Coriander Dipping Sauce Recipes

GREEN CORIANDER CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients and grind to a smooth paste using 2 tablespoon water. Taste and adjust the seasonings by adding more salt and lemon juice.

CORIANDER CHUTNEY (CILANTRO CHUTNEY)

Steps:

• In a blender or chutney grinder, add the chopped coriander leaves, chopped ginger and green chillies.
• Note that 2 teaspoons makes for a spicy green chutney. If you or any of your family member cannot tolerate spicy food, add ½ to 1 teaspoon of chopped green chillies.
• Add lemon juice, roasted cumin powder or ground cumin, black salt and pink salt, table salt or sea salt as required. You can add chaat masala at this step if you have it.
• Add water and blend or grind all the ingredients until smooth. Taste the chutney and add more salt or lemon juice if needed.
• Store the cilantro chutney in a covered bowl or container in the refrigerator.
• Use the chutney whenever required. It goes well with variety of Indian snacks like pakoras, sandwiches, samosa, burger, idli, dosa, dhokla, dabeli, bhel puri, sev puri and other chaat recipes.

CORIANDER DIP

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients in a food processor, blend until smooth. This will keep in an airtight container for 2 to 3 days.

THAI-STYLE DUMPLINGS WITH CORIANDER DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the filling:
• In a bowl combine well the scallion, the pork, the gingerroot, the bell pepper, the cabbage, the garlic, the oil, the soy sauce, the coriander, the egg, and salt and pepper to taste and chill the filling for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Put about 1 heaping teaspoon of the filling in the center of 1 of the wrappers and moisten the edge of the wrapper. Gather the edge of the wrapper up and around the filling and form a waist with the wrapper, pushing the dumpling from the bottom and keeping the filling level with the top of the wrapper. (The filling should not be enclosed.) Continue to make dumplings with the remaining wrappers and filling in the same manner and arrange them in one layer on a baking sheet lined with wax paper dusted lightly with the cornstarch. (The dumplings may be prepared up to this point 8 hours in advance and kept uncovered and chilled or 1 month in advance and kept covered tightly and frozen. If the dumplings are frozen, do not thaw them in advance.)
• Make the sauce:
• In a bowl whisk together the naam pla, the lime juice, the vinegar, the sugar, the gingerroot, the mint, the coriander, salt and pepper to taste.
• In a large non-stick skillet heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it fry half the dumplings, flat sides down, over moderately high heat for 1 minute, or until the undersides are golden. Add 1/2 cup water and steam the dumplings, covered, over moderate heat for 3 minutes, or until the pork is cooked through. (If using frozen dumplings, fry them, frozen, for 1 minute, or until the undersides are golden, and steam them, adding 3/4 cup water per batch, covered, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the pork is cooked through.) Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet and cook the remaining dumplings in the same manner. Garnish the dumplings with the coriander sprigs and serve them with the sauce.

CHILLI AND CORIANDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in a pan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Bring to boil, simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes until it thickens.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Then stir in the coriander.

SALMON SPRING ROLLS WITH CORIANDER DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• To make marinade:
• In a large bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cut salmon crosswise into 12 pieces, each about 2 1/2 by 1 inch, and add to marinade. Marinate salmon, turning pieces occasionally, 30 minutes.
• Make dipping sauce while salmon marinates:
• In a small bowl, whisk together all dipping sauce ingredients except coriander. (Coriander will be added just before serving.)
• Remove salmon from marinade and pat dry.
• Fill a small shallow baking pan or cake pan with warm water. Soak 4 sheets rice paper until very pliable, about 45 seconds. Carefully, stack soaked sheets, 1 at a time, between single layers of paper towels to drain, ending with a rice paper. Put 1 sheet of rice paper on a clean dry work surface, reserving dampened paper towel, and arrange 1 salmon piece crosswise on bottom half of sheet, leaving a 1-inch border on bottom edge and on each side. Top salmon with about 4 coriander leaves, 1 teaspoon scallion greens, and salt and pepper to taste. Roll up filling in sheet, folding in sides after first roll to completely enclose filling, and continue rolling. Wrap filled spring roll in reserved dampened paper towel to help form spring roll and keep it moist.
• Make more spring rolls in same manner with remaining 3 soaked sheets. Transfer assembled rolls in dampened paper towels to a tray and repeat procedure with remaining 8 rice paper sheets, 4 at a time, and ingredients.
• Carefully unwrap 4 spring rolls from paper towels. In a deep 12-inch non-stick heavy skillet, heat 1/4 inch oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and fry 4 spring rolls, turning once, until golden brown and salmon is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Transfer spring rolls as fried with metal tongs to a baking sheet lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat procedure with remaining spring rolls.
• Stir coriander into dipping sauce. Serve spring rolls as an hors d'oeuvre or first course with dipping sauce and garnish with coriander sprigs.