Purple Tomatillo Salsa

by admin on August 28, 2009

Purple tomatillo husk_3

I put my purple tomatillos to use and made some salsa.

Purple Tomatillo Salsa

You’ll need:

10-12 purple tomatillos

1 jalapeno

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper

4-5 cloves garlic

1/2 chopped white or yellow onion

3 tablespoons cilantro

a squeeze of lime

First, husk and roast your tomatillos and jalapeno under a broiler until your pan starts to look like a gruesome crime scene.

Exhibit A:

Roasted Tomatillos_3

And Exhibit B:

Roasted Tomatillos_2

See what I mean? Poor little tomatillos.

Then throw all your ingredients into a blender, food processor, or, my personal recommendation, a Magic Bullet. No, I didn’t actually buy it. I stole it from my parents’ house.

Something funny happened with mine that I can’t really explain. When I squeezed in the lime juice, the tomatillo salsa turned from green to purple. Then I mixed it and it went back to green. Then after a night in the fridge it went back to purple. Funny little vegetables. Wait, no … fruits??

Purple Tomatillo Salsa_2

Before you taste it, be prepared for what to expect. This unconventional salsa is sweet when it first hits your tongue. Then comes the glorious heat and the bite from the onions and garlic. You also get some of the tangy lime and cilantro flavor in there, too.


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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

alice August 28, 2009 at 3:45 pm

wow your posts are so good with descriptive step by step photos! btw, is there going to be a squash blossoms post?? =)

admin August 28, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Thanks! And yes! Coming soon!

Kamran Siddiqi August 30, 2009 at 11:50 am

This tomatillo salsa looks divine!

MyLastBite.com August 30, 2009 at 12:30 pm

I’ve never had a Purple Tomatillo. This looks fantastic!

Sara @ Our Best Bites August 30, 2009 at 9:06 pm

How gorgeous- I love it! Never seen a purple tomatillo before!

cory March 21, 2011 at 6:51 pm

Heh, nice salsa recipe, very simple–which is a good thing for salsa. If it’s too complex, it just tastes like a mouthful of kitchen.

As for the vegetable vs. fruit controversy, here’s an explanation:

ALL plants are vegetables. ALL parts of a plant are vegetable matter. ONLY the fruits of a plant are called fruits, and these can also be called seed-pods, and the term “fruit” just applies to the part of a vegetative life form that contains seeds, is usually fleshy, and can generally be eaten raw.

So you see all fruits are vegetable, not all vegetables are fruit. :)

Animal, vegetable, mineral. Cheers.
–C

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