Salsa Macha

This Mexican Salsa Macha recipe is the perfect condiment. It's made with crispy bits of toasted chili, garlic, cashew nuts and "baru nut", our own special Brazilian addition, and oil. It combines perfectly with raw seafood, barbecued vegetables or any dish that needs a kick of spice and complexity! Basically you can spoon it over everything!

Remove the stems and seeds from <quantity>1 ¼<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of guajillo chilies, <quantity>½<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of pasilla chilies and <quantity>2<unit>tbsp</unit></quantity> of morita chilies

Peel <quantity>2</quantity> garlic cloves

Add <quantity>2<unit>cups</unit></quantity> of vegetable oil to a pan over medium heat. Fry garlic cloves until golden

Fry <quantity>¾<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of baru nuts until golden

Fry <quantity>1<unit>cup</unit></quantity> of cashew nuts until golden

Fry the guajillo, pasilla and morita chilies for a few seconds

Remove oil from heat and set aside to cool

Add fried garlic to blender

Add fried chilies

Add <quantity>100<unit>ml</unit></quantity> of the oil from frying

Blend ingredients until smooth and homogeneous

Transfer mixture to a bowl

Add baru nuts to the blender

Add cashew nuts

Blend nuts coarsely for a few seconds

Pour in <quantity>100<unit>ml</unit></quantity> of the oil from frying and blend again until reaching a paste-like consistency but still chunky

Add blended mixture to the bowl

Add a pinch of salt and mix. The Salsa Macha is ready

Enjoy with raw seafood, barbecued vegetables or any dish that needs a kick of spice and complexity!

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