Recipes - Momo Achar

Ingredients:

• 2 large ripe tomatoes
• 1 cup sesame seeds
• 1 cup cilantro, chopped
• 5 fresh hot red chilies, minced
• 1 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon timur (Szechwan pepper)
• 1/4 teaspoon asafetida
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon lime jest
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

Roast tomatoes in oven for about 30 minutes, or until charred. Remove charred skin and reserve flesh in a bowl. In a pan, add sesame seeds, cumin and mustard seeds; stir continuously until seeds pop and are toasted. Make sure that seeds are not burnt. Grind the toasted seeds into a powder. In a blender, combine roasted tomatoes, ground mixture of sesame seeds, chopped cilantro, chilies, garlic, ginger, timur, asafetida, lime jest and juice, and salt; process to form smooth mixture. Add some water if the achar mixture is too thick. Transfer into a bowl. Serve with steaming MOMOs.