Thai Ajaad - Spicy Cucumber Relish Recipe (video)

Sorry I missed last week! Things got away from us while I was recovering from the flu! Fun times! But we did have a big Thai feast recently, and we made some videos about it. This week we did a video on the delicious spicy relish that is typically served with satay: ajaad. It's super easy and actually quite a versatile condiment with some big flavours that will enhance many dishes.

The shallots we used in this recipe may have actually been small red onions passed off as shallots! It's not super easy to tell, but they seemed a lot darker in colour than typical shallots. Regardless, shallots are ideal for this recipe, but you could definitely use red onion if that's what you have on hand. Also, we used some quite spicy home-grown serrano peppers from our garden, but you can control the heat by using milder or hotter peppers in this recipe if you like. Thai birdseye chiles are more traditional, but make this recipe at the heat level you like. We didn't find it particularly spicy the following day, but there was definitely a pleasant building heat.

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