A Vegetable Dip with a Kick!

Kitchen hint:

 I have memories of Mom tearing up from chopping onions and us kids just laughing and laughing at her. We knew how to push her buttons. She would then start laughing and be crying at the same time. It is one of those kitchen memories which stick with you and you just smile and chuckle to yourself  every time you think of it.  I never said I was an easy kid to live with.

Anyway, to prevent crying from cutting raw onions, several websites online state to place the onion in the freezer for 10 minutes before slicing.Check out the Ehow.com website  as an example! This will prevent sulfides from being released when you chop up that onion. These pesky sulfides are what cause your eyes to water.  I have tried this and it actually helps, although personally I feel crying while chopping onions is a right of passage for any home cook.  It also brings me back to that great memory of my Mom in the kitchen.


Mom's recipe card, SO 1970's!

Every one of Mom's parties had a crudité platter (raw veggies). My mom made a wonderfully vegetable dip with a touch of curry. It is not overly hot but it hits you with a spicy tangy bite at the end. She would serve the vegetables in the same 1970's red circular tray with a matching red bowl for the dip. These days, if I ever have a party, BBQ, or get together, I always have a crudité platter and dip set out. It's an easy addition to your appetizer table.  Get four types of favorite veggies; I often use cherry tomatoes, carrots, snap peas, and colorful sweet peppers. Add whatever dip you would like. If I am not making Mom's dip, I usually have two dips on hand, a ranch and a French dressing. For my recent Christmas Eve party, I made her dip and had a ranch dressing on hand as well.

Mom's favorite crudite' and dip platter. 

The problem was that I couldn't find any curry powder. I have every spice imaginable except CURRY POWDER! I called four friends and no one had any.  I looked up online if there was substitutes and found that curry powder is actually a spice mix, something which I had not known. Luckily, I had every spice available to make my own curry powder, something I became pretty excited about. Below is the recipe for Mom's veggie dip and then after that, the curry powder recipe I came across online. Unfortunately I do not have the link to it but there are plenty of variations out there for making your own curry powder. 

VEGETABLE DIP by Abby Deeds

2 cups Miracle Whip
3 teaspoons curry powder
3 Tablespoons chili sauce
Pepper
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½-1 teaspoon grated onion 

Mix well – chill 2 hours
Serve with fresh vegetables.
(Can be made the day prior and chilled overnight, just mix well again before serving. -Marc)

CURRY POWDER (recipe found online) 

 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon ground cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder, to taste
optional:  pinch of nutmeg, pinch of cardamom powder, pinch of cinnamon
Mix well.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AP Cake, A PA Dutch Recipe

Image
"AP Cake" A couple of years back, I had a blog project named “Cooking Through Family”. You can check out the recipes I made on the labels tab of the same name on the front of my blog page. I made about 85% of my Mom’s, Dad’s family, and Mom’s family recipes learning about my family as I went through each recipe, remembering our fun time, etc. The only ones I did not make were the baking ones which included the cakes, cookies, bars and pies.  The Clutzy Baker I don't know why but I've always had an unnatural fear of baking but it  always seemed so scientific. Now I am not talking about the Betty Crocker box cakes, brownie mixes, or chocolate chip cookie dough "rolls". I am talking about baking from scratch. Almost anyone can spoon out cookie dough and shove it in the oven for 30 minutes.  In school, I’ve always been better with the arts, literary and history classes rather than sciences or mathematics. I always meant to get back to the baking recipes and I th...
Read more

A Monster Allergic Reaction: Erythritol

Image
Marc with Hives (Cabbage Patch link) By chance, I completed this blog post on Mother's Day so I guess I will put it up dedicated to my dear Mother Abby. Not a day goes by where I don't think about you, miss you, and love you. And I guess I will thank my Mother for passing on a whole mess of allergies to me, LOL. It's not so bad, I live with them. Sometimes as you will see below, a new allergy will crop up and be added to my list. As my Mom once said to me, "Your allergies? Well you can thank your Mother for that one!" A couple years ago, my doctor recommended I stop drinking so much coffee as well as those energy drinks. I drank the energy drinks fairly often like at least once every couple days. It didn't matter the brand, just whatever was on sale or available. He had stated that he thought there was nothing beneficial to them from a nutritional standpoint and he'd rather have me drink my coffee instead. I did not completely give up my coffee bu...
Read more

Favorite Kitchen Tools

Image
"Voile" Pasta Measurer by Alessi Throughout the years, I have acquired several favorite cooking tools as gifts or through my own discoveries. I am always on the lookout for cool kitchen gadgets. Mom's favorite kitchen tool was the wooden spoon. When we stepped out of line, she would grab it and threaten to paddle us with it. She was kidding/half serious most of the time but I think I remember once or twice when I got the spoon to my butt for being a bad kid. Mom swore by wooden kitchen tools and to this day, I have plenty in my kitchen as well. The first favorite kitchen tool is the "Voile" Alessi Pasta Measurer. Alessi is an incredible Italian design company. Check out more of their wares at www.alessi.com . It was a gift from my father and stepmom Martha. Each circle in the pasta measurer is for a different amount of pasta. It was truly a perfect gift from the two of them as it encompassed Martha's passion for the kitchen and cooking, and ...
Read more