Portuguese Vinegar Sauce W/ Hot Pepper Paste For Fish (molhanga)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds or 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
• 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt (to taste)
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh edible flowers (safflower flowers to be precise) or 3/4 teaspoon paprika or 3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 -2 dash ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper paste, such as portuguese hot pepper paste (massa de malagueta) # 460621 or 1 teaspoon hot chili sauce
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, leftover from frying fish if not too dark or 1 tablespoon fresh olive oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 using a mortar and pestle and blending well after each addition, combine the cumin, garlic, salt, safflower or paprika, nutmeg (if using), pepper, and sugar. follow with the hot pepper paste (or hot chili sauce) and parsley.
• 2 transfer to a bowl. stir in the water and vinegar and whisk in the olive oil.
• 3 to use, pour over the cooked fish or serve on the side.