Tzatziki
| Tzatziki | |
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| Type | Dip |
| Course | Appetizer |
| Place of origin | Greece |
| Main ingredients | Strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, olive oil, salt, sometimes lemon juice, dill, mint, or parsley |
 Cookbook:Tzatziki  Tzatziki | |
Tzatziki (Anglicised: /zɑːdˈziːki/; Greek: τζατζίκι [dzaˈdzici] or [dʒaˈdʒici]) is a Greek sauce served with grilled meats or as a dip. Tzatziki is made of strained yogurt (usually from sheep or goat milk) mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes lemon juice, and dill, mint, or parsley.[1] Tzatziki is always served cold.
Etymology
Main article: Cacık § Etymology
The name comes from the comparable Turkish dish cacık.[2]
Regional variations
Main article: Cacık § Variations
Typical ingredients
- Turkish cuisine: cacık cold soup
- Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian cuisine: tarator when thinned with water as cold soup or Snow white salad.
- Iraq: jajeek, normally served as meze alongside alcoholic drinks
- In the Caucasus Mountains: ovdukh, with kefir instead of yogurt, making a drink that can be poured over a mixture of vegetables, eggs and ham to create a variation of okroshka, sometimes referred to as a 'Caucasus okroshka'.
- Iran: mast-o-khiar ("yogurt with cucumber"). It is made using a thicker yogurt, which is mixed with sliced cucumber, and mint or dill (sometimes chopped nuts and raisins are also added as a garnish)..
- South Asia: raita
See also
- Tarator
- List of common dips
- List of hors d'oeuvre
- List of yogurt-based dishes and beverages
- Milk salad
References
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