Garlic Butter
Lahsun Wala Makkhan
Mamta Gupta
Garlic butter is easy to make at home, especially if you have a mini food processor. Apart from making Galic Bread, it can be used to top casseroles, fish dishes, grilled meats, cooked vegetable, added to rice pilaf, sauces and a million other things.
Ingredients
1 cup salted butter, softened
3-4 cloves of garlic
Optional; any one of the following can also be added
A handful of herb of choice, like Parsley, chives or tarragon, cleaned and roughly chopped
Coarse black pepper or chilli flakes
Finely sliced spring onion
Lemon juice, especially when using on grilled fish
Instructions
Place everything in the chopper and switch on for a couple of minutes, until smooth and everything is mixed.
Place in a butter dish or ramekin. You can also let it set a little and then roll into a cylinder, using wax paper. This makes it easier to slice into discs, to top cooked fish, steaks or other things.
If you do not have a food processor, you can add finely grated garlic and finely chopped herbs to the softened (not melted) butter, beating it in well into the butter.
