This is a delicious dip with a sweet and spicy flavour. Serve wheat crackers or fiery tortilla
chips as accompaniments for dipping.
Ingredients
Serves 4
1 onion
3 carrots, plus extra to garnish
grated rind and juice of 2 oranges
15 ml/ I tbsp hot curry paste
150 ml/ 1/4pint/ 2/3 cup natural yogurt
handful of fresh basil leaves
15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp fresh lemon juice, to taste
red Tabasco sauce, to taste
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1-Finely chop the onion. Peel and grate the carrots. Place the onion, carrots, orange rind and juice, and curry paste in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes, until tender.
2-Process the mixture in a 2blender or food processor until smooth. Leave to cool completely.
3-Stir in the yogurt, then tear the basil leaves roughly into small pieces and stir them into the carrot mixture.
4-Add the lemon juice and Tabasco and season with salt and pepper. Serve within a few hours at room temperature. Garnish with grated carrot.
DIP WITH CRISPY BREAD
This delectable Middle Eastern dish isflavoured with tahini (sesame seed paste), which gives it a
subtle hint of spice.
Ingredients:
Serves 6
2 small aubergines
1 garlic clove, crushed
60 mi/4 tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste)
25 g/l oz/1/4 cup ground almonds
juice of 1/2 lemon
2.5 ml/ 1/2 tsp ground cumin
30 ml/2 tbsp fresh mint leaves
30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper