Bazha

Description

This is based on Georgian (as in post-Soviet) cuisine, but it’s my own recipe, which means that it’s very flexible with ingredients and quantities. It goes great with grilled vegetables, especially eggplant. Garnish with a few pomegranate seeds. I’ve also used it as a base sauce for frying up chicken and serving with saffron rice.

• Original recipe

Ingredients

• ½ pound walnuts
• 2 cloves fresh garlic (or to taste)
• ½ of a medium yellow onion
• virgin olive oil
• warm water (not boiling)
• salt
• pepper
• ground coriander
• saffron and fresh parsley to taste

Directions

1. In a CuisinArt or using a hand blender (or mortar and pestle if you want the workout) combine walnuts, garlic, yellow onion, olive oil, and water.
2. Add salt, pepper, coriander, saffron, and parsley to taste.
3. Grind it up until the consistency is sauce-like and the taste is delicious.