Bazha

Description
This is based on Georgian (as in post-Soviet) cuisine, but it’s my own recipe, which means that it’s very flexible with ingredients and quantities. It goes great with grilled vegetables, especially eggplant. Garnish with a few pomegranate seeds. I’ve also used it as a base sauce for frying up chicken and serving with saffron rice.
 * Original recipe

Ingredients

 * ½ pound walnuts
 * 2 cloves fresh garlic (or to taste)
 * ½ of a medium yellow onion
 * virgin olive oil
 * warm water (not boiling)
 * salt
 * pepper
 * ground coriander
 * saffron and fresh parsley to taste

Directions

 * 1) In a CuisinArt or using a hand blender (or mortar and pestle if you want the workout) combine walnuts, garlic, yellow onion, olive oil, and water.
 * 2) Add salt, pepper, coriander, saffron, and parsley to taste.
 * 3) Grind it up until the consistency is sauce-like and the taste is delicious.