Dress up your dish
Gurnaaz Kaur
No one minds a little flavour boost in their dining experience. And what better way to dress up a dish, an appetizer or a finger food with a dip. These dressings, sauces and toppings simply amp up your meal. Thanks to some of the best chefs in tricity, we got hold of some easy-to-make recipes of the accompaniments we all love but seldom try at home. Rustle these up to add flavour and texture to your food.
Salted caramel sauce
Ingredients
Sugar granule 200gm
Unsalted butter 40 gm
Fresh cream 2gm
Sea salt 5gm
Lime zest 1pinch
Preparation
Caramelise sugar until it gets dark brown. Add cream, butter, lime juice and sea salt. Add some drama to your desserts with this sauce. It can be used with pancakes, waffles and Sundays.
Mango pepper corn salsa
Ingredients
Fresh mango 200gm
Lemon juice 20 ml
Green pepper corn 10gm
Fresh mint 20gm
Bird Thai chilli 10gm
Kosher salt 5gm
Extra virgin 20ml olive oil
Preparation
Peel the mango and coarsely chop it. Add coarsely chopped mint, lime juice, roughly chopped green peppers. Add chopped Thai chillies without seeds. Add salt and olive oil. This dip can be used with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian starters.—Vijay Goswami, Chef
Orange honey glaze
Ingredients
Orange juice 500gm
Honey 70gm
Parsley 10gm
Rosemary 5gm
Cumin 2gm
Pepper 3gm
Preparation
Squeeze orange juice and add honey and put it on very low flame. Then add parsley and rosemary in it. Gently simmer it on low heat and let it reduce to half its quantity. After reducing, add roasted cumin. Season it with salt and black pepper.
Bell pepper walnut sauce
Ingredients
Red bell pepper 300gm
Walnut 70gm
Cumin powder 2gm
Paprika 2gm
Cayenne pepper 2gm
Garlic 10hm
Extra virgin olive oil 10ml
Sea salt 5gm
Preparation
Roast red bell pepper and walnuts. De-skin and deseed the bell peppers. Roughly grind all the ingredients together. Add olive oil and sea salt. This sauce can be used as a dressing for salads and as a dip for finger foods.
Berry compound
Ingredients
Blueberry 15pcs
Strawberry 15pcs
Maple syrup 10gm
Raspberry 15gm
Lemon Juice ½ teaspoon
Preparation
Take water in a pan and boil cinnamon stick plus black pepper whole and bay leaf along with lemon wedges. Then take those out from the pan and keep aside. Take all the berries and cut in small cubes. Then put in bran. Put little maple syrup.
Strawberry cake sauce
Ingredients
Strawberries 3cups
Brown sugar 1/4thcup
Lemon juice 2tablespoon
Baking butter 3tablespoon
Preparation
Take a pan and put it on heat. Melt the butter in the pan. Add lemon juice and brown sugar in the pan and stir till the sugar is dissolved. Add strawberries and cook, without letting the strawberries break toss them well till the juices begin to release and the sauce takes a colour of soothing pink. —Ankush Arora, chef
Honey mustard salad dressing
Ingredients
White wine vinegar 150ml
Lemon juice 75ml
Honey 30gm
Dijon mustard 15gm
Pommery mustard 15gm
Olive oil 600ml
Black pepper 18gm
Salt to taste
Preparation
In a clean bowl, mix white wine vinegar, lemon juice and honey. To this mixture add Dijon and pommery mustard along with some seasoning of salt and pepper according to taste. Finally whisk this mixture and slowly add olive oil to the dressing. Finish and serve in fresh raw salads.
Mango salsa dip
Ingredients
Ripe mango (diced) 150gm
Red onions (finely chopped) 50gm
Jalapeno (finely chopped) 15gm
Coriander (finely chopped) 5gm
Black pepper 2gm
Salt to taste
Preparation
In a bowl, mix diced ripe mangos, finely chopped red onions, jalapenos and coriander. Add lime juice to this mixture. Season with salt and pepper according to taste and let it rest aside for the mango to release its juices and absorb the tangy and chilly flavours of lemon juice and jalapenos. Refrigerate the dip and serve cold. Finish and serve.— Naveen Handa, chef
Black olives & garlic dip
Ingredients
Olive 20gm
Garlic 15gm
Yogurt 40gm
Roasted garlic paste 5gm
Red onion chunks 5gm
Black pepper 5gm
Preparation
Take olive oil in a bowl. Add chopped black olives and gherkins in this. Put roasted garlic paste and yogurt. Then add chopped red onion and mix all the stuff. Season it with salt and pepper.—Team Aja
Greek yogurt salad dressing
Ingredients
Plain Greek yogurt 3/4th cup
Plain buttermilk 1/4th cup
Minced parsley, coriander, mint leaves. Onion, ginger powder, olive oil & lemon juice 1tablespoon, black pepper, Dijan mustard
Preparation
Whisk the yogurt. Add onion powder and ginger powder. Blend coriander and mint leaves in the mixie and add it to the yogurt. Add salt, black pepper, Dijon mustard powder.—Monika Bajaj, chef
