Salsa refers to a special type of sauce. Salsa is a Latin word, it means “salty” or “salt”. In America, it is often referred to the spicy, tomato based, hot sauce of Hispanic cuisine, specially used as dips. In British, the word salsa refers to “salsa Cruda”. Salsa cruda is also very common in Mexican, Spanish and Italian cuisine.
Salsa sauce originated from the Inca people; salsa (combination of tomato, chilies and other spices) can be traced to the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas. The history of salsa begins in 1519-1521, when Spanish first encountered tomatoes after their conquest of Mexico. Once Aztec lords combined tomato with chili peppers, ground squash seeds and consumed them as a condiment served on turkey, lobster, fish and venison. In the year 1571 this combination was termed as salsa.
In 1916, Charles E. Erath of New Orleans became the first person in salsa sauce history, who started manufacturing extract of Louisiana pepper, red hot Creole pepper sauce. After a year, La Victoria foods started “salsa brave” in Los Angeles.
In 1923, Louisiana baumer foods started manufacturing crystal hot sauce; in 1928 bruce foods started making original Louisiana hot sauce. These are the two salsa sauce brands still in existence.
Ingredient for salsa:
- 4 to 5 tomatoes
- 2 white onions
- 3 lime juice
- 2 bunch cilantro
- 2 small can of chili pepper
- 2 large Habanero pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 chopped clove garlic
- 2tablespoon of sugar
- 2 tablespoon pepper.
Procedure:
- Cut the tomatoes and take out their seeds
- Place them in a bowl
- Chop the tomatoes, onion, the jalapeno pepper, the cilantro, and the chili peppers
- Mix the all chopped ingredient together
- Now add the lime juice, smashed garlic clove, salt, pepper and sugar.
- Now mix them properly and your salsa is ready.
Tips:
- Salsa tastes better the day after making it, it gives the ingredients time to blend properly.
- If you want to make mild salsa, then sweet pepper will be the best option for you instead of jalapeno and chili.
- Hotter salsa can be made by increasing the pepper.
- For smoother texture blend the salsa some more.
- While chopping habanero pepper use rubber gloves or your hand will burn for some time.
Warning:
- After handling the peppers, wash your hands carefully and properly with soap.
- Pepper juice stings badly.
- If you are young, prepare your salsa under guidance of adults.
- Use rubber gloves that do not have powder in it, if you have any kind of cut on your hand.
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