Ethiopian Sunflower Seeds Dipping Sauce Recipe

Directions:

1. Rinse the sunflower seeds with cold water.
2. In a cooking pot, cover the sunflower seeds in cold water; boil for 15 minutes or until soft.
3. Drain and place the cooked sunflower seeds in a food processor; add three cups of cold water; blend until all the seeds are crushed.
4. Strain the sunflower sauce into a container; discard the sunflower sediments; cover the container and keep it in fridge to cool.
5. Combine the finely chopped vegetables with lemon, oil, basil, garlic, ginger, salt and black pepper; mix it well.
6. Add the vegetable mixture into the sunflower sauce container, mix well and keep in the fridge.
7. Break Injera (Ethiopian flat bread) in small pieces; dip the pieces in the sunflower-vegetable sauce; or use it as dipping sauce for all kinds of bread.
8. Serve it cold.
9. Keep the sunflower sauce in fridge.