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Ai Manas

Name: Ai Manas
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Timor-Leste
Ingredients: 10 Chili pepper; 3 cloves Garlic; 1/4 Red Onion; 2 Lime; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Chili, garlic, and lime combined into the hot sauce essential to every East Timorese table.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ai manas means 'something spicy' in Tetum, the chili sauce found on every East Timorese table. Fresh chilies, garlic, onion, lime or lemon juice, and salt are simply crushed together. It's dabbed little by little on grilled fish, rice, and stews.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an East Timorese family table, a small dish of red chili sauce sits beside the rice and grilled fish.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Chili pepper 10
Garlic 3 cloves
Red Onion 1/4
Lime 2
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Remove the chili stems and chop roughly.
Finely chop the garlic and red onion.
Coarsely crush the chilies, garlic, and salt in a mortar.
Mix in the onion, lime juice, and oil.
Let stand about 1 hour to meld.

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