West Indian
Thecha (Green Chili-Garlic-Peanut Relish)
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Thecha (Green Chili-Garlic-Peanut Relish) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Dry roast the green chilies briefly in a pan until blistered, then set aside.
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Pound the roasted chilies, garlic, roasted peanuts, cumin seeds, and salt together in a mortar and pestle, or pulse briefly in a blender, until coarsely crushed rather than a smooth paste.
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Heat the oil in a small pan until hot, then pour it over the pounded mixture and stir through.
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Serve at room temperature in a small bowl alongside bhakri, as a fiery table condiment.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Thecha (Green Chili-Garlic-Peanut Relish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Thecha (Green Chili-Garlic-Peanut Relish) carries peanuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Chaas (Spiced Buttermilk) |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 110 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Thecha (Green Chili-Garlic-Peanut Relish) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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