Greek Tzatziki

Submitted by dalia

"The well-known yogurt/cucumber/garlic Greek appetizer! Make sure you use some kind of soft, smooth tasting yogurt, like drained "Total" yogurt. You can adjust the quantity of the garlic according to taste. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 cups smooth-tasting yogurt (like "Total")
• 1 large cucumber, grated
• 2 -3 garlic cloves
• 4 -5 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper
• sliced cucumbers or olive, to decorate

directions

1. Place the yogurt in a bowl.
2. Squeeze cucumber with your hands so that it can be drained from its juice and add to the bowl with the yogurt.
3. Smash garlic cloves in a press and add to bowl.
4. Add olive oil, salt and pepper and stir everything really well.
5. Decorate your tzatziki with sliced cucumber or olives on top. Enjoy!

Reviews

[blue_eyedshorty]

Great recipe, really decicious. I used Balkan Yougart and loved it. I stuck to two cloves and it was strong, three woud have overdone it for me. I left out the oil too. Still fabulous.

 

[dwyatt55]

Try it with mint instead of garlic or in addition to a smaller amount of garlic - it makes a great salad dressing and is diet freindly if you use low-fat or nonfat yogurt - it also works well with tuna salad instead of mayo - actually anywhere you use mayo or salad dressing