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SPICED CARROT DIP

This is a delicious dip with a sweet and spicy flavor. Serve wheat crackers or tortilla chips as accompaniments for dipping.

1 onion
3 carrots, plus extra to garnish
Grated zest and juice of 2 oranges
1 tablespoon hot curry paste
2/3 cup plain yogurt
Handful of basil leaves
1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, to taste
Red Tabasco sauce, to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Finely chop the onion. Peel and grate the carrots. Place the onion, carrots, orange zest and juice and curry paste in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes, until tender.

Process the mixture in a blender or food processor until smooth. Let cool completely.

Stir in the yogurt, then tear the basil leaves roughly into small pieces and stir them into the carrot mixture.

Add the lemon juice and Tabasco and season with salt and pepper. Serve within a few hours at room temperature. Garnish with grated carrot.

Serves 4.

[Best-Ever Vegetarian, Linda Fraser]



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