"This Manioc Dipping Sauce Is As Delicious to the Core As It Is a Match You've Been Waiting For..."

Ingredients and Preparation:

Take manioc of 4" in length and chop them into 12-18 sticks 3/4" thick.

Mix a tempura batter and deep fry until golden brown in the deep fryer.

Keep warm in a sealed container while preparing the seafood shrimp or crab dip.

For the dip, blend in a mixing bowl:

1 1/2 c cream cheese (plain, salted)

3/4 c sour cream (plain)

1/3 lbs finely minced shrimp meat or minced crab meat

6 tblsp of olive oil or butter to sautee when ready.

3 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tsp basel

2 tsp dill

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp thyme

3 tblsp sweet chilli powder (mild heat)

3 tblsp ginger finely minced

3 tblsp onion finely minced

1/3 c finely chopped scallions (take the lower green to white portion of the stalk)

6 tblsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Instructions for Cooking and Food Processing:

Cook by sauteeing lightly the ingredients in oil or butter for 2-3 mins at most and set aside to cool add the green scallions and food process to homogeneity to make the dipping sauce.

Serving Suggestions:

Arrange the manioc sticks radially around the small bowl filled with our seafood herbed and spiced dipping sauce for a delicious and healthy snack.

Alternatively:

Fry in the pan the manioc sticks rather than deep frying.

Use also a store bought marinara sauce pre-processed with shrimp bit and crab meat.