An essential accompaniment to any Greek meal or simply as a healthy dip.
Fresh Tasty Tzatziki
Ingredients
- 1 cup Greek yoghurt*
- 1/2 cup cucumber grated (excess water drained)
- 1 Tb chopped dill or mint (optional)
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 1 Tb lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon)
- 1/4 tsp ground sea salt or to taste
Method
- Mix all ingredients together and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight to allow the flavours to develop.
Tips
- For a thicker Tzatziki use 1 1/2 cups of Greek yoghurt and place the yoghurt in a sieve lined with a clean Chux cloth. Hang the sieve over a bowl to allow the whey to drain away, cover and leave in the fridge until you can see at least 1/2 cup of excess liquid in the bowl below. This will leave you with a thicker yoghurt to continue the recipe with as above.
- Tzatziki will keep in the fridge covered for up to five days.
- Never use garlic from a jar. Bottled garlic is the main offender for garlic breath. Freshly crushed garlic is better for you and will not have the same effect on your breath.
- Make sure the garlic is finely crushed. If it is not crushed finely you will end up with chunks in your tzatziki.
Let me know how you go,
Carly xx
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