Myanmar - Tomato Soybean Dip

Tomato Soybean Dip

Ingredients

-       1 soybean wafer OR 1/2 teaspoon hot canned bean paste

-       2 medium onions

-       1 bulb garlic

-       4 tomatoes

-       4 plump green chilies

-       1 teaspoon (or less) salt

-       1 tablespoon chopped spring onion greens

-       1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves

Directions

-       If soybean wafer is used, toast it, cool, and pound.

-       Set powder aside.

-       Take outer layers of skin off onion and garlic, pierce garlic cloves with a pin, and bake both on a hot sheet or in oven till insides are soft, turn-ing to bake thoroughly.

-       Bake tomatoes and chilies till soft also.

-       Peel onions, garlic, and tomatoes.

-       Take out chili seeds and discard.

-       Pound all together, putting tomato in last when others are well mixed.

-       Add soybean powder, or paste.

-       Mix, add 2 tablespoons boiled warm water, add salt to taste, mix, and serve sprinkled with chopped spring onion greens and coriander.