How to Cook Perfect Tzatziki

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Tzatziki. Tzatziki, cacık or tarator is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt. Watch how to make Greek tzatziki sauce in this short recipe video.

Tzatziki Tzatziki Sauce is a versatile condiment that will make all of your Mediterranean recipes better! ДЗАДЗИКИ РЕЦЕПТ ГРЕЧЕСКОГО СОУСА ЦАЦИКИ ИЗ ЙОГУРТА И СВЕЖЕГО ОГУРЦА This is the best homemade tzatziki recipe! Refreshing cucumber, creamy Greek yogurt, and zingy lemon make it the perfect sauce for just about everything. You can cook Tzatziki using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tzatziki

  1. Prepare 125 g of Greek yoghurt.
  2. Prepare 3 of garlic cloves.
  3. Prepare Half of a cucumber.
  4. You need Handful of fresh mint.
  5. Prepare of Juice from half a lemon.
  6. It's of Generous splash of extra virgin olive oil.
  7. Prepare of Salt and pepper.

To be truly superb, tzatziki MUST be made with strained, whole mild yogurt from Greece, otherwise the result will be runny as many users have noted. This tzatziki sauce tied everything together. I pretty much drowned my chicken and smothered everything on my plate with it. I then proceeded to down everything way to fast because it all tasted so.

Tzatziki instructions

  1. Peel the cucumber.
  2. Use a spoon to de-seed the cucumber halves.
  3. Grate the cucumber into a sieve.
  4. Add a teaspoon of salt to the cucumber and mix well -this will drain excess water from the cucumber. Leave to stand over a bowl while you make the dip.
  5. Crush 3 garlic cloves.
  6. Chop a handful of fresh mint leaves.
  7. Add the yoghurt to a bowl along with the garlic and mint.
  8. Add the lemon juice and olive oil.
  9. By now the cucumber is well drained and can be added to mixture. Season with pepper and mix well.
  10. Serve with fresh bread.

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