Tomatillo Salsa

Name: Tomatillo Salsa
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: ½ Spanish onion, diced; 15 g/ ½ oz coriander leaves and stalks, coarsely chopped; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp caster sugar; 3 garlic cloves; 4 hot green chillies; 500 g/ 1.25 lb tomatillos; salt and freshly ground pepper; juice of ½ lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

About

You find this sauce on the tables of neighbourhood restaurants and cafés throughout Mexico. Eat with any savoury dish, or as a dip for corn chips.

Ingredients

500 g/ 1.25 lb tomatillos
4 hot green chillies

Americas
Mexico
Condiment
Spicy
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Husk the tomatillos and put in a pan with the destemmed chillies, garlic, caster sugar and salt. Pour over 750 ml/ 1.25 pint cold water and bring to the boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain