FREESTYLE YOGURT SAUCE

Always start by curing a clove of garlic of in lemon, grate the garlic with a microplane or pound in a mortar and pestle and add enough fresh lemon juice to cover the garlic, usually it’s half a lemon and add a pinch or two of salt. Allow it to sit and cure for 10 minutes, this cooks out all the harshness. Now is your time to shine, I’ll help by saying I added a quarter of a seeded and finely minced jalapeño to the garlic and lemon mixture to cure and added the mix to 1/2 cup of organic Greek yogurt. Play with what you have.

Here’s some ideas of items you can add;

• chopped fresh dill or other herbs

• minced pickles or kraut

• a generous amount of sumac

• coarsely crushed whole cumin seed, coriander seed, fennel seed or peppercorn

• chili sauce, harissa or shatta

• fennel pollen

• couple drops of sesame oil with some sesame seed