Tzaziki

Tzatziki

By sallymay ~ Posted 11 August 2010 - 9:28am

I stole this recipe a little from the blog Kalyns Kitchen,,, http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/07/worlds-best-tzatziki-sauce-recipe-greek.html

The trick is to make it keep it from being too runny a very thick greek yoghurt will prevent you needing to spend extra time and energy straining out your yoghurt through cheesecloth... You might want to google that because I couldn't ever say I would go through that trouble, much preferring to have watery tzaziki...

You do however have to go to the trouble of peeling and deseeding your cucumber and salting it a little and leaving it to drain in a colander over a bowl to rid it of excess moisture... I eat the seeds and skins as an extra treat while undertaking this whole process. It should really only take about an hour, leaving the grated deskinned, deseeded cucumber to drip out and then mixed in with some thick greek yoghurt, juice of a lemon, some fresh chopped dill and a little salt and fresh crushed garlic... mixed up and served...

-cucumber

-greek/thick yoghurt

-garlic

-lemon

-dill 

- salt to taste... 

This goes well with fresh hot pittas, and falafel