Roasted Tomato and Garlic Dipping Sauce

Name: Roasted Tomato and Garlic Dipping Sauce
Yield: Makes 200 ml
Cuisine: Lao
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 small red pepper, halved and deseeded; 4 ripe but firm tomatoes, halved; 3 red chillies, halved lengthways; 4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled; 2 tablespoons chopped mint; juice of ½ lime; 2 tablespoons nam pla (Thai fish sauce); 2 tablespoons nam pla (Thai fish sauce); 4 tablespoons chopped coriander; 2 spring onions, finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes
200 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

In Laos, many sauces are flavoured with garlic, tomato and peppers and are infused with fresh herbs such as basil, coriander and mint.

Ingredients

4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled
3 red chillies, halved lengthways
4 ripe but firm tomatoes, halved

Asia
Laos
Sauce
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
South East Asia

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6. Put the garlic, chillies, tomatoes and red pepper in an oven dish or roasting tin and drizzle over the oil.
Roast in the