For ten years, before authoring my books, I was the senior writer for Lowfat Weekly, a website, I founded. (If you’ve read my other blogs, then you are familiar with a post that told about why I closed down that website). While working at Lowfat Weekly part of my job was recipe developer, and included adapting recipes to healthier Low Fat versions. I LOVED that challenge! As a food blogger, I was known as “The Recipe Lady.” The problem I had was…READ THE REST OF THE BLOG
-Virginia Wright
Queen of Recipe Adaptation The Recipe Weekly http://www.therecipeweekly.com
Spicy Tomato Dip10 Plum Tomatoes you can use other varieties but plum is the best beacuse it is meaty and has less water content2-4 tablespoon fish saucepinch of sugar1 teaspoon of salt1 handful of finely chopped green onion1 handful of finely chopped cilantro/coriander2 cayenne or chili pepper or don’t use pepper if you can’t eat hot1teaspoon of msg optional. You can also use meat tenderizer made from papaya enzymes. Don’t use the tenderizers that have other ingredients/spices in it. You can skip msg or meat tenderizer if you are unsure.Enjoy!bake tomatoes in oven on 350 for about 20 minutes then turn the oven to broil for about 3 minutesBe CAREFUL when you switch oven to broil beacuse it burns fast. If the top of the tomato turns black or burns a little it is fine.Crush up pepper in mortar and pestle. Then add the roasted tomatoes. Mash everything up until the tomatoes are distributed evenly. It can have some clumps. Then add the salt, sugar, fish sauce, and msg optional. Lastly add the herbs.Note: After all ingredients are mixed, let it sit for five minutes and then taste it. Then you can add more salt, sugar, pepper or fish sauce if needed. Sometimes it tastes different from when you first make it and 10 minutes later beacuse the tomatoes take time to absorb the ingredients.
Thanks for the recipe.