Tzatziki: the creamy, garlicky yogurt dip you can't live without

Recipe ■
​Tzatziki is a traditional Greek dish, prepared with Greek yogurt, garlic, cucumber, olive oil and herbs such as dill and parsley. The classic among the classics of Greece.

BY HANAN, recipe

Recipe for the Tzatziki

■ Ingredients

- 1 cucumber.
- 150 g of Greek yogurt.
- 1 clove of garlic.
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
- Half a teaspoon of dill.
- Half a teaspoon of parsley.
- Pinch of pepper and salt.

■ Preparation

- Pour the yogurt in a tea towel in advance and let it hang so that the yogurt loses moisture and thickens.
- Cut the cucumber in half at its longest and remove the seed list.
- Coarsely grate the cucumber and squeeze it into a tea towel until the cucumber is dry.
- Crush the clove of garlic and mix it with the olive oil and lemon juice.
- Mix this under the yogurt together with the cucumber, the dill and the parsley.
- Season with pepper and salt.

This is often eaten together with some garlic bread.

Enjoy your food.

Hanan
Always curious about life, culture and people

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Hanan: text • Nikodem Nijaki: photo • 8 February 2014

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