This simple sauce is perfect for spooning over fried fish, fried chicken, grilled meats, and any kind of kebab.

Ingredients

　　2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or any vinegar you like)

　　1 tablespoon very finely slivered shallots or a couple of very thin onion slices, quartered

　　1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

　　1/8–1/4 teaspoon salt

　　6–8 mint leaves, finely chopped (optional)

　　Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and leave for 30 minutes to steep.

　　Excerpted from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur Jaffrey. Copyright © 2010 by Random House. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Buy the full book from Amazon.