Thecha Hummus is another delightful spicy variant. You can spread this on a laddi pav and lightly toast on a tava with butter to make Thecha pav as an evening snack.

Thecha Hummus

Mayonnaise, another tangy spread can be perked up with an addition of a myriad of ingredients like schezwan sauce, garlic paste, curry powder to make an assortment of Indian dips like Rajma mayonnaise or Garlic mayonnaise. You can not only serve them as a dip with deep-fried snacks but also, use it as a spread for sandwiches and burgers.

Rajma Mayonnaise

To make vegetarian Indian dips, the two most popular ingredients used are hung curd and paneer. Hung curd which is nothing but, yoghurt whose water has been squeezed out can be enhanced with various Indian spices to make Achar Dip or a creamy Thick Yoghurt Dip. You can even add colorful vegetables to make Veggie Curd Dip or a flavorful Indian Curd Dip with Spring Onions, Celery and Garlic. These refreshing dips make a great accompaniment for crackers and crunchy veggies!

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A flavourful and healthy Mixed Veg and Tomato Dip are chunky that you will love and remember for its lingering taste and crunchy texture. To make a protein-rich dip, you can make a Chunky Vegetable Dip with some low-fat paneer.

Chunky Vegetable Dip

Another protein-rich dip is this Garlicky Lentil Dip and Suva Paneer Dip. The best part about this recipes is that it is oh-so-easy to make and uses very common ingredients, so you can conjure it up on any day you wish to.

Garlicky Lentil Dip

Homemade vegetarian Indian sauce recipes

Commercially produced varieties of sauces are easily available in the market. There are different types of sauces like the one used an accompaniment to snacks, some are used as salad dressing while some form a base recipe for another dish & some are simply dessert sauce recipes.

The most popular sauce, tomato ketchup can be quickly made at home. It is as perfect as the ones you get in the market, or even better because of the fresh flavour that is unique to homemade products.

Spicy Pepper Garlic Sauce

Indo-Chinese sauce recipes like Schezuan Sauce, Hot Garlic Sauce, Chilli Garlic Sauce make for a tongue-tickling accompaniment to hot dumplings be it fried or steamed. Along with crunchy vegetables, you can toss cooked rice or noodles to make filling meals.

Hot Garlic Sauce, Chinese Style Sauce

Italian food lovers can try making vegetarian homemade sauce recipes like the Pizza Sauce. There is nothing that can match the snazzy flavour and fresh aroma of this homemade Pizza Sauce. Use it with your favourite toppings to make scrumptious pizzas.

Thick White Sauce, Recipes Used for Baked Dishes

Tomato Cream Sauce is another quintessential sauce that you need to have in your pantry if you love Italian cuisine. Try not to miss any of the ingredients including the tomato puree and pulp, the assorted spices and herbs, as each works their magic to produce a zesty sauce that you can use to make pasta or even pizzas. Here is a list of few of my other favorite homemade sauce recipes:

Tomato Cream Sauce, Italian Sauce for Pasta

1. Basic Cheese Sauce Recipe For Pasta

2. Basic Pomodoro Sauce

3. Pesto Sauce

4. Mushroom Sauce

Lemon Sauce For Desserts and Icings

To make elaborate desserts at home like a sundae, pudding, thick shakes, layered cakes or elegant dessert recipes like Banoffee Pie, you would require an element called the dessert sauce. It can be something as simple as the Chocolate Sauce, jam sauce or something elaborate like the Homemade Caramel Sauce Recipe.

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Try your hands on other dessert sauce recipes like Strawberry Sauce, Peach Sauce for Desserts and Ice-creams, Orange sauce or Apricot Sauce.

Strawberry Sauce

Our collection of 294 Indian vegetarian Dips / Sauces recipes has recipes that will help you entertain your friends without sweating in the kitchen for too long and be the talk of the town with interesting homemade dip/sauces recipe.

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