How To Make The Best Adjika Paste At Home In Less Than 15 Minutes (2024)

There are lots of different recipes and versions of adjika and each household and region makes it's own slightly different version. This recipe uses authentic spices and, a traditional method is used to make this delicious spice paste.

What is adjika?

Adkija is a spice paste that comes from Abkhazia and Georgia.

It often consists of peppers, tomato paste, garlic and local spices like fenugreek, coriander and fennel seeds.

For those not familiar with Georgia food. The cuisine is based on locally sourced and highly seasonal ingredients.

Cooking methods are kept simple to bring out the best of what the land offers.

This Georgian summer salad is a great example of it.

Why this recipe

I first came across adjika as a sauce made with tomatoes. It arrived with some grilled lamb cutlets and although it was good lamb the sauce just rocked the party.

To make a long story short I asked many folks about adjika. As with many of these pastes and sauces, I got told loads of different recipes and each person had their own opinion on what is traditional and what is not.

In the end, my research brought me to a few key ingredients and spices which to my opinion makes this recipe the most versatile spice paste to use.

Reason being that you can use it in anything from dipping sauces to making elaborate curries or stews.

Ingredients needed

You will also need the following:

• 1 ½ red peppers
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon coriander root/stalks
• 2 red chillies

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How to make it

Toast a handful of walnuts and crush them into a fine powder.

To get the best flavour out of the spices we will toast them in a pan over medium heat while shaking the pan to prevent it from burning.

Once toasted and fragrant we will transfer the mix to a spice grinder or mortar and pestle to grind into a finer mix.

Next we will purée some garlic, chili, coriander root and red peppers. If you like doing hand stands in the shower then add as much chili(along with their seeds) as your .... heart desires.

Once our ingredients are puréewe are going to cook it on medium heat until the mix is fragrant and the raw smell of chili and garlic is gone.

Final step is to add in the spice mix, walnuts and season it with some salt and vinegar.

How to use it

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