Home made Dips

dixie_dean_2

I make a nice chillie dip with roast carrots, onions, tomatos and chillies and add lots of garlic and lime juice.

minimooch

I like plain yoghurt with mint and mango chutney. I keep meaning to try another which is a whoozed tin of mangos (drained) mixed with yogurt and mint.

jennyjelly

For a posh one whizz up some value smoked salmon, creme fraiche, dill, lemon juice & a tiny grind of black pepper. Tastes much more expensive than it is.

zippychick

Hi Chrissy:D

Luckily there is a whole thread about HM dips so have a read and I will add your thread to that one later

Thanks:)
Zip

Henry_Hoover_2

I keep meaning to make some hm dips, thanks for the link, i'll have a look for some inspiration!

Pink.

Hi Chrissy,

In addition to the link that zippy posted, these threads might interest you:

yellow sauce at indian takeaway

Indian Onion Pickle

Pink

zippychick

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi Chrissy,

In addition to the link that zippy posted, these threads might interest you:

yellow sauce at indian takeaway

Indian Onion Pickle

Pink

well spotted - I never thought of that :j

Stephen_Leak

It's not Indian, but here's my offering ...

FRESH RED SALSA

Enough for a large bag of tortilla chips

INGREDIENTS

1 small green chilli pepper
1 small pack of fresh coriander
1 clove of garlic
½ a red sweet pepper
½ an onion
2 ripe tomatoes
1 tablespoon of olive oil

FRESH CHILLI PEPPER WARNING!

When you chop up fresh chilli peppers be careful and avoid getting juice on your hands. If you touch your eyes, mouth or other ‘sensitive areas’, even an hour after chopping them, they will smart and burn. So wash your hands or wear rubber gloves.

METHOD

Cut the top off the chilli pepper, cut it in half and scrape out the seeds.Wash the coriander, shake dry, then pick the leaves off the stalks. Peel the garlic. Cut the top off the sweet pepper, remove the middle bit with the seeds and cut it in half. Use half and save the other half. Peel the onion and cut it in half. Use half and save the other half.

If you have a food processor, coarsely chop the onion, sweet pepper and tomatoes. Put all of the ingredients into it and blend thoroughly.

If you have a hand blender, coarsely chop the onion, sweet pepper and tomatoes. Put all of the ingredients into a bowl and blend thoroughly.

If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, chop the chilli pepper, coriander leaves, garlic, onion and sweet pepper into tiny pieces. Chop the tomatoes into 5mm (¼ inch) pieces. Put all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix together thoroughly.

Leave for 30 minutes for the flavours to mix.

ADDITIONS & ALTERATIONS

The green chilli pepper and red sweet pepper are important for the appearance of this dish. You could use a red chilli pepper and a green or yellow sweet pepper and it will taste the same, but it won’t look as nice.

If you can’t find a fresh chilli pepper, use ½ a teaspoon of chilli powder.

Use extra virgin olive oil for preference, but normal olive oil will do.

TIPS

Use ripe tomatoes, even any that are a bit over-ripe and going a bit soft.

MCGONIS

Hello. My pal who was on Weighwatcher's makes some when I go round and they taste superb. They must be really low in fat as well. It's more or less, low fat creme fresh, low fat Phillidephia (sp) and some garlic all mixed in. It's AMAZING! Better than they dips out of the packs!

They other ones previous to mine sound fantastic. I will give them a go!

System

thanks everyone now my problem is which one do i try 1st !