Homemade Sour Cream

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Sour Cream is a very important ingredient in baking and Mexican dishes. Making it at home is really easy. It tastes much better than the store bought one.

Both creams should be chilled.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Setting Time : 14 hours

Makes : 2 cups

Ingredients:

Amul Fresh Cream : 250 ml

Cream collected from boiling Full Fat milk : 50 ml

Homemade curd : 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

Mix both creams in a bowl and heat it to lukewarm temperature.

Take curd and mix well with the creams. Close lid and keep the bowl in a warm place.

Let it set for 14 hours. Then keep it in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

The sour cream is ready to use.

 

Homemade Peanut Butter

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dips

This Homemade peanut butter is creamy with peanut intense flavour. It’s perfect to use as a dip or as a spread. This is made with just a couple of natural ingredients.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Makes : 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:

Dry roasted peanuts : 2 cups

Sea salt : 1/2 teaspoon

Olive oil : 1 teaspoon

Honey : 1 tablespoon (optional)

Method:

Take the roasted peanuts in a blender/food processor and run it on high for 4-5 minutes. The peanuts will first crumble, them become into a sticky ball and slowly turns creamy.

Now, add the rest of the ingredients and process for another 30 seconds.

Place the peanut butter in a glass jar and store it in the refrigerator.

Note: I used Blendtec and it took me 4 minutes for the peanuts to become nice and creamy.

 

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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Blogging Marathon, dips, spreads

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is a dip or spread made with cooked and mashed chickpeas, roasted red pepper, garlic, cumin seeds, lemon juice and Tahini. It’s a popular Middle East and Mediterranean dish but is famous internationally.

Roasted red pepper adds a lot more flavour to the hummus. The color is really inviting. The red pepper can be roasted in the oven, grill or stove top. I just simply roasted it on the stove top which is a time saver yet we get the smoky flavour. Canned chickpeas can be used to speed up the process. Taste in using canned chickpeas and soaking/cooking chickpeas is really negligible.

Sending this dish over to our BM #109, week 4, day 3 under Dips and Spreads category.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time : 10 minutes

Makes : 2 cups

Ingredients :

Soaked and cooked chickpeas : 1 1/2 cups (can use canned chickpeas)

Roasted red pepper : 1 chopped finely

Garlic Cloves : 3 minced

Tahini : 2 tablespoons

Olive oil : 1/4 cup

Lemon : 1 juiced

Cumin : 1 teaspoon

Chickpea liquid : 1/3 cup

Salt : 3/4 teaspoon

Method:

Wash and clean the red pepper, rub some oil and roast it over high flame on the stove. Once it’s charred, take it off the heat. Let is cool a little, wash it to get rid of the burnt skin and chop finely.

Add all the listed ingredients in a food processor or blender jar and blend till smooth.

Serve with pita chips or fresh veggies. Hummus can be refrigerated for upto a week in a airtight container.

 

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Hummus

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Blogging Marathon, dips, spreads

Hummus is a dip or spread made with cooked and mashed chickpeas, garlic, cumin seeds, lemon juice and Tahini. It’s a popular Middle East and Mediterranean dish but is famous internationally.

Sending this dish over to our BM #109, week 4, day 2 under Dips and Spreads category.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time : 10 minutes (if using dried chickpeas)

Makes : 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients :

Soaked and cooked chickpeas : 1 1/2 cups

Garlic Cloves : 3 minced

Tahini : 2 tablespoons

Olive oil : 1/4 cup

Lemon : 1 juiced

Cumin : 1 teaspoon

Chickpea liquid : 1/3 cup

Salt : 1/2 teaspoon

Method:

Add all the listed ingredients in a food processor or blender jar and blend till smooth.

Serve with pita chips or fresh veggies. Hummus can be refrigerated for upto a week in a airtight container.

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Guacamole

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Guacamole is an avocado based dip, spread or salad originates from Mexico. It has become a popular dish in International and American cuisine apart from Mexican cuisine.

Made this dish as part of our BM # 109, week 4 day 1 under Dips and spreads category.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Makes : 1 cup

Ingredients:

Ripe Avocados : 2 peeled, pitted and mashed

Lime : 1 small juiced

Salt : 3/4 teaspoon

Garlic : 2 cloves minced

Tomatoes : 2 small chopped finely

Onion : 1/2 cup finely chopped

Cilantro/ Coriander : 2 tablespoons finely chopped

Method:

In a medium sized bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well to combine.

Serve with some tortillas and refrigerate the left over in an air tight container for upto 2 days.

 

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