Halal Cart-Style White Sauce Recipe

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If you’ve ever travelled to New York City, you would know that street food is ubiquitous! The vendors that sell chicken/lamb over turmeric rice with a side salad is the ultimate cheap delight. Their Halal cart-style white sauce recipe always elevates the meal!

Now that we are in the throes of a pandemic, cooking at home is more of a necessity. The challenge is to successfully recreate our beloved take out favourites that still satiate us. 

This halal cart-style white sauce recipe is the perfect compliment to my take on NYC street food inspired chicken & rice combo. 

The beauty of this tangy sauce lies in its ability to enhance a variety of dishes. I like to drizzle this over my tabbouleh from time to time and it always hits the spot!

A major component of this sauce is the garlic but it’s up to you if you want to use a fresh clove or garlic powder. Whenever I’m in a hurry, I usually opt for the powder instead. A garlic press is the best way to quickly mince the garlic clove without having to chop it up. However, if you don’t have one, I recommend using a fine grater. 

Lavanya Nair

Halal Cart-Style White Sauce Recipe

A smooth, tangy sauce infused with garlic, parsley and black pepper

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Servings: 2 people

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup low fat greek yoghurt
• ¾ cup mayonnaise
• 1½ tsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic *or 1 tsp of garlic powder
• 1 tsp finely chopped fresh parsley *can be dried
• *salt to taste
• ½ tsp black pepper powder

Method

 

1. Combine the yoghurt and mayo in a bowl with a whisk and drizzle in the lemon juice
2. Using a garlic press, mince one garlic clove and add to the mixture. (You may also crush the clove in a pestle and mortar or grate it) If you are using garlic powder, add it in instead.
3. Mix once again and add the chopped parsely, salt and pepper to taste.
4. If the sauce is too thick, you can thin it out with a few teaspoons of plain water (or more lemon juice if you prefer) I would gradually add the water and stir in between to control the consistency.
5. Now the sauce is ready, drizzle over Halal-style chicken & rice or a kebab and enjoy!

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