Best Green Sauce
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For the past three decades, some sort of green condiment has made a permanent home in my refrigerator. A sauce that served many functions – adds a fresh brightness to toast, avocado and eggs first thing in the morning to dipping crackers and cheese in the afternoon. It makes a great sandwich spread and a marinade for a piece of fish. There is usually a dollop of it on meals I eat at home. I started out with a rendition of cilantro chutney by adding apples and yogurt, then moved on to a salsa verde sort of condiment heavy on the garlic and olive oil and then for a while, I was making Kriti Kitchen’s fabulous parsley pine nut sauce on repeat at home. What has finally emerged is this latest version, which I consider the best so far, is using sesame seeds and ginger which is a combination of all the above ~ the trick it to not put too much lemon juice or the color and flavor with dullen within a day or two. Feel free to replace the ginger with 5 to 6 cloves of raw garlic or use a little of both. Once you make this sauce and get hooked on to it, I promise you will want a little bit every day!