Simple Dip Recipes
Simple cream dip recipes has two preparations, the first one is sour cream dip and the second is sweet cream dip. Sour cream dip is more popular than sweet because it could be used with various dishes like spicy, salty, simple vegetable or fruit trays. Sweet cream dip taste good with fruit trays, fruit salads, and some types of bread. Therefore, these simple cream dips are an inevitable part of each bridal showers food.
Simple Sour Cream Dip Recipe
Difficulty Level: Easy
Time to cook: 10 minutes
Category: Vegetarian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients:
- Fresh sour cream 1 cup
- Milk ½ cup
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Sugar 1 teaspoon (optional)
- Green chili (chopped) 1
- Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
- Olive oil 1 teaspoon
- Finely chopped Coriander or celery leaves
Mix the milk and sour cream in one bowl and add salt and sugar in it. Now, blend it with hand blender or wooden blender and make it soft. Take a small pot and make it hot on low flame. Put olive oil in it and then add mustard seeds. When it starts cracking add cumin seeds and chopped green chili in it. Now, turn off the flame and pour this mixture in the blended mixture. Now, stir it well and garnish with chopped coriander or celery leaves.
Variations:
- You can add red chili flakes instead of green chili
- To give it some other flavor you can add crushed black pepper or oregano
- You can garnish it with mint leaves or other herbs
- You can use as toppings also, but then you must not use milk in it to keep it thick. You can add chopped onion, cucumber, and tomato also if you are using it as topping.
Sour Cream Dip Recipe
Difficulty Level: Easy
Time to cook: 10 minutes (other than refrigerating time)
Category: Vegetarian
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients:
- Mayonnaise 1 cup
- Sour cream 1 cup
- Parsley flakes 2 tablespoon
- Minced onion 2 tablespoon
- Grated garlic 2 tablespoon (optional)
- Ranch dip mix one pack (optional)
- Tobacco sauce 1 teaspoon (optional)
- Dill weed 1 tablespoon
- Onion soup mix 1 pack (optional)
- Salt
Mix the cream and mayonnaise and blend it till it becomes soft. Now, add parsley, dill weed, and onion and blend it again. Mix other ingredients and blend it, then refrigerate it for 2 hours. Now, your sour cream dip is ready to serve.
Sweet Cream Dip
Sweet cream dip taste great with fresh fruits and hot breads.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Time to cook: 10 minutes (other than refrigerating time)
Category: Vegetarian
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients:
- Fresh cream 2 cups
- Milk ½ cup
- Sugar 2 tablespoon
- Salt 2 pinch (optional)
- Vanilla ice-cream 8 scoops (optional)
- Honey 2 tablespoon
Mix cream, milk, sugar, and salt in one large bowl and blend it with hand blender until it becomes very smooth. Now, refrigerate it for 2 hours. While serving, put vanilla ice cream scoop on it and garnish it with honey. Serve with hot bread and/or fresh fruit salad. You can use as a dressing for fruit salad or a spread for hot breads (do not use ice cream, if you are using it as spread on breads).
Variations:
- You can add crushed black pepper powder to make it a little different. Be sure, crushed black pepper powder goes well with fruits and hot breads.