Hung Yogurt Dip and Home Made Crackers

Hung yogurt recipe is an excellent dip which can be made in a jiffy. It is not just tasty but low fat too.  This dip can be served with vegetables as an appetizer.  You can serve this dip with ready made crackers from the market or you can bake your own crackers.  One can ask why bake crackers in this age and time when there is no end to the variety of crackers available in the market.  Well freshly baked crackers just melt in the mouth.  Either way this dip and chip combo will impress your family and guests.

HUNG YOGURT DIP

Ingredients:

2 cups of hung yogurt

1 medium onion

2 cloves of garlic

¾ tsp of salt

½ tsp of black pepper

½ tsp of dry basil

juice of half a lemon

1/2 tsp olive oil

Method:

If you have about 4 cups of sour yogurt, put it through muslin or cheese cloth.  In 5 to 6 hours all the water will drain and you will be left with creamy yogurt like Greek yogurt.

Put this yogurt in a bowl, add finely chopped onion, crushed garlic, salt, pepper,lemon juice, olive oil and basil and mix very well.  Your dip is ready.  Refrigerate it before serving with crackers.

HOME MADE CRACKERS

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup samolina (rava)

 ½ cup wheat flour

1 cup white flour (maida)

1 tsp salt

½ tsp caraway seeds(ajwain)

1/3 cup canola oil

1 cup warm water

1 tsp of lemon pepper and chives (optional)

Method:

Mix all the flours, salt, oil in a big bowl.

Add warm water and start kneading the dough.  Make sure that dough is not too tight.  Neither it should be sticky nor too dry.  In case you need to add more water to make it  more pliable, please do so.

Divide dough into eight equal parts and shape them into balls.  Gently rub a bit of oil on every ball and place them in a plate.  Cover with a plastic wrap or dishtowel and let it stay on the room temperature for one hour.

Preheat oven to 450 degree F or 220 degree C.

Flatten one dough ball.  Using rolling pin shape into a flat chapatti.  Cut the dough into any shape.  Poke each cracker with a fork to prevent puffing.

Sprinkle lemon pepper and chives on each cracker(optional).  Place them in a baking tray.

Bake till golden brown which roughly takes 10 minutes or so.

When cool serve with a dip.