Thursday, September 6, 2012

Capsicum-Tahini Dip



Ingredients
White sesame seeds: ½ cup
Olive Oil: 4-5 tbsp
Salt: needed
Lemon juice: 3tbsp (can increase as per taste)
Garlic Crushed: 3
Curd/Yogurt: 3-4tbsp
Capsicum: 1
Method Of Preparation
Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a pan and add the chopped capsicum to it. Roast to about 3-4 minutes or till its raw taste takes off. Keep aside.
Dry roast the sesame seeds and add to the blender.
When it powders, add olive oil and garlic to it and blend again. Then add roasted capsicum pieces to it and blend again well.
Then transfer to the bowl and add curd, lemon juice and salt to it and stir well.
If you find it too thick you can add more olive oil to get the consistency.



22 comments:

Unknown said...

such an innovative dip, adding sesame will give it a nutty flavor...

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Shama Nagarajan said...

inviting ...

Priya Suresh said...

Definitely a super flavourful and very innovative dip.

Shobha said...

This is a different recipe of tahine..looks delicious and flavourful.

divya said...

very interesting dip looks yummy..

Sangeetha M said...

sounds interesting...loved it!!

hotpotcooking said...

Interesting, nice idea.

Torviewtoronto said...

lovely combination

jasna varcakovic said...

Nice and easy recipe. I suppose your capsicum was green; red would colour it a bit more ;-)

Daisy Roshan said...

yummilicious recipe - very fresh and flavorful...

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Innovative yummy looking recipe...

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

Yummy dip..

Unknown said...

yum....will try this soon

Vimitha Durai said...

Innovative dip... perfect for shawarmas

Unknown said...

a new kind of dip to learn... nice color dear...

Beena said...

Yummy dip will try

Unknown said...

yummy and very innovative..

Kitchen Simmer said...

Lovely dip!!

Beena said...

Yummy drink

Anjali Bapna Shukla said...

Wow! That's an innovation! I loved the addition of capsicum here, so new, so spicy! :)

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Easy Cookin said...

Tempting recipe

Teena said...

This is new to me. Very innovative recipe!!