My substitute for Lime pickle – great with poppadoms…
I love spicy food, and while I can buy lime pickle around here it lacks the depth of flavour and the hot tang I crave – so I made this up one day and have never looked back!
Prep: 3 min Cooking: 10min Resting/marinading: 20+ minutes
Ingredients
150 g tomatillos, washed and cut into small pieces
1 cayenne chilli chopped
Juice of 1/2 a lime
zest of 1/4 lime cut into tiny batons
pinch of salt and pepper
Method
Place all the ingredients (except the pepper) in a pan, add about 100ml of water and cook until you get a sticky paste. Grind the pepper on top and voila:
I keep my chilli chunky, and I still want a bit of texture in the tomatillos – not too much, but similar to a mango chutney.
You can add extra chilli if you like or extra zest for a punchier flavour – but for me it’s just right.