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                                 SHATTA

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Sauces

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                       Small red chili peppers
  1       c            Parsley -- chopped
  1       c            Fresh cilantro -- chopped
  1 1/2   tb           Garlic -- ground or minced
  1       t            Each salt and pepper
  1       t            Cumin
  2       tb           Olive oil

 In a blender, puree enough chili peppers to measure 1 cup.  Puree the
 parsley and cilantro together; mix well with the pureed chili peppers. Add
 the garlic, seasonings and olive oil; blend well. Shatta, like zhoug,
 should be put in a jar and placed in the refrigerator, for use in many
 recipes.  It also will keep for many months.

 Yield: 1 1/2 cups.

 The author writes: "Shatta...is less powerful than zhoug.  Its bright red
 color adds a rich hue to sauces and salads and enhances its delicious
 taste.  Shatta is a pleasure."

 From _The Yemenite Cookbook_ by Zion Levi and Hani Agabria.  New York:
 Seaver Books, 1988.  Pg. 9.  ISBN 0-8050-0394-0.  Posted by Cathy Harned.



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