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Monday, 31 March 2008

Tzatziki


This is a classic Greek side dish, which can be served with meat and vegetable dishes, as well as accompanying souvlaki or gyros.

Ingredients

1 cucumber
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon medium wine vinegar
300g full-fat strained Greek yoghurt
100ml extra virgin olive oil
½ tablespoon finally chopped dill leaves


Preparation

Remove the skin of the cucumber and grate it. (not finely)

Finely grate the garlic.

Salt the cucumber and leave it in a colander for half-an-hour and then drain well.

Put it in a bowl with the garlic and the rest of the ingredients.

Mix them all well with the help of a fork.

Put the dip in a bowl, add salt and decorate it with few dill leaves.


Eat and Enjoy!

5 comments:

Brittany said...

I am so happy to have found this recipe, i have been craving this!

NĂºria said...

Hi! Nice to meet you :D and nice to know about Greek recipes, hope you enjoy mine too!

DineometerDeb said...

I tried to make this once by just adding cucumbers to yogurt with spices and it didn't work obviously. I have a question: How do you strain yogurt?

gblogger said...

You don't have to strain the yoghurt - it is sold as Greek strained yoghurt. I don't know where you live, but you should be able to buy it in good shops. If not, you can look at the Food Store on this blog and order it from there.

Cheers & Good Luck!

gblogger

gblogger said...

Sorry, I forgot to mention, it's the Fage Total yoghurt on the first page of the Food Store - it doesn't say strained yoghurt, but it is.

gblogger

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