Tunisian Harissa - cooking recipe

Ingredients

125 g dried hot red chili peppers, cayenne type
1/2 head garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon water
1 -3 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

Cut off the tops of the dried red peppers, and deseed them.
Soften them in a bowl of water for a half hour, then put them in a colander to drain them a bit.
Take the skins off the garlic.
Put them in a blender, add the red peppers, the salt, caraway, coriander, and 1 teaspoon of water.
Also, add 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Blend this until it is like a paste.
Add olive oil to taste.
The oil will lessen somewhat the intensity of the spice.