A Simple Yogurt Garlic Sauce
This Yogurt Garlic Sauce recipe is versatile and can complement almost any fritters’ dishes. With deep flavor from fresh garlic and fresh lemon juice, this sauce recipe is one of the simplest you will ever make.
This yogurt sauce is a fantastic dipping sauce for vegetable fritters. One of my favorites is Cajun Cauliflower Fritters. Greek yogurt’s silky and smooth taste is the best choice for this dipping sauce.

The ingredients needed to make the sauce
- Greek yogurt: this style of yogurt is the best for dipping sauce because it is thick and creamy.
- Garlic cloves
- Salt, to taste
- Ground Black pepper
- Fresh Lemon juice
How to make Yogurt Garlic Sauce
First, get a clean and dry bowl ready. Place all the ingredients in the bowl. Mix all the ingredients until well incorporated with a spatula or a whisk.
Place the sauce in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve. It is that simple!

Notes and Tips
- One of the best things about this sauce is the freshness of the ingredients. Make sure that you have the best quality ingredients for this sauce to be successful.
- Use either a garlic press or a mortar and pestle or a Microplane grater to crushed the fresh garlic cloves.
- You can serve this sauce with most fritters, grilled meat, and crudites.
- A yogurt dipping sauce is not supposed to be runny. The sauce should be smooth, silky, and not thick. You should need a spoon to remove it from its container.
- Use in sandwiches as a spread.
- Greek Yogurt is one of the best yogurts to make sauces because of its taste and consistency.
- Serve immediately or keep refrigerated for up to three days until use.

Other variations for this sauce
- Use fresh dill, parsley, cilantro, basil.
- Mustard sauce
- Cayenne pepper or crushed pepper flakes
- Paprika
- Nuts: peanuts, cashews, walnuts or pistachios
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A Simple Yogurt Garlic Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounces cold plain yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic crushed or minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 pinches of freshly ground black pepper
- Kosher salt to taste
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate until serving.
- Store in a hermetically sealed container.
Notes
- One of the best things about this sauce is the freshness of the ingredients. Make sure that you have the best quality ingredients for this sauce to be successful.
- Use either a garlic press or a mortar and pestle or a Microplane grater to crush the fresh garlic cloves.
- You can serve this sauce with most fritters, grilled meat, and crudites.
- A yogurt dipping sauce is not supposed to be runny. The sauce should be smooth, silky, and not thick. You should need a spoon to remove it from its container.
- Use in sandwiches as a spread.
- Greek Yogurt is one of the best yogurts to make sauces because of its taste and consistency.
- Serve immediately or keep refrigerated for up to three days until use.
Other variations for this sauce
- Use fresh dill, parsley, cilantro, basil.
- Mustard sauce
- Cayenne pepper or crushed pepper flakes
- Paprika
- Nuts: peanuts, cashews, walnuts, or pistachios
Nutrition
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
Nutrition info is automatically generated and provided as a courtesy and as an estimate only.