Ingredients

  • 2 red capsicums
  • 10 long red chilies
  • 2 heads garlic (yes, BULBS not cloves)
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
  • 1 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 80 ml olive oil
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon sugar

Method

  • Cut top from garlic bulbs.
  • Roast garlic, capsicum, and chillies in an oven at 180 C (350 F) until cooked (circa 30 mins).
  • Allow to cool.
  • Remove skin from capsicum and chillies, and seeds from capsicum.
  • Clean garlic (or if it's soft enough, you could just squeeze the flesh out).
  • Toast cumin, caraway, and celery over high heat until fragrant (circa 1 min).
  • Grind in mortar & pestle (only way to get the right consistency) until slightly gritty.
  • Add all ingredients in blender and blitz until you have a smooth paste.
  • Keep in fridge until used.