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Feb 16 2015 - 9:00am

Beet-Mint Yogurt Dip

Adapted from The New Persian Kitchen [1] by Louisa Shafia

Notes

Serve with pieces of flatbread, sweet potato chips, pita chips, or crudité like sliced cucumbers, baby carrots, and radishes.

Beet-Mint Yogurt Dip

Ingredients

  1. 1/2 clove garlic, minced
    1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon dried mint, divided
    1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
    1 small red beet, peeled and grated (about 1 cup)
    Kosher salt
    2 cups Greek yogurt, preferably full fat

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine garlic, 1 tablespoon mint, 1 tablespoon olive oil, beet, and 1 teaspoon salt. Marinate for 5 minutes. Fold in yogurt, and season with salt (you may not need more). Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
  2. Transfer to a serving bowl. Spoon remaining 1 teaspoon oil over yogurt, scatter remaining 1 teaspoon mint over top, and serve.

Source URL
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