Summer Dip Recipes
Bridal shower is the time to enjoy not with lavish and heavy meals but with light food or finger foods and lots of laughter with the bride. Therefore, the major focus of bridal shower food is on finger food. Once it comes to finger food, various types of dips should be present compliment finger foods and crackers. Dips vary with seasons. You will not like to eat the same dip in summer that you used to have in winters. Therefore, here we are giving some summer dip recipes. These dips are easy to make and great in taste.
Cream Dip
Difficulty Level - Easy
Category - Vegetarian
Time to make - 5 minutes (excluding time to chill)
Serves - 8
Ingredients
- Milk cream 1and ½ cup
- Milk ½ cup
- Sugar ½ cup
- Black pepper powder ½ teaspoon to garnish (optional)
Procedure
Take a large bowl and put milk cream in it. Now, blend it with hand blender for few seconds. Add milk and sugar in it and blend again until it becomes soften. Keep it in refrigerator for 1 hour to chill. Now, your summer cream dip is ready to serve. This dip is best to serve with fruits.
Variations
- You can pour this dip on fruit salad and garnish it with vanilla ice cream
- You can put cottage cheese granules in it
- You can garnish it with strawberry or orange crush
- You can add coconut milk (1 cup) in it to make it more tasty and nutritious
- You can put fresh watermelon pieces in it. When this watermelon melts it tastes heavenly.
Sour Cream Dip
Difficulty Level - Easy
Category - Vegetarian
Time to make - 15 minutes (excluding time to chill)
Serves - 8
Ingredients
- Sour cream or curd or yogurt 1and ½ cup
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Sugar 1 teaspoon
- Milk 2 tablespoon
- Green chili (finely chopped)1
- Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
- Vegetable or olive oil 1 teaspoon
- Grated cucumber to garnish 1 cup (optional)
- Chopped celery or mint or basil leaves to garnish 2 tablespoon
- Crushed black pepper 1 teaspoon (optional)
Blend the sour cream in one pot, add salt, sugar, milk in it and blend it again for few seconds until it smoothens. Now add grated cucumber in it. Now, take a small pan and heat the olive oil in it. After the oil become hot put mustard and cumin seeds in it and let it crack. Now, add chopped green chili in it and turn off the flame. Put this mixture in the blender and stir it well with spoon. Now, add chopped basil, celery or mint leaves. You can put all these leaves in it, make sure all these together would be 2 tablespoon. Add crushed black pepper in it. Now, put this mixture in refrigerator and let it chill for 1 hour. Serve with any vegetable salad, grilled vegetables, or any type of vegetarian and non-vegetarian barbeque. It tastes good with crackers or bread and even with soup sticks. This dip tastes great with tortilla and nachos chips.
- You can add grated carrot in it to make some difference
- You can pour this on grilled vegetables or vegetable salad or use as dressing for any other types of salads.
- You can put crushed peanuts in it before refrigerating it.
- You can put finely chopped onion and/or tomato in it instead of cucumber and carrot.
Layered Greek Dip
Difficulty Level - EasyTime to make - 20 minutes (excluding time to chill)
Serves - 16
Ingredients
- Cream cheese 8 ounce
- Dried Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon
- Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
- Prepared hummus 1 and ½ cup
- Grated garlic cloves 3
- Chopped tomato 1 cup
- Sliced green onion 1/3 cup
- Chopped cucumber 1 cup
- Chopped pitted olives ½ cup
- Crumbled feta cheese ½ cup
- Pita or tortilla chips
Take a large bowl, put cream cheese, Italian seasoning, grated garlic, and lemon juice in it and blend it with the help of hand mixer until it becomes creamy and smooth. Now put this mixture in a serving bowl or plate and then spread hummus on it. Now, make a top layer with chopped tomatoes, cucumber, green onion slices, olives, and feta cheese. Now cover it with foil paper and refrigerate it at least for 2 hours. Serve with tortilla or pita cheese.
These three summer dip recipes make your bridal shower food complete and successful. So, go for it and make your bridal shower the perfect one.