Tzatziki sauce

A Greek sauce generally served with a bread or pita , making it an excellent first course.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Hung yogurt or Greek yogurt
• 1/2 a Cucumber, grated and squeezed to remove the juice
• 1 1/2 Cloves of garlic, grated
• 1/4 tsp Lemon juice
• Dill leaves, chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients and serve chilled along with some fresh pitas. 

Salsa

 The word Salsa conjures metaphors like action ,emotion, freedom and energy. Just like the dance form,this recipe is a frenetic rendezvous of flavors in your mouth. Well the american football season has begun and chips with salsa is a staple in my house for the whole season. My husband loves it and i have had many permutation combination to the basic recipe. I share the simplest salsa here, which you can come up in a jiffy.

Tamarind chutney

The soul of Indian chaat is how i'll describe this chutney. Mostly used as a dash of garnish, the tang in the tamarind brings together the flavors unlike any other. And the innate versatility of the same lends to it's wide usage.   

Ingredients:

100gms Tamarind 

11/2 tsp roasted cumin powder

1/2 tsp  black salt/ kala namak

1/2 tsp red chilli pwder

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/2 tsp ground ginger powder

 salt and granulated sugar to taste

Soak the tamarind in some water and microwave for 2-3 mins. Let it cool and strain the pulp out.

To the pulp add rest of the spices and bring to one boil.Add some water to loosen consistency.

Use it to garnish over samosa chaat , dahi bhalle/ bade and the likes..i  lately tried some over nachos too.