Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, tzatziki. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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 is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Tzatziki is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook tzatziki using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tzatziki:
- Make ready 500 g strained yogurt or anthotyro
- Prepare 1 fresh cucumber
- Take 1-2 cloves garlic
- Take 40-60 g olive oil
- Take salt, white pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp ouzo
- Make ready 1 tbsp fresh herbs like parsley, dill, spearmint
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.
Steps to make Tzatziki:
- Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds then cut it into small cubes or strips (or grate it), season with salt and set it aside with the salt for 15'.
- Then strain and squeeze it.
- Place the yogurt, the pepper and the herbs, finely chopped, in a bowl and add the oil, the garlic, crushed, as well as the cucumber. Mix with a wooden spoon until everything is evenly distributed and the mixture is well combined.
This Greek tzatziki recipe is easy to make, and SO fresh and delicious! Feel free to serve this as a tzatziki sauce on gyros or sandwiches, or use it as a tzatziki dip with pita and your favorite veggies. Tzatziki is a creamy, yogurt-based sauce made from thick yogurt, grated cucumber, fresh dill, zesty lemon juice, and minced garlic. You may be wondering, "What is Tzatziki sauce?" One of the first things we made in that (six-hour + exhausting + amazing) class was this Tzatziki sauce! Tzatziki is a Greek cucumber-yogurt sauce which can be served as an appetizer, dip, and in or on various dishes.
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