Greek Tzatziki Dip
Greek Tzatziki Dip

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, greek tzatziki dip. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This is a lovely, cool, refreshing Greek tzatziki dip that I first tasted and fell in love with in the Greek Islands. It is lovely with hot toasted pita bread and veggies or lamb kebabs! The key is strain the liquid from the cucumber very well so the dip stays creamy and not watery and to always use thick, full-fat Greek yogurt. Greek cooking doesn't call for feta cheese in everything, and never in this recipe.

Greek Tzatziki Dip is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Greek Tzatziki Dip is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have greek tzatziki dip using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Tzatziki Dip:
  1. Prepare 1 cup homemade full fat yogurt
  2. Get 1 cucumber unpeeled and seeded
  3. Make ready 2 garlic cloves grated
  4. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
  5. Take 1 tsp lemon juice
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp fresh mint leaves chopped finely
  7. Get 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  8. Make ready 1/4 th tsp black salt

Tzatziki, the popular Greek yogurt garlic dip is a favorite at Greek tavernas and restaurants. Creamy, spicy with cool cucumber and garlic, this dip is delicious and addictive! Greeks usually eat tzatziki with bread, it is also used for the famous souvlaki wrapped in a pita and ofcourse in gyros. Tzatziki is a Greek sauce or appetizer that is made from strained yogurt, cucumber, and garlic.

Steps to make Greek Tzatziki Dip:
  1. Chop off both ends of cucumber and slice in half lengthwise. Scoop out seeds with a spoon. Grate on the large holes of a grater.Squeeze out all liquid from the grated cucumber through a sieve. Transfer the squeezed cucumber to a serving bowl. Strain out extra liquid from yogurt. Thick yogurt is needed to get the right texture of this authentic Greek Tzatziki Dip. Add this to the cucumber.
  2. Combine black pepper powder, olive oil, grated garlic, black salt, lemon juice and chopped mint leaves along with yogurt and cucumber. Mix all and refrigerate. Serve chilled as a dip with pita bread, crackers, crisps, french fries, vegetables, as a sauce over the grilled or baked dish or as a spread in sandwiches or over kababs. This dip can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Greeks usually eat tzatziki with bread, it is also used for the famous souvlaki wrapped in a pita and ofcourse in gyros. Tzatziki is a Greek sauce or appetizer that is made from strained yogurt, cucumber, and garlic. Optional ingredients include a combination of herbs such as dill, mint, parsley and lemon juice. It is lusciously creamy, flavorful sauce or dip that is healthy and easy to make! Otherwise known as that yogurt and cucumber sauce you love at Greek restaurants but worry about mispronouncing (hear the correct pronunciation here).

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