Recipe: Herb Dip!

I decided to experiment and see where my culinary explorations will take me and started with the safest option possible - dip.

Now, a dip is as good a place as any to start because 1) it is a side and there are other things to balance it out if something goes wrong and 2) it's a BIG hit if everything goes right! 

Since I was focussing heavily on the main course and dessert that night, I thought I'd put together a simple dip with ingredients available on the kitchen slab. We are big fans of garlic and lemon which is a definitely a plus when it comes to curd based dips, so I used garlic powder with a liberal hand. The garlic and lemon give it a sharp tangy kick and the peanuts give texture and add crunch.

Here goes my recipe for the herby dip!

Ingredients:

Curd, even better if you use hung curd

Grated parmesan cheese (optional)

1 tbs lemon juice

Garlic powder

Chilli flakes

Dried oregano

Dried basil

Dried parsley

1 tsp olive oil

Salt

Freshly ground pepper

Roasted and crushed peanuts (those allergic to peanuts can substitute with almonds)

To prepare:

Combine the curd and peanuts with the herbs and garlic powder in a bowl.

Add salt and pepper. Mix well.

Add lemon juice and olive oil and mix.

Garnish with parmesan - be careful with the quantity as a lot of people don't enjoy the sharp taste of this variety of cheese much.

Serve chilled and enjoy!

This is a perfect accompaniment for lavash, cheese sticks (as above), soya sticks, khakra, cream cracker biscuit etc.

Do tell me if you liked it - would love to hear from you, get feedback and learn from you! :)

Perfection

Only once in a long long while comes a time when you're sitting across the table from your busy-at-work best friend right after a long, sweaty, tiring yet strangely invigorating work out, listening to a track shared by a friend and get completely surprised by the crunchiness, sweetness, ripeness, juiciness of the orange you have bitten into unthinkingly. Perfection.

P.S. - This post is about my continuing love affair with the orange, a fruit which can make everything taste perfect.