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    Real Ranch Dressing

    Real Ranch Dressing

    MAKES: 2 cups TIME: 10 minutes The big secret to ranch dressing is buttermilk powder, which is probably in the baking section of your supermarket. Nothing else delivers that characteristic buttermilk twang, and it works as a thickener to boot. 1 cup mayonnaise (to...
    Radish Salsa

    Radish Salsa

    MAKES: About 2 cups TIME: 30 minutes Radishes are hardly a classic salsa ingredient, but the technique mixing a vegetable (or fruit) with onion, an acid, chiles, and fresh herbs is downright traditional, and that’s the important part. Serve this colorful salsa...
    Raw Onion Chutney

    Raw Onion Chutney

    MAKES: About 3/4 cup TIME: 1 hour, largely unattended I love chutneys bursting with chiles and ginger and herbs, but when you’re pairing a chutney with richly flavored legumes like the dals in Simplest Dal, sometimes a simpler, more directly assaultive...
    Ponzu Sauce

    Ponzu Sauce

    MAKES: About 2 cups TIME: 10 minutes, plus time to rest The famous Japanese dipping sauce usually contains shavings of dried bonito, a relative of tuna. In this version seaweed replaces the fish more than adequately. If yuzu (a Japanese citrus) isn’t available...
    Pineapple Chutney

    Pineapple Chutney

    MAKES: About 2 cups TIME: 30 minutes This jammy, sweet-and-spicy chutney has its roots in both traditional Indian chutneys and spicy fruit preserves from Renaissance Europe. The secret is mixing fresh fruit with dried. It’s perfect as a sweet-hot foil to bland...