5-minute Indian Yogurt Mint Sauce

Ingredients

Herbs: Fresh mint and coriander leaves.

Green Chilli: To add a spicy kick to the mint sauce.

Natural Plain Yogurt: Full-fat yogurt yields a creamy and delicious dipping sauce.

Seasoning: ground cumin, salt and sugar to balance the taste.

Lemon juice: To add zing to this Indian dipping sauce.

Step By Step Instructions

Place mint, coriander, green chilli, salt, sugar, ground cumin, lemon juice and blend until a smooth paste.

In a wide bowl, place the yogurt, ground paste, mix until well combined.

Serve fresh yogurt mint sauce with poppadums or any starters.

Variations

For a garlic flavour, add a couple of garlic cloves while blending.

Add more green chillies or jalapeños to make it extra hot.

Combine the ground paste with Greek yogurt/hung curd to get a thick consistency so that you can use it as an Indian mint chutney to spread on a sandwich.

Substitutions

For vegan mint sauce, swap plant-based yogurt for regular dairy yogurt. 

You could swap freshly ground black pepper for green chilli.

Tips and Tricks

Do not blend the yogurt along with the mint and coriander as you will end up with thin yogurt mint sauce.

Add little water if necessary while blending to make the process easier. Scrape the sides of the blender jar in between blending. 

Use full-fat yogurt as it yields a thick and creamy mint sauce. Low-fat yogurt results in a thin sauce. 

Serving Suggestions

Poppadum’s served with yogurt mint dipping sauce, sweet mango chutney and onion salad is the most loved starter in Indian restaurants across the UK.

This dahi pudina chutney is a classic dip served with tandoori appetisers such as tikkas and kebabs. 

This easy Indian mint chutney is a delicious side to serve with fried appetisers such as samosa and pakora. 

Yogurt mint sauce made with Greek yogurt/hung curd is great to spread on veggie wraps and sandwiches. 

This Indian dip prepared without green chillies is best to serve with chickpea vegetable patties or sweet potato patties. 

How to use up the leftover mint sauce?

Use it up as a salad dressing. A simple chickpea salad tastes so flavourful with this mint sauce. 

Give roasted vegetables an Indian touch and an extra flavour with this simple yogurt sauce. Drizzle it on top of my garlic herb roasted root vegetables, roasted turnips and baked potato wedges. 

Drizzle it over masala papad for extra flavour. Ensure to reduce the spices in onion tomato masala used in masala papad to prevent it from turning into a too salty and spicy dish.

Storage

Mint sauce stays fresh for 4-5 days when stored in an airtight container in the fridge. 

If the sauce separates, just give it a good stir before serving. 

If you are planning to make a big batch of it ahead of time, blend the herbs and spices with lemon juice, fill it in an ice cube tray and pop it in the freezer for 3-4 hours or until it solidifies. Take the ice cube tray out, remove the cubes, put them in a zip lock bag or a freezer-friendly container and store it in the freezer. 

Whenever you plan to make a yogurt mint sauce, thaw a cube and stir it into the yogurt.  With ready-to-use frozen spiced mint chutney, you need less than 5 minutes to make delicious homemade yogurt mint sauce. No grinding, no extra dishes to wash and most importantly it saves time.