Vexed of the regular Idli, Vada, Dosa and waiting for some different taste? If you have the patience of experimenting on the various combinations of the food items, there are a wide variety of tastes, you can create. Here is one such attempt and the food item is named as ‘8 crazy layer dip’.

Ingredients

1 - 8 oz package cream cheese
2 - 8 oz containers mascarpone
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup sliced almonds
1 cup toasted hazelnuts
1 cup sliced dates
1 cup figs, sliced thin
6 leaves of sage, finely chopped
Zest of 1 orange
Seeds of 1 pomegranate

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Preparation

1. Add mascarpone and maple syrup, in a mixing bowl and whisk until its combined well and set aside.

2. Now, combine cream cheese and hazelnuts in a food processor, and process them until they turn smooth.

3. In a serving dish, layer all the ingredients in the following order: Hazelnut/cream cheese mixture, figs, almonds, mascarpone/maple syrup mixture, dates, pomegranate seeds, sage and zest.

4. After completing the arrangement, have it with Blue Corn Tortilla Chips and you are almost very near to the cloud 9.

By Phani Ch