This is the Middle Eastern hot sauce

13: Shatta

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    400-500

    ml
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Red Sea Cookbook: Over 100 family recipes and stories from Saudi Arabia

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

  • About

The hero sauce saviour of my home, shatta is spicy, salty and pure. The more you have it, the more you want it. I can’t even imagine a rice and meat dish or a sando without it. Every household has their own recipe; this is mine and I love it. Use any type of peppery chillies, depending on the spice level you can tolerate. I use a mix of red chillies available in the supermarket. Just avoid using Scotch bonnet.