Spiced Yogurt Dip with Pita and Peppers

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 medium garlic cloves
• ½ teaspoon black peppercorns
• ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
• 2 green cardamom pods
• 1 electric coffee/spice grinder or a mortar and pestle
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 1 cup fresh sprigs cilantro
  • 3 bell peppers (assorted colors)
  • 1 ½ cups plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 fresh serrano chile
  • 4 6-inch pita loaves with pockets

Lightly crush cardamom pods with your thumb, then remove seeds, discarding husks. Toast cardamom, caraway seeds, and peppercorns in a dry small heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until fragrant and a shade darker, then cool. Grind spice mixture to a powder in grinder. Purée cilantro with...

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