I was fucking around in the kitchen trying out straining tomatoes to reduce cooking time for sauces and was also thinking about what I could do with the liquid fraction.

I washed some wadi (soy chunks, check the indian food stores/sections) and squeezed them well before putting them in some of the liquid in a sauce pan and simmered. The flavor wasn't remarkable so I added some salt but still nothing to write home about.

So it's not a waste to use the liquid as cooking liquid for wadi but it doesn't do anything special. So I decided to turn it into a glaze.

I am making a bbq sauce at the same time so it was inspired by that. I added:

  • apple cider vinegar
  • brown sugar
  • cayenne pepper
  • smoked paprika
  • mustard powder

And just let it thicken slowly in the sauce pan. Delicious!

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks for that. I use them in tacos all the time but have just been soaking and draining like some sort of pleb. Blue one got something to look forward too once the new kitchen is up and running.

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