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Red chilli condiment

'What's a condiment?' I hear you ask. Well it's too dry to be a sauce and it's a bit wet to be called chilli powder. Besides it's got things added to it. Keep it in the fridge and bang it on your food when you feel like sweating a bit and rolling around on the floor in agony.

Ingredients

1 cup of crushed red chillies
Juice of 1 lemon
2 or 3 dessert spoons of oil
1 tsp. of salt
1 and a half cups of water

Heat the oil in a pan, but not too hot - you just want to extract the essential oils from the chilli and maybe cook it a little but not burn it to a crisp. Add the chillies and stir around for a few minutes. Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice, water and salt. Bung it in a small jar, cover and leave to cool before putting in the fridge. If you live with anyone else, put a warning label on the jar.

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