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condimentcoriander · green-chilli · cardamom · garlic · raw

Zhoug

Yemeni green chilli sauce with cardamom in it. Raw, loud, and it ends up on everything.

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.

Lamb

classic

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

Chickpea

classic

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

Bread

common

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

Yoghurt

common

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

Egg

common

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

Tomato

common

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

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

Cardamom

common

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

Mackerel

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.

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