Chatni sauce

Name: Chatni sauce (Hot green sauce)
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 1 x 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) jar
Cuisine: Afghani
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon ground cumin; 30 ml (1 fl oz) white vinegar; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper; 2 Indian green chillies, chopped finely with the seeds; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; ¼ bunch coriander (cilantro); ½ bunch flat-leaf (Italian) parsley; 3 teaspoons lemon or lime juice; ¼ bunch mint

Hot green sauce

Preparation info

Makes
1 x 250 ml
jar

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

About

Very similar to the Argentinian chimichurri, this deliciously hot sauce, made with green chillies and fresh herbs, is served in Afghanistan with just about every meal, four seasons of the year. If there is no chatni or ‘chatney’ in the house, people will use fresh or dry pepper with their meal, to fire their tastebuds.

You’ll also find a very similar version of this hot green sauce enjoyed in India, Pakistan and some other countries — so do as all the locals do, and serve it with ev