recipe credit: Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making

A super quick recipe full of flavor that can be made right before sitting down to eat.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup cilantro leaves, tightly packed
• 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 3/4 cup cold water, plain yogurt, or coconut milk
• 1 small onion, peeled, finely chopped
• 2 Thai or 1 serrano chile or 2 jalapeno chiles, stemmed, seeded, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

PREPARATION

Within an hour of serving the sauce, puree the cilantro in a blender with the sugar and your choice of liquid for 1 minute on high speed. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.