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    Home » Kids recipes

    Cheese dip recipe, for tortillas, crackers, chips

    Updated on January 25, 2022 by Raks Anand 7 Comments /

    An easy cheese dip with simple ingredients. Goes well with chips, nachos, crackers etc. 

    cheese dip

    I made this couple of months ago when I made tortilla chips for kungumam thozi. I should have posted this long time back, but somehow missed to post it.

    I made this again when I needed a cheesy dip for the Italian paratha, my previous post. The cheesy dip with Italian paratha combo is what attracted me most and made me try Italian paratha.

    This went well with both the tortilla chips earlier and these Italian parathas as well!

    Simple and easy to prepare too. It is very similar to the way we prepare white sauce, but more cheese to make it's consistency needed for a dip. Adapted from here.

    cheese dip

    Cheese dip recipe

    Recipe Cuisine:  Continental  |  Recipe Category: Snack
    Prep Time: 2 mins  |  Cook time: 10 mins   |  Serves: 3

    Click here for cup measurements

    Ingredients

    Butter – 1 tbsp


    All purpose flour – 1 tbsp


    Milk – ½ cup


    Cheddar cheese, grated – ½ cup


    Red chilli powder  – ¼ tsp


    Bird’s eye chilli – ½


    Lemon juice – from ½ of a lemon


    Salt – As needed


    Optional - Onion powder or Garlic powder ¼ tsp

    Method

    1. In a pan, heat butter. Put the flame to low and add flour. Whisk gently to roast it.
    1-melt-butter

    2. Once the raw smell goes off, add milk as you keep mixing.

    2-add-milk

    3. Add red chilli powder, mix. Bring to boil (Keep the flame always low or medium). Add onion powder or garlic powder if adding now.

    3-add-red-chilli

    4. Add grated cheese and keep mixing until the cheese melts.

    4-add-cheese

    5. Switch off the flame. Lastly add lemon juice and mix.

    5-add-lemon

    Notes

    • The flame should never be high, otherwise the dip will curdle.
    • You can skip lemon, but I like it tangy.
    • You can add Jalapeno seasoning if you want it smell like a nachos dip.
    • It gets thick as it cools down, so consume as soon as you make it. 

    Top with chopped chilli or chilli flakes and some Italian seasoning to serve.

    cheese dip

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Aruna Kamath

      July 22, 2016 at 9:19 am

      Hi, how long can this be stored?

      Reply
    2. Alboni - Boni's Healthy Twists

      July 24, 2016 at 3:14 am

      Cheessy kids will love it !!!

      Reply
    3. Ash

      August 02, 2016 at 8:06 am

      Absolutely yum! Loved it with Italian paratha! Thanks for awesome recipes 🙂 your blog has become my go-to!

      Reply
    4. nishath

      August 26, 2016 at 3:34 am

      Hi near the cheese dip there is somthing in cup red in color can u plz tell what is that

      Reply
    5. Raks anand

      August 26, 2016 at 3:38 am

      It's tomato salsa. You can use the search option to get the recipe

      Reply
    6. priya ramachandran

      January 13, 2017 at 12:24 am

      hi how long can this dip be stored

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      January 13, 2017 at 12:39 am

      It stays good only fresh. So don't recommend to store in fridge. Make and consume freshly.

      Reply

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