Yogurt sauce is a real find for those who adhere to the principles of a healthy diet. It contains a minimum of fat and calories, and the content of useful components can not be compared with any other. In addition, preparing sauces based on yogurt is not at all difficult. And the range of applications is incredibly wide. We hope that the selection of recipes offered in this article will replenish your cookbook.
Suitable yogurt
If you are planning to make a sauce, homemade yogurt is best. In any case, it is healthier and tastier than the store one. In addition, if you made yogurt yourself, there will be no unnecessary sweetness or extraneous berry-fruit flavors in it.
If home cooking is not possible, you can make yogurt sauce from a store. Berry flavor, by the way, can make up a very unusual tandem with fish or meat.
Simple universal whip sauce
To begin, consider the simplest recipe. For this sauce, you just need to mix yogurt and mayonnaise in equal amounts, salt and add finely chopped dill.
Do you like spicy? A few stalks of young garlic or a small bunch of finely chopped wild garlic will be very helpful. This delicate yoghurt sauce is perfect for grilled salmon and chicken breast skewers. And you can fill them with a salad of fresh vegetables or serve with croutons.
Spicy Garlic Sauce
And this recipe is a real find for those who like spicy, savory tastes. To make a sauce with yogurt, garlic and mustard, mix a glass of yogurt with a teaspoon of mustard. Add finely chopped garlic, chives, and parsley to taste. This sauce will be even tastier if French grains are used instead of regular mustard.
Cheese Yogurt Sauce
There are several recipes that combine the tenderness of yogurt and the unusual texture of grated cheese.
For grilled vegetables, tandoor baking, barbecue dishes, a sauce of brine cheese on a yogurt basis is suitable. To do this, you can take Suluguni, Brynza or Adyghe, and also use feta or mozzarella.
Grate 200 g of cheese on a fine grater, mix with a glass of yogurt and add a few leaves of mint and garlic passed through a press. If the sauce is too thick, bring it to the desired consistency with olive oil.
A real delicacy can be prepared with homemade yogurt and dor blue cheese. Mix 100 g of yogurt, 80 g of blue cheese, grated on a fine grater and 30 g of white wine. If the taste doesn't seem interesting enough to you, season the sauce with a pinch of ground nutmeg.
Yogurt tartar
For many dishes, it is quite possible to use yogurt sauce instead of mayonnaise. For example, the following recipe is especially good for fish dishes. This sauce is one of the varieties of Tartar. To make it, add a tablespoon of finely chopped gherkins to yogurt (150 g). You can replace them with ordinary cucumbers, the main thing is that they be crispy.
A few feathers of green onions and parsley leaves will make the sauce even more beautiful and tastier.
Indian sauce
This treat can be a real table decoration. It can be served with baked wings or grilled vegetables. The taste of the sauce is spicy and expressive. The golden hue makes it even more appetizing.
We will need a glass of natural homemade yogurt, oriental spices: zira, saffron (or turmeric), hazel. But the main batch in the recipe is fresh ginger. Take a piece of root the size of a finger and rub on the smallest grater. Along with the resulting juice, pour the ginger pulp into the yogurt and mix. Add a pinch of spices, salt to taste. Zira can be pre-crushed in a mortar, or whole seeds can be added.
Before serving, such a sauce must be kept in the cold for a couple of hours, so that all aromas and tastes are revealed in a harmonious bouquet.
Sauce with olives
This recipe is useful for those who are going for a picnic. He is good even with ordinary bread fried at the stake. And with grilled vegetables, barbecue, fish baked in foil, he will make a truly harmonious union.
You can use a hand blender for cooking. Peel one ripe tomato. Mikado is especially good for this sauce. Add a handful of black or green olives, a clove of garlic and a sprig of parsley to the blender. Mix with a blender and mix with the same amount of yogurt. To taste, you can add pepper and salt to the sauce. Having prepared it once, in the future you will be able to experiment with different ingredients. For example, a tomato can be replaced with a fresh young cucumber.
Storage
Homemade yogurt sauce, like all products without preservatives, cannot be stored for long periods. Any fermented milk product is an excellent environment for the development of bacteria. Therefore, it is better to prepare sauces based on natural yogurt immediately before serving.
If you made the sauce the day before, store it in a hermetically sealed container in the refrigerator for no more than two days.