falafel, roasted vegetables, in fact anything that you’d like to spice up a little. It’s also an absolute must with halibissah (chilli beef soup with chickpeas).
a good Shatta Hot Pepper Sauce should make your taste buds Dance the Fandango
Be warned it’s a fiery sauce – not for the faint hearted. But it also makes your taste buds dance the fandango and it’s loved by many.
Too hot for you?
To reduce the heat factor you could:-
- remove the seeds of the chillies
- use mild chillies, which produce less heat
- or possibly use a few less of the fiery devils
I choose to use quite mild chillies, so I get a pleasant heat but can still taste the food. That having been said, if you want an authentic Shatta sauce then just follow the recipe below.
Ingredients
- 10 red chilli peppers – stems removed
- 8 garlic cloves
- 1 cup fresh flat leaf parsley
- 1 cup fresh coriander
- ½ tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¾ cup tomato puree
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin powder
Method
Blitz in a bender
Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor and pulse until it comes together as a nice, smooth mixture.
Heat for 5 minutes to make your hot pepper sauce
Put the mixture into a sauce pan. Heat this over a medium heat until it comes to the boil, stirring frequently – this takes about five minutes.
Remove from the heat and pour your fiery, shatta hot pepper sauce into a sterilized jar.
Your delicious shatta hot pepper sauce is now ready to add a good bit of excitement to your food.
Store in the fridge
Once cooled store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Serve cold as a condiment.
Have fun experimenting with this recipe – if you love spicy food it’ll be an absolute winner.
If you prefer things a little less hot then try the different alternatives I’ve offered and then you’ll still be able to enjoy this flavoursome sauce.
Enjoy
Let me know how you find it.