An amazing sauce!

[Ellen Forradalom]

I made a vegan meal tonight--red lentil patties with cilantro sauce tonight. The patties were, well, you know, bean cakes, the usual, but the sauce really kicked ass! The recipe is from a newsstand one-off called "Simple Meals from the editors of Organic Style." Here it is:

1 cup cilantro
1/4 cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (I just juiced 1/2 of a large lemon)
1 jalapeno chili pepper, stemmed and seeded (or 1/2 if you have a more sensitive palate, like me)
1 clove garlic, peeled
1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled
1/4 teaspoon salt

Throw it all in the blender and blend 'til smooth and green.

This sauce has zip, as you can imagine. I plan to find a lot of uses for it.

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Thanks for the recipie! I have to try more things like this

And PS on the bean cakes, if you are missing the burger taste there are some easy home mixes available that come a good deal closer than lentils. ;-)

http://www.healthy-eating.com/gluten_tempeh.html#entree

This sauce, if thickened do you think it would make a good party dip?

[livetohike]

2. I love cilantro

Thanks for the recipe :-).

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. It was good on marinated, pan-fried tofu, too.

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