Recipe For Making A Light Yogurt Sauce

Light yogurt sauce is an excellent seasoning for your salads and other dishes. In addition to being delicious, it is very healthy and perfectly balanced for your health.

Light yogurt sauce is a great addition to your salads and other dishes that tend to be slightly dry.

It goes perfectly with all types of dishes, whether cold or hot. For example, a turkey breast. Besides being delicious, the caloric intake of yogurt sauce is very low.

There are, of course, sauces to suit all tastes and tastes. However, most of them are high in calories because they contain a butter or oil base.

Today we are going to tell you in this article how to make a light and delicious yogurt sauce.

On the other hand, we invite you to also check out all the other low calorie and healthy sauces for your meals. Many of them are also perfect for aperitifs. More and more people are using them to accompany their dishes and take care of their health.

In the case of our light yoghurt sauce, it will suffice to add only one or two teaspoons of olive oil. You don’t have to add more. For this reason, this sauce is perfect for people who are on a diet.

Plus, the light yoghurt sauce is simply prepared in 5 minutes. So, take note of all the necessary utensils, and get started on making this delicious light yogurt sauce. You will love it!

Recipe for making a light yogurt sauce

Ingredients

• a natural or low-fat yogurt (200 g)
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 handful of coriander leaves
• Salt and black pepper (to taste)
• The juice of 1 lemon (3- 5 mL)
• Extra virgin olive oil (1 or 2 teaspoons maximum)

Preparation

• Peel a clove of garlic and remove the flat end.
• Place this garlic clove in a mortar and crush it well.
• Pour the yogurt into the container of the mixing bowl. Use a spoon to completely empty the contents of the container.
• Add the ground garlic to the yogurt and mix them lightly so that they blend perfectly.
• Cut the lemon in half and extract all the juice into a container. When you have obtained all the juice from the lemon, pour it into the mixing bowl with the yogurt and garlic.
• Add salt and ground black pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. Mix again until a homogeneous sauce is obtained.
• Rinse the coriander leaves with plenty of water, drain them and cut them into very small pieces. Then sprinkle them over the yogurt sauce and stir liberally so that the cilantro leaves blend in perfectly.

Here ! Your light yogurt sauce is finally ready!

You will have obtained in a very short time a delicious yoghurt sauce to accompany your salads and your favorite dishes. It’s very simple, isn’t it? Of course, you can vary the amount of salt or black pepper to give it your personal touch.

Some people prefer to include a little white and red pepper in this yogurt sauce. On the other hand, the more daring like to add a touch of Provencal herbs.

This light yoghurt sauce will allow you to vary the tastes and incorporate the spices you prefer.

Some additional tips

This light yogurt sauce is a basic preparation and you can modify its flavor and texture as you wish. As we said before, sauces are versatile and meet all tastes.

On the other hand, this light yogurt sauce will help you lose weight if you are on a diet.

However, you should also consider the following tips:

• If you don’t really like the taste of cilantro, you can substitute it with fresh mint leaves or peppermint. You can also vary with parsley or even dill. It will depend on how you use your sauce.
• This sauce is also ideal to accompany all your steamed vegetable dishes.
• The end result of the previous recipe will be a creamy sauce. This density will be ideal to accompany kebab, sandwiches and other similar dishes.
• If you want to use it to add it to a salad, we recommend diluting it a bit by adding a few tablespoons of water.

Other tips:

• Once you have finished preparing it, store it in the refrigerator. Moreover, we recommend that you prepare it a few hours before using it so that it is even more delicious.
• Also, if you like the sauce with a stronger flavor, prepare it at least a day before.
• This sauce will also go very well with fish fillets or white and red meats.
• Once prepared, the light yogurt sauce keeps perfectly cool for at least three days. We therefore encourage you to prepare a sufficient quantity because you will see that it will go with all your dishes.
• If you want, instead of using low fat yogurt, you can choose Greek yogurt. Be aware, however, that other types of yoghurt will add more calories to your sauce.

Remember that the light yoghurt sauce is mainly used for salads. It is also ideal to accompany different types of meats (white and red) as well as many other dishes from other countries such as falafels.