Name: Quick Thai green dip recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 100g fresh or frozen broad beans; 100g fresh or frozen peas; 2 spring onions, trimmed and chopped; 1 tbsp frozen Thai herb mix; 1-2 tsp sesame oil; Dash of Thai fish or soy sauce; Good squeeze of lime juice, optional; Handful of fresh coriander (or mint) leaves, optional

By GoodtoKnow

published 2 July 2019

in Recipes

This Thai green dip makes a nice change from your usual hummus and creamy dips. A healthy blend of broad beans, peas, fresh herbs and spring onion, the mixture of soy sauce and Thai herbs brings plenty of flavour to the dish

Ingredients

100g fresh or frozen broad beans
100g fresh or frozen peas
2 spring onions, trimmed and chopped
1 tbsp frozen Thai herb mix
1-2 tsp sesame oil
Dash of Thai fish or soy sauce
Good squeeze of lime juice, optional
Handful of fresh coriander (or mint) leaves, optional

To serve

Young carrots, radishes, cauliflower florets, and pepper strips
Pitta bread, toasted

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Method

Bring 200ml water to the boil in a pan. Add the beans, peas, spring onions and herbs, half cover with a lid and simmer for 5-8 mins, until tender. With a stick blender, purée the vegetables, herbs and liquid in the pan, adding the oil and fish or soy sauce, plus lime juice and coriander or mint, if using, to taste.
Serve with the fresh veg and pitta bread, for dipping.

Top Tip for making Quick Thai green dip

If you don’t have frozen Thai herbs, you can use Thai green curry paste instead.

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