Easy 5-Minute (Cilantro) Coriander Sauce Recipe

This easy 5-minute coriander sauce recipe made here with coriander leaves, cottage cheese, garlic and other ingredients.

This is just one way that you can customize this healthy cilantro lime sauce, you can also use Greek yogurt, avocado and green chile.  

Coriander sauce with cottage cheese (image below) recipe in the recipe card below. 

How to Make Coriander Sauce

In this recipe I am sharing all the coriander recipes that I've used (there's a few!)

I've shared an image for each and the ingredients are right above that image.

The easy 5 minute cilantro coriander sauce recipe (with cottage cheese) is in the recipe card below. Enjoy!

Cilantro Sauce Recipe For Fajitas

Since last week we've been enjoying variations of this delicious sauce over just about everything.

More especially over these (and others) unbelievably delicious chicken fajita wraps!

Mexican flavors all coming together in this wrap recipe which was the inspiration that started it all.

I've made coriander sauce with a few different simple ingredients and they all offer the same delicious textured or ultra smooth coriander sauce. 

We loved this coriander sauce over our fajitas and then added it to just about everything else!

The image is below and here are the ingredients that I used.

Avocado, yogurt, lime, cilantro, extra virgin olive oil, spices, seasoning and garlic.

Whether you are cilantro lovers or not, this is an easy way to make an easy sauce and make it to your liking!  

I'm sharing these images and fresh ingredients with you because it's such a simple versatile sauce.

You can use the ingredients along the images that I've shared.

My suggestion would be to taste as you go becauce it's a matter of everthing into the blender or food processor.

If you also love sauces, then I have a few delicious sauces that you can make. 

Much like a green sauce, this easy cilantro lime sauce uses simple ingredient and takes 5 minutes to elevates your dishes!

How to Make Cilantro Dressing Creamy? 

Add ½ an avocado with the ingredients. 

How to Make Coriander Sauce RICH and Creamy? 

Add 2 tablespoons of a good quality mayonnaise, sour cream and again, an avocado with the remaining ingredients. 

I would've never thought of adding mayonnaise BUT ... it works!

If you find your coriander sauce on the stronger tasting side, you know how to tame it down a bit.

Any type of cream cheese would work too,

Plus it's extra smooth and creamy.

Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce Recipe

This healthy cilantro lime sauce version has a creamy texture and is very delicious!

Fresh cilantro leaves and cilantro stems, fresh garlic, fresh lime juice (a lot of lime juice hence the greenish color), sour cream, mayo, avo, salt, olive oil.

I told you there are many variations to this recipe, from using it as a topping to a dipping sauce🙂

Ingredients for Coriander Sauce With Cottage Cheese 

Here are the handful of ingredients that you will need for this tangy flavor coriander sauce recipe.

Great as a healthy salad dressing!

Fresh Coriander:  This recipe uses fresh coriander including the coriander leaves and the tender stems of the cilantro (coriander).

Cottage Cheese:  You can substitute with plain Greek yogurt.

Garlic Cloves: Raw garlic simply cut into smaller cubes for the food processor.

Olive oil: To help the ingredients combine and to add flavor.

Lemon or limes: Taste and add extra lime juice if you need to. 

Salt: Definitey adds flavor and balance. 

Water: I used about ¼ cup but you may want to go with a tablespoon at a time to check the consistency.

How to Make 5-Minute Creamy Sauce

Add all the ingredients into a food processor, blender, mortar and pestle or an immersion blender.

Fresh coriander, cottage cheese, garlic, lemon or lime, salt.

Add the water slowly, if needed.

Blitz to your preferred consistency, taste and adjust for seasoning and lemon or lime juice. 

Incase you want this coriander sauce thicker, you know by now, add avo 🙂

Below is an image with both the avocado and without the avocado.

You probably know which one is with avocado right? Yes! The jar!

Serving Suggestions

Okay, now that you have an idea of all the different ways that you can make coriander (cilantro) sauce, this is how you can use it.

Coriander sauce is wonderful over roast meat dishes like lamb rack.

Serve it over roasted vegetables and baked potatoes!

A topping for chicken wraps or burrito bowls.

And that's not all, you can use this sauce as a dip

Great as an appetizers or part of a Summer Crackers Charcuterie Board

​​Note: If you prefer a milder sauce, use less garlic and less cilantro because cilantro, unlike fresh parsley, has a much stronger taste. 

​Storage

If you find yourself with this garlic cilantro sauce leftover, then it's very easy to store.

Use an airtight container to store the sauce in the refrigerator.

Remember that the days it will last will depend on what you added into the sauce.

A yogurt sauce will last longer than say a sauce that includes some sort of cream cheese.

My suggestion would be to smell the sauce to be sure.

Personally, as an anosmic I would scrutinize the color.

It should be bright and appetizing without any change of color. OR taste it!

And remember, even if a recipe says it lasts for a week, you still need to check the smell, taste, flavor and texture for before using.

More Delicious Recipes

Sauces are a great way to use up your fresh herbs, and the best part is that the recipes are very customizable!

If you really enjoyed this recipe or found it helpful in any way, I would love to get your feedback by your rating and comment in the recipe card below. Thanks so much! xx