An, "Oh my gosh this is too spicy" solution

I'll make this somewhat short.  This evening, I made a little bean, rice and vegetable medley for dinner.  I made some red beans, brown rice and squash/onion/tomato mixture, then combined them.  I will leave out the watermelon and sweet corn from the description, only because how can you mess that up!


For spices, I used salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, coriander, pressed garlic, and cilantro.  I used the spices on the beans and the vegetables.  Unfortunately, I was a little heavy handed with the cayenne.  As I started eating it, before my wife, I realized it was too spicy and I wanted to make sure she would enjoy the dish.

Immediately, I made a quick decision... one that would alter the course of history as we all know it. 

I told my wife that, while it was spicy to my liking, it was spicier (ie, more spicy than she would have enjoyed) than I originally wanted.  It needed a diary-based sauce to temper the spiciness.

I quickly made a yogurt based sauce using about a cup of plain yogurt, salt, pepper, garlic powder, dill, and sugar.  I quickly mixed it together, tasted it and spooned it out onto the final dish.  It greatly enhanced the flavor and cut down significantly on the spiciness.

Lesson learned and now shared.  Good day.

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