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                    Fenugreek Pepper Sauce - Turkish Cemen
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  Serving Size  : 8     Preparation Time :0:00
  Categories    : Condiment                       LowCal (Less than 300 cals)
                  LowerCarbs                      Vegan
    Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
  --------  ------------  --------------------------------
       3/4           cup  red pepper paste -- Turkish biber salcasi (see below)
    1         Tablespoon  tomato paste
    1           teaspoon  Aleppo red pepper flakes -- or half paprika half cayenne pepper or chili flakes
       1/2      teaspoon  ground cumin
    1           teaspoon  ground fenugreek seeds
       1/2      teaspoon  ground cinnamon
       1/4      teaspoon  garlic powder
                          juice and zest of 1 lemon
    2        Tablespoons  olive oil
  Just mix all the ingredients together in a smooth paste. Use as a marinade
  or a sauce. Makes an excellent burger relish. Cemen will keep for at least
  1 week in the fridge.
  Makes 2 cups (8 one-quarter cup servings)
   
  AuthorNote: Cemen is used more as a rub or marinade (especially for
  'bastirma', which is pressed fillet of beef), but it also makes a good
  sauce to have with bulgar or vegetable dishes.
  Cemen is the Turkish word for fenugreek, and it is this that provides the
  overriding flavor for the paste of the same name.
   
  Useful Turkish Pepper Paste - Biber Salcasi
    18            ounces  red bell peppers
    1           teaspoon  salt
    2                     hot red chili peppers -- but not too hot, stalks
  and seeds removed
  Roast the red peppers in a hot oven for about 20 minutes, or until the
  skin blisters. Let them cool for a minute before popping them in a plastic
  bag or some plastic wrap - after 5-10 minutes, the skin should just flake
  off.
  Remove the stalks and seeds and put the peppers in the blender with the
  chilies and the salt. Scoop the resulting puree into a shallow oven tray
  and put it back in the oven, this time on a very low heat so that any
  excess water can evaporate; say about 30 minutes.
  This latter is, of course, in place of sun-drying; if you leave in an area
  where you are able to sun-dry this paste for an hour or so - well, good
  for you.
  Store the paste in a sterilized jar in the fridge; a thin layer of olive
  oil on top will prolong its life considerably.
  Makes 4 cups 
   
   
  Cuisine:
    "Turkish"
  Source:
    "New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: Modern Recipes from Veggiestan by
    Sally Butcher, 2012"
  S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
    "Aug 2013"
  Yield:
    "2 cups"
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  Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 53 Calories; 3g Fat (58.1% calories
  from fat); 2g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg
  Cholesterol; 388mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0
  Vegetable; 1/2 Fat.
  
  Nutr. Assoc. : 26624 0 0 0 3271 0 0 3896 0
  
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