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condimentode cilantro · de chile verde · de cardamomo · de ajo · crudo

Zhoug

on its own
2.0sour
0.0sweet
3.0savoury
2.0bitter
1.0umami
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2 of these 12 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

12 pairings for Zhoug.

Cordero

classic

Raw green heat on gamy fat, with the cardamom doing what mint usually does.

Garbanzo

classic

Falafel or hummus: the legume is bland and the sauce is the actual meal.

Pan

common

Charred flour and raw chilli, and the oil in the sauce is the only fat there.

Yogur

common

Lactic fat binds capsaicin and lets coriander and cardamom through clean.

Huevo

common

Soft-boiled under green sauce is a Yemeni breakfast and a hangover cure.

Tomate

common

Glutamate and water under raw green heat. The sauce needs something sweet.

Coliflor

common

Roast until bitter, then spoon over raw. Two bitternesses stacking cleanly.

Cardamomo

common

It is already in the paste. More moves it from a note to the entire point.

Caballa

uncommon

Oily fish takes raw coriander better than parsley, which cannot hold heat.

Mango

rare

Ripe lactones against green aldehyde and chilli. A chutney nobody cooked.

Cocoa butter is fat with no edges. Green chilli and cardamom give it three.

Fresa

wild

Coriander leaf and berry share a green aldehyde. The chilli acts as the salt.