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. 

Halal Cart-Style White Sauce Recipe

Lavanya Nair

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

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Middle Eastern

Servings 2 people

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

Instructions

 

• Combine the yoghurt and mayo in a bowl with a whisk and drizzle in the lemon juice
• 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.
• Mix once again and add the chopped parsely, salt and pepper to taste.
• 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.
• Now the sauce is ready, drizzle over Halal-style chicken & rice or a kebab and enjoy!

Keyword garlic and herb, lemon, white sauce

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